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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...
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...
What South Korea’s Election Signified
Persuasion
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July 11, 2025
Newly elected South Korean President Lee Jae-myung speaks during a press conference at the presidential office on June 04, 2025 in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Ahn Young-Joon, Pool/Getty Images.) This article is brought to you by American...
North Korea: Report to the UN Committee on the rights of persons with disabilities
International Federation for Human Rights
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July 4, 2025
On 4 July 2025, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its partner organisation Database Center for North Korean Human Rights (NKDB) submitted a joint report to the United Nations (UN) Committee on the Rights of Persons with...
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....
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...
Former Russian Transport Minister Buried As Questions Over His Death Swirl
Radio Free Europe - Radio Liberty
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July 11, 2025
Roman Starovoit, who was found dead hours after President Vladimir Putin sacked him as Russia’s transport minister, was buried in a St. Petersburg cemetery amid continued questions about the circumstances surrounding his death. Starovoit’s body...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...