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Treat Iranian kidnap and murder plots as an attack on Britain, government urged
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...

President Trump’s Iran Attack Did Not Increase Deterrence on the World Stage
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...

N. Korea sets up new ministry in charge of disaster management: Seoul
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...

South Korea's Ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol Detained for Second Time
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 detained after crossing land border: Seoul military
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...
Laos Plans Military Deployment to Support Russia
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 crossed land border Thurs.: South Korean military
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...

North Korea’s Cosmetic Surgery Law Revealed, Allowing Aesthetic Procedures but With Strict Limits
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
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'
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...

Civic group announces end to controversial anti-North Korea leaflet campaign
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...

Pyongyang Slams US Indictment Of Four North Koreans In Wire Fraud As 'Absurd Smear Campaign'
(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
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...

North Korea condemns Quad denuclearization calls as ‘grave provocation’
An in-depth analysis of DPRK nuclear rhetoric, new propaganda posters and three laws adopted in secrecy North Korea’s foreign ministry lashed out at the U.S. and its partners this week for their renewed calls for denuclearization, once again...

The president's daughter-in-law hosts a weekly show on Fox News. To call it “propaganda” is too kind.
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 Korea Sending Up To 30,000 Troops To Bolster Russia's Forces: Reports
North Korea is reportedly preparing to triple the number of its troops fighting for Russia along the front lines with Ukraine, sending an additional 25,000 to 30,000 soldiers to assist Russian forces. This is based on an intelligence assessment...

North Korea getting more deeply involved with Russia in Ukraine
Pyongyang is planning to send even more soldiers to bolster Russian troops at the frontlines in their war of aggression against Ukraine. According to Ukrainian intelligence as many as 30,000 North Korean troops could be heading to Russia to join...
South Korea’s ex-leader Yoon back in jail as martial law probe accelerates
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 crosses border into South, taken into custody Thursday: JCS
Published: 04 Jul. 2025, 08:58 Updated: 04 Jul. 2025, 14:26 The Demilitarized Zone is seen from Paju, Gyeonggi, on May 2. [YONHAP] A North Korean person crossed the land border separating the two Koreas late Thursday and was taken into custody by...

North Korean crosses heavily fortified border to South Korea
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 and tracked the...