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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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
North Korea condemns Quad denuclearization calls as ‘grave provocation’
NK News
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July 4, 2025
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...
North Korea Sending Up To 30,000 Troops To Bolster Russia's Forces: Reports
Zero Hedge
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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
AS
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July 3, 2025
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...
North Korean crosses border into South, taken into custody Thursday: JCS
Korea JoungAng Daily
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July 3, 2025
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
Japan Today
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July 4, 2025
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...
N. Korea holds dog meat cooking contest, touts it as summer health food
Yonhap News Agency
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July 4, 2025
SEOUL, July 4 (Yonhap) -- North Korea hosted a dog meat cooking contest in Pyongyang to elevate culinary standards for the red meat, state media has reported, touting it as a traditional source of energy for the summer season. The "sweet meat"...
North Korean crosses heavily fortified border to South
PerthNow
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July 4, 2025
An unidentified North Korean man has crossed the heavily fortified land border separating the two Koreas and is in South Korean custody, the South's military says. The South's Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday said the military identified and...
North Korea bristles at Quad statement that demands Pyongyang's denuclearization
Korea JoungAng Daily
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July 4, 2025
Published: 04 Jul. 2025, 09:27 Updated: 04 Jul. 2025, 12:49 U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, accompanied from left Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Japanese Foreign...
N. Korean civilian crosses heavily fortified border in presumed defection to S. Korea
The Korea Times
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July 4, 2025
A North Korean civilian crossed the heavily fortified inter-Korean land border this week, South Korea's military said Friday, in an apparent move to defect to the South. South Korean troops secured the man late Thursday night after identifying him...
Pyongyang slams U.S. indictment of 4 N. Koreans in wire fraud as 'absurd smear campaign'
Yonhap News Agency
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July 3, 2025
SEOUL, July 4 (Yonhap) -- 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. Attorney's Office...
North Korean man arrested in South Korea after crossing border
The Independent
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July 4, 2025
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N. Korean crossed land border Thursday night: S. Korean military
The Korea Times
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July 4, 2025
South Korea's military said Friday it has taken into custody a North Korean individual who crossed the inter-Korean land border the previous day. The individual crossed the Military Demarcation Line in the western part of the central front of the...
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...
N. Korea bristles at Quad statement that demands Pyongyang's denuclearization
Yonhap News Agency
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July 3, 2025
By Park Boram SEOUL, July 4 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Friday lashed out at a recent statement by the United States, Australia, Japan and India that demands the North's complete denuclearization, accusing the Quad security grouping of committing a...