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North Korean leader Kim visits mausoleum on 31st anniversary of founder's death
NHK
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North Korean media have reported that the country's leader Kim Jong Un visited the mausoleum of his late grandfather and state founder Kim Il Sung on the 31st anniversary of his death. North Korea's ruling Workers' Party newspaper Rodong Sinmun...
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...
Russian foreign minister to visit North Korea later this week
Korea JoungAng Daily
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July 9, 2025
Published: 09 Jul. 2025, 18:28 This handout picture released by the Russian Foreign Ministry shows Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaking during a press conference at the Brics summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on July 7. [AFP/YONHAP]...
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...
Russian foreign minister to visit North Korea this week in latest sign of expanding ties
Newsday - New York
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SEOUL, South Korea — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will travel to North Korea for a three-day visit beginning Friday in the latest sign of the countries’ deepening ties during Russia’s war in Ukraine, state media reported. North Korea’s...
KCNA: Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov to Visit North Korea on Friday
KBS World
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July 9, 2025
Photo : YONHAP News North Korea has announced that Russia's top diplomat is set to visit the country later this week. According to the North’s state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Wednesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is...
South Korea Repatriates Six North Koreans Rescued At Sea Across Eastern Maritime Border
MENAFN
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July 9, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Seoul, July 9 (IANS) South Korea on Wednesday repatriated six North Koreans via the maritime border in the East Sea, months after they had drifted into southern waters and were rescued.A wooden boat carrying them, all fishermen,...
Russia’s foreign minister to visit North Korea, KCNA reports
Regional Media News - Iowa
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July 9, 2025
SEOUL (Reuters) -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit North Korea between July 11 to 13, state media KCNA reported on Wednesday. (Reporting by Ju-min Park; Editing by Ed Davies) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com
S. Korea Returns Six North Korean Fishermen After Rescue
MENAFN
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July 9, 2025
(MENAFN) South Korea on Wednesday returned six North Korean fishermen who had been rescued after inadvertently crossing into southern waters near the disputed maritime boundary, according to a local news agency. The fishermen, traveling in a...
South Korea repatriates 6 North Korean fishermen
Deutsche Welle
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July 9, 2025
South Korea has repatriated six North Korean fishermen who were rescued earlier this year after drifting across the maritime border separating the two countries. Seoul's Ministry of Unification said the men had repeatedly expressed the desire to...
US Treasury sanctions Song Kum Hyok for facilitating North Korean IT worker schemes
Cryptopolitan
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July 9, 2025
The US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned North Korean cyber actor Song Kum Hyok. Song enabled strategies for IT workers to obtain jobs at firms by utilizing fictitious identities. Furthermore, OFAC sanctioned one person and...
Russian FM to visit N. Korea later this week
Yonhap News Agency
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July 9, 2025
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 Korea from Friday to Sunday at the invitation of the North...
South Korea sends six rescued North Koreans back across sea border
1News
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South Korea sent six North Koreans back across the rivals' sea border this morning, months after they drifted south in wooden boats in March and May. It came after months of failed efforts to contact North Korea to coordinate the repatriation of...
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...
Russia’s top diplomat to visit North Korea
Mehr News Agency
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July 9, 2025
The Korean Central News Agency said in a one-line report on Wednesday that Lavrov will visit Pyongyang from Friday through Sunday at the invitation of the DPRK’s foreign ministry, without disclosing any further details. It is likely that the...
Photos Show Upgraded US F-16 Jets Arriving on North Korea's Doorstep
Newsweek
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July 9, 2025
A fleet of upgraded F-16 fighter jets arrived in South Korea recently as part of an ongoing effort to boost the United States' and its ally's defenses against nuclear-armed North Korea. Newsweek has reached out to the North Korean Embassy in China...
French authorities raid far-right National Rally party HQ in campaign finance probe
Euronews
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Published on 09/07/2025 - 11:37 GMT+2•Updated 12:19 French authorities raided the headquarters of the far-right National Rally (RN) on Wednesday as part of a probe into alleged campaign finance violations, with the party's president Jordan...
Seoul repatriates 6 North Koreans rescued at sea
The Straits Times
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July 9, 2025
SEOUL - South Korea on July 9 repatriated six North Koreans who were rescued at sea earlier in 2025 and requested to return home, Seoul’s unification ministry said. Four North Koreans were discovered in May by South Korean authorities in the East...
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...
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...