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North Korea opens ‘world-class cultural resort’ for tourists, spread across 2.5 miles, know who can visit
DNA India
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Kim appeared at the opening ceremony with his wife Ri Sol-ju and daughter Kim Ju-ae, dressed in dark suits rather than the usual Mao-style robes. North Korea has unveiled a huge new resort on its east coast, with leader Kim Jong Un describing it...
Top news of the day: NSA Ajit Doval says India hit nine Pakistan terrorist bases, missed none during Operation Sindoor; Gujarat Minister says structural failure caused Vadodara bridge collapse, and more
The Hindu
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July 11, 2025
India hit nine terrorist bases of Pakistan in Operation Sindoor: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval The National Security Advisor, Ajit Doval, on Friday (July 11, 2025), said in Chennai that India hit nine terrorist targets criss-crossing...
US sanctions North Korea cyber actor for IT worker scheme to generate revenue for Kim regime
The Korea Times
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July 8, 2025
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday sanctioned a North Korean cyber actor accused of facilitating a scheme under which Pyongyang uses its overseas information technology (IT) workers to generate revenue for the recalcitrant...
US authorities unmask North Korean IT worker schemes and their American accomplices
CIO Dive
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July 8, 2025
The Department of Justice announced a series of actions on June 30 as part of an investigation into the North Korean government’s deployment of its citizens abroad to pose as IT workers and illicitly earn money for the regime. Newly unsealed...
Kim Jong Un's North Korean dystopian water park as locals appear 'forced to have fun'
Daily Star
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July 8, 2025
North Koreans have been pictured “enjoying” a dip in the sea and going on water park rides at a newly inaugurated colossal beach resort. Despite prohibiting foreign tourists from entering, the Wonsan-Kalma eastern coastal tourist zone, which North...
U.S. military expert calls for expanding role of USFK to include Taiwan contingencies
Korea JoungAng Daily
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July 11, 2025
U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) armored vehicles are seen in Dongducheon, Gyeonggi, on March 10. [YONHAP] A U.S. military expert has renewed calls to expand the role of U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) beyond deterring North Korea to potentially include...
Treasury slaps sanctions on people, companies tied to North Korean IT worker schemes
CyberScoop
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July 8, 2025
The Treasury Department on Tuesday announced it has sanctioned a North Korean man participating in the widespread IT worker scheme, as well as others in a Russia-based IT worker operation that allegedly benefits the government of North Korea. It’s...
North Korea bars Western influencers from trade fair tour, says China-based operator
Malay Mail
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July 7, 2025
BEIJING, July 7 — North Korea has barred Western influencers from joining a delegation of tourists to an international trade fair in October, a China-based tour operator told AFP today. Diplomatically isolated North Korea has welcomed sporadic...
Six N. Korean fishermen to be repatriated despite silence from Pyongyang
Hankyoreh
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July 8, 2025
Seoul hopes good-will gesture will ease friction, elicit positive response A wooden vessel from North Korea turned up at the port of Samcheok, in Gangwon Province, on June 15, 2019. (Yonhap) The South Korean government has decided to repatriate...
A quiet wish from North Korean defector youths
Korea JoungAng Daily
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July 8, 2025
Published: 09 Jul. 2025, 00:05 Audio report: written by reporters, read by AI Cho Myung-sook The author is the principal of the Yeo Myung School. July 14 marks the second annual North Korean Defectors’ Day, a commemoration enacted in January of...
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...
North Korea bars Western influencers from trade fair tour
Bangladesh Sangsbad Sangstha
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North Korea bars Western influencers from trade fair tour BEIJING, July 7, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - North Korea has barred Western influencers from joining a delegation of tourists to an international trade fair in October, a China-based tour operator...
North Korea makes tourism push as it opens Wonsan resort zone to Russian visitors
Korea JoungAng Daily
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July 7, 2025
Published: 07 Jul. 2025, 16:10 A view of a beach in the Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Area is seen in this photo released by North Korea's state-run newspaper Rodong Sinmun on July 4. [NEWS1] North Korea is resuming efforts to revitalize its...
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...
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...
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...
South Korea a Significant User of the Panama Canal, Flies New Submarine Hunters To Counter North Korea’s Navy
Newsroom Panama
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July 8, 2025
Panama and South Korea have maintained diplomatic relations since 1962, with both countries establishing embassies in each other’s capitals. Bilateral ties have strengthened over the years, including through high-level exchanges and trade...
North Korea opens doors to Western tourists for trade fair, but bars journalists and influencers
The Korea Times
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July 7, 2025
A China-based North Korea travel agency is recruiting Western tourists for an international trade fair in Pyongyang this October, but is explicitly banning journalists, content creators and influencers from participating. Young Pioneer Tours, a...
Additional North Korean troop deployment, Kim mourns in public and beachgoers
NK News
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July 8, 2025
Seoul last week said it cannot confirm a CNN report that North Korea plans to send 30,000 additional soldiers to support Russia’s war in Ukraine, amid conflicting intelligence assessments. While Ukraine’s military intelligence suggested the...
Why a stealth infiltration drone was flown tauntingly low and loudly through Pyongyang
Hankyoreh
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July 11, 2025
In October of 2024, North Korea released images of a drone it said had crashed in Pyongyang, claiming that it was of the same model used by the South Korean military. (KCNA/Yonhap) When North Korea’s Foreign Ministry declared that South Korea had...