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U.S. Sanctions North Korean Andariel Hacker Behind Fraudulent IT Worker Scheme
The Hacker News
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July 9, 2025
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Tuesday sanctioned a member of a North Korean hacking group called Andariel for their role in the infamous remote information technology (IT) worker scheme. The...
Russian foreign minister to visit North Korea as Trump turns on Putin
Washington Examiner
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July 9, 2025
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is set to visit North Korea over the weekend as Russia’s relationship with the United States sours.Russian Foreign Minister Maria Zakharova told reporters on Wednesday that Lavrov would be traveling to the...
World’s Longest Railway Route: Train Connects Moscow and Pyongyang
The European Times
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July 11, 2025
Russia and North Korea resumed direct passenger train service between Moscow and the North Korean capital Pyongyang in June this year for the first time since 2020, the Russian state railway monopoly announced. The first train departed from...
Putin sends Russia’s top diplomat to North Korea days after Kim assured 6,000 more troops
Firstpost
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July 9, 2025
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will embark on a three-day visit to North Korea starting Friday, in the latest high-level engagement between the two countries as they strengthen military cooperation. North Korea’s official Korean Central...
In rare gesture, Seoul returns six North Koreans with 'strong desire' to go back
Firstpost
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July 9, 2025
South Korea has returned six North Koreans who accidentally crossed into its waters earlier this year, marking the first such repatriation under new president Lee Jae-myung. The group had expressed a desire to return home, Seoul’s Ministry of...
Russian foreign minister to start 3-day visit to North Korea starting on Friday
NHK
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The Russian foreign ministry has announced that Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will make a three-day visit to North Korea starting on Friday. The ministry made the announcement on Wednesday, saying Lavrov will hold talks with North Korea's Foreign...
The US and Chinese foreign ministers meet in Malaysia
Asia News
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July 11, 2025
Today's news: the flood in Nepal that killed at least nine people was caused by the emptying of a glacial lake. In India, two people have been arrested on charges of forcing teenage girls to strip naked to prove they were menstruating. New arrests...
(2nd LD) Russian FM to visit N. Korea later this week
Yonhap News Agency
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July 9, 2025
(ATTN: ADDS Kremlin spokesperson's remarks in paras 5-6) By Park Boram SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit North Korea later this week, the North's state media reported Wednesday. Lavrov will visit North...
Russian Foreign Minister Set to Visit North Korea
MENAFN
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July 9, 2025
(MENAFN) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is set to arrive in North Korea on Friday for a three-day visit, according to ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. Speaking at a press briefing in Moscow on Wednesday, Zakharova stated that Lavrov's...
Russian FM Lavrov To Visit North Korea Later This Week
Ommcom News
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July 9, 2025
Seoul: Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit North Korea later this week, the North’s state media reported Wednesday. Lavrov will visit North Korea from Friday to Sunday at the invitation of the North Korean foreign ministry, the...
Trilateral military coordination essential, says US general as Korea, China threats mount
Orissa Post
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July 11, 2025
Seoul: The top military officer of the United States stressed the importance of security cooperation among South Korea, the US and Japan to reestablish deterrence against an “unprecedented” military buildup by North Korea and China. Gen. Dan...
Russian FM Lavrov to visit North Korea this weekend
Hurriyet Daily News
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MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit North Korea this weekend, the latest in a series of high-profile visits by top Moscow officials as the two countries deepen military ties. Lavrov "will visit the Democratic People's Republic...
WW3 fears as South Korea, US and Japan hold military drills to warn Putin and Kim Jong-un
Daily Star
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July 11, 2025
Senior military officials from South Korea, the US, and Japan strongly urged North Korea to cease all illicit activities that undermine regional security, as the trio conducted a joint exercise with advanced warplanes in a demonstration of...
Harrigan calls for probe into CCP-linked retailer on U.S. military bases
Hickory Sun - North Carolina
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July 10, 2025
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Russia’s top diplomat to visit North Korea for three-day trip this weekend: KCNA
APA
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Russian chief diplomat Sergei Lavrov is set to visit North Korea over the upcoming weekend, according to state media, his third trip to the DPRK since 2023, APA reports citing nknews.org. The Korean Central News Agency said in a one-line report on...
North Korea’s Second Chance?
Foreign Affairs
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July 8, 2025
Since coming to office in January, U.S. President Donald Trump has waded into several geopolitical crises, including Russia’s war in Ukraine and Israel’s wars in Gaza and Iran. Thus far, however, he has said comparatively little about the growing...
Russia Approves Direct Flights from Moscow to North Korea
Pravda.ru
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July 9, 2025
Russia Approves Direct Flights from Moscow to North Korea Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) has granted permission to Nordwind Airlines to launch direct passenger flights from Moscow to Pyongyang, according to a report from the...
North Korea: Kim Jong-Un Visits Mausoleum To Mark 31St Anniversary Of Founder's Death
MENAFN
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July 8, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Seoul, July 8 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Tuesday visited a mausoleum for late state founder Kim Il-sung to mark the 31st anniversary of his death, the state media reported. Kim visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun...
Military strikes won’t keep Iran from becoming a nuclear state; diplomacy will
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Georgia
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Yet neither military operation reliably or completely terminated the targeted program. Many experts of nuclear strategy believe that while the Israeli strike destroyed the Osirak complex, it likely accelerated former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s...
South Korea repatriates 6 North Koreans rescued at sea
NHK
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The South Korean government says six North Koreans who were rescued at sea earlier this year were repatriated on Wednesday. South Korea's Unification Ministry says a total of six North Korean residents were rescued by the South Korean military in...