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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...
North Korean man detained after crossing land border, Seoul says
Japan Times
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July 4, 2025
Seoul – A North Korean civilian voluntarily crossed the heavily mined land border separating the Koreas, aided by the South's military in a delicate 20-hour operation, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Friday. Tens of thousands of North...
President Trump’s Iran Attack Did Not Increase Deterrence on the World Stage
Algemeiner Journal
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July 8, 2025
The US strike on Iran was a surprising military and political development. It went completely against President Trump’s long held beliefs and publicly declared intentions about staying out of international conflict — even if it made good on his...
The president's daughter-in-law hosts a weekly show on Fox News. To call it “propaganda” is too kind.
Media Matters For America
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October 7, 2025
Take the canceled Fox Business program of the late Lou Dobbs, of whom Fox’s president once said, “The North Koreans do a more nuanced show.” Now move the show to Fox News, sub out Dobbs for President Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara, and give her a...
North Korean man crosses heavily fortified DMZ border to South Korea
Al Jazeera
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July 4, 2025
A North Korean man has crossed the heavily fortified land border with South Korea and is now being held in custody, the South Korean military has confirmed. The unarmed individual was located on Thursday in the central-west section of the...
North Korean eludes military, landmines to cross border into South Korea
CBS News
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A North Korean who crossed the heavily fortified land border into the South has been detained and taken into custody, Seoul's military said Friday. The North Korean, identified as a male civilian, managed to cross the Military Demarcation Line...
South Korea’s ex-leader Yoon back in jail as martial law probe accelerates
BusinessLIVE
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Seoul — Former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol was back in a solitary jail cell on Thursday with basic food and a khaki prison uniform after prosecutors secured a new detention warrant over his bid to impose martial law last year. The Seoul...
North Korean man crosses heavily mined land border to South Korea
The Journal
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July 4, 2025
A NORTH KOREAN civilian voluntarily crossed the heavily mined land border between the two countries, aided by the South’s military in a delicate 20-hour operation, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff have said. Tens of thousands of North Koreans have...
North Korean civilian crosses heavily fortified DMZ into South
United Press International (UPI)
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SEOUL, July 4 (UPI) -- A North Korean man who identified himself as a civilian crossed the heavily fortified military demarcation line between the two Koreas and was taken into custody, the South's military said Friday. The individual was picked...
N. Korea cracks down on water park corruption
Daily NK
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July 4, 2025
Prosecutors in Pyongyang have launched intensive inspections of the city’s water parks as North Koreans flock to the facilities during the sweltering summer heat, targeting what authorities believe is an organized ticket scalping operation...
North Korea holds dog meat cooking contest, touts it as summer health food
Korea JoungAng Daily
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July 4, 2025
Published: 04 Jul. 2025, 14:22 This image, captured from Korean Central Television on July 4, shows a ″sweet meat″ cooking competition held in Pyongyang. [YONHAP] North Korea hosted a dog meat cooking contest in Pyongyang to elevate culinary...
N. Korea sets up new ministry in charge of disaster management: Seoul
Yonhap News Agency
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July 4, 2025
SEOUL, July 4 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has set up a new ministry in charge of emergency disaster management in a bid to better respond to natural disasters, South Korea's unification ministry said Friday. A new government agency, tentatively named...
North Korean detained after crossing land border: Seoul military
Channel News Asia
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July 4, 2025
SEOUL: A North Korean who crossed the heavily fortified land border into the South has been detained and taken into custody, Seoul's military said on Friday (Jul 4). The North Korean managed to cross the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) in the...
North Korean man crossed land border Thurs.: South Korean military
Kyodo News+
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July 4, 2025
SEOUL - A North Korean man who identified himself as a civilian crossed the inter-Korean military demarcation line into South Korea on Thursday night, the South's military said. The military has taken the person into custody and is investigating...
Civic group announces end to controversial anti-North Korea leaflet campaign
Korea JoungAng Daily
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July 6, 2025
Published: 06 Jul. 2025, 16:45 Updated: 06 Jul. 2025, 16:51 Choi Seong-ryong, head of the Families of Abductees, holds a press conference in front of the Government Complex Seoul in central Seoul on June 16. [YONHAP] The Families of Abductees to...
North Korea’s Cosmetic Surgery Law Revealed, Allowing Aesthetic Procedures but With Strict Limits
The Korea Bizwire
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July 4, 2025
In 2023, North Korea’s People’s Health website highlighted Dr. Park Geum-seon and other physicians at the Cosmetic Surgery Department of the Ministry of Public Health’s Dental General Hospital, who specialize in reconstructive procedures for...
North Korean man makes rare direct land crossing to South
Deutsche Welle
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July 4, 2025
Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) on Friday said a North Korean civilian had defected across the heavily mined land border into South Korea, with the help of the South's military in a 20-hour operation. While tens of thousands have fled North...
North Korea condemns U.S. arrest of its four nationals as 'absurd smear campaign'
Korea JoungAng Daily
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July 4, 2025
Published: 04 Jul. 2025, 11:23 This captured image shows four North Koreans indicted in the United States in connection with wire fraud and who are wanted by the FBI. [YONHAP] North Korea on Friday condemned the United States' recent indictment of...
Pyongyang Slams US Indictment Of Four North Koreans In Wire Fraud As 'Absurd Smear Campaign'
MENAFN
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July 4, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Seoul, July 4 (IANS) North Korea on Friday denounced the United States' recent indictment of four North Korean nationals on charges of wire fraud and money laundering as "an absurd smear campaign."Late last month, the U.S....
N. Korea blames factory defects on loyalty issues
Daily NK
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July 4, 2025
North Korea is conducting lectures urging factory workers to emulate the patriotic dedication of weapons manufacturers, but employees are frustrated with the regime’s focus on ideology while ignoring chronic shortages of electricity and materials...