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Seoul to repatriate six North Koreans in first under Lee administration
NK News
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July 7, 2025
South Korea plans to repatriate six North Koreans rescued at sea earlier this year, officials announced Monday, marking the first such return under President Lee Jae-myung’s administration and raising questions about inter-Korean coordination at a...
N. Korean held in South after fleeing
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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July 5, 2025
Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. N. Korean held in South after fleeing SEOUL, South Korea -- An unidentified North Korean man crossed the heavily fortified land border separating the two Koreas...
Cambodia rejects Thai media claims that it employed North Korean hackers to launch attacks against Thai institutions
Khmer Times
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July 7, 2025
The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications has strongly refuted false media reports that Cambodia engaged North Korean hackers to launch attacks against Thai institutions. In a statement issued today, June 7th, the Ministry stated that they...
Laos set to join North Korea in supporting Russia’s invasion, says Ukraine
NK News
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July 7, 2025
Laos looks poised to join North Korea in backing Russia’s war effort against Ukraine, Kyiv has warned, accusing Vientiane of preparing to send military engineers to the Kursk region under the pretext of humanitarian demining. “The latest country...
S. Korea reaffirms intent to promptly repatriate 6 N. Koreans rescued at sea
Yonhap News Agency
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July 7, 2025
SEOUL, July 7 (Yonhap) -- The unification ministry on Monday reaffirmed its intent to safely and promptly repatriate six North Koreans rescued from the southern side of the inter-Korean maritime border. "As the six North Korean nationals, rescued...
North Korean crosses the heavily fortified border to South
The Rising Nepal
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Seoul, July 5: An unidentified North Korean man crossed the heavily fortified land border separating the two Koreas and is in South Korean custody, the South's military said Friday. The South's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the military identified...
SKorea’s Yoon detained again over martial law
The Manila Times
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July 10, 2025
(UPDATE) SEOUL — South Korea’s disgraced former president Yoon Suk Yeol was detained for a second time on Thursday over his declaration of martial law late last year and held in a solitary cell as investigators widened their insurrection probe....
South Korea's balloon crackdown hits anti-North Korea activists
The Denver Gazette - Colorado
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By Ju-min Park POCHEON, South Korea (Reuters) -The equipment activist Lee Min-bok uses to send balloons laden with anti-Kim Jong Un leaflets across the border from South Korea unto the North has been gathering dust and cobwebs for months. When it...
President’s old-school preference for letters shows what he likes and his style, experts say
The New Zealand Herald
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July 8, 2025
“I want to present to you, Mr President, the letter I sent to the Nobel Prize committee,” he said. “It’s nominating you for the Peace Prize, which is well deserved. And you should get it.” Trump studied a page with a golden letterhead and a...
Russia turns to N. Korean workers amid Western sanctions
Daily NK
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July 6, 2025
North Korea and Russia are in talks about expanding their cooperation on technology and sending more workers to Russia. The rapid progress they’re making in both military and economic areas suggests their partnership goes beyond simply trying to...
North Korean Defector Makes Wild Escape Across Giant Minefield
The Daily Beast
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July 4, 2025
A North Korean defector dodged a shoot-on-sight order, armed guards, and dozens of land mines to cross one of the most militarized borders in the world. The civilian crossed into South Korea after hiding under bushes along the Military Demarcation...
South Korea to repatriate six North Koreans this week
Donga Ilbo
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The South Korean government plans to repatriate six North Korean residents who were rescued after drifting into South Korean waters via the East and West Seas. The return could take place as early as this week. All six individuals, rescued in...
Creative Ways To Share The Good News With North Korea
Patheos
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July 6, 2025
North Koreans lack free access to the Good News [Image from Wikimedia Commons]North Korea, referred to as the Hermit Kingdom, isolates itself to the extreme from the rest of the world. Its government tightly controls the country’s borders....
North Korean man defects across DMZ to South Korea
Donga Ilbo
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A North Korean man crossed the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) within the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on the central-western front Thursday, and the South Korean military secured him in custody. This marks the first case of a North Korean civilian...
N Korean detained after crossing DMZ, Seoul says
Taipei Times
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July 4, 2025
A North Korean civilian voluntarily crossed the heavily mined land border between it and South Korea, aided by the South’s military in a delicate 20-hour operation, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said yesterday. Tens of thousands of North...
Treat Iranian kidnap and murder plots as an attack on Britain, government urged
Politico Europe
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July 10, 2025
Since the committee took evidence, two Romanians have been charged after an Iranian journalist was stabbed outside his home in London. Separately, three Iranian men have appeared in court charged with plotting violence against journalists under...
Laos Plans Military Deployment to Support Russia
theTrumpet
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Laos has reportedly agreed to send soldiers to aid Russia’s war against Ukraine, Kyiv’s military intelligence claimed on Saturday. Russia is known to have sought the aid of foreign soldiers to reinforce its own troops. This often happens via...
South Korea's Ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol Detained for Second Time
Tempo.co
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July 10, 2025
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been arrested for the second time and sent back to solitary jail cell over his failed attempt to impose martial law in December. Yoon's detention on Thursday, July 10, 2025, came...
North Korean man captured inside DMZ after crossing into South Korea
Stars and Stripes - Washington D.C
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A concrete slab marking the Military Demarcation Line is pictured from the North Korean side of the Joint Security Area. (Aaron Kidd/Stars and Stripes) A North Korean man was taken into custody by the South Korean military Thursday after crossing...
North Korea condemns US indictment of 4 of its nationals on cybercrime charges
Yeni Safak
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North Korea on Friday condemned the US over its recent indictment of four of its nationals on cybercrime charges, calling Washington's action “an absurd smear campaign” aimed at tarnishing the country's image. “The real threat of creating...