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N. Korea stages anti-US mass rallies on Korean War anniversary
North Korea has staged various rallies and events inciting anti-American sentiment and pledging retaliation as the country marks the 75th anniversary of the outbreak of the 1950-53 Korean War, state media reported Wednesday. Students, female workers and members of North Korea's largest women's organization gathered in Pyongyang the previous day, vowing to retaliate against the United States over what were described as Korean War atrocities, according to the Korean Central News Agency. During the
June 25, 2025 -
Abductee family group to consider not sending leaflets to N. Korea
A South Korean civic group representing families of abductees held in North Korea said Tuesday it will consider suspending the distribution of anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border. Choi Seong-ryong, the head of the group, said he received a positive message by phone from a high-ranking government official on Monday and will later decide whether to stop sending leaflets to North Korea after discussions with group members. The remarks came after Choi told reporters a week ago that his group i
June 24, 2025 -
Trump struck Iran — but North Korea is a different story
US President Donald Trump’s decision to authorize airstrikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities has been widely seen as reinforcing North Korea’s long-held belief: that nuclear weapons are essential for regime survival. The strike would further dim the already unfavorable prospects for nuclear dialogue with Washington and accelerate Pyongyang’s push for deeper military cooperation with Russia. Still, analysts in Seoul stressed that North Korea’s case is fundamentally different from Iran’s. Not
June 23, 2025 -
N. Korea reports on Iran-Israel armed conflict without its own commentary
North Korea's mainstream newspaper on Monday reported on the ongoing armed conflict between Iran and Israel, citing statements from Russia and Iran without direct commentary of its own. The Rodong Sinmun, a daily intended for general North Korean readers, reported Russia's foreign ministry voiced serious concerns Friday over Israel's attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities. The newspaper quoted Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova as warning that such attacks could trigger a global
June 23, 2025 -
NK fires multiple rocket launcher shells
North Korea fired some 10 artillery shells from its multiple rocket launchers in the morning, South Korea’s military said Thursday. “Our military detected 10 artillery shells from multiple rocket launcher systems that were fired from the Sunan area in North Korea, near Pyongyang, towards the northwest at around 10 a.m.,” the South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said. The Yellow Sea lies northwest of Sunan. The JCS said it had detected signs of the launches in advance and was prepared to respond. South
June 19, 2025 -
N. Korea touts 'absolute solidity' of alliance with Russia on 1st anniv. of key treaty
North Korea on Thursday underscored the "absolute solidity" of its alliance with Russia and reaffirmed bilateral cooperation as it marked the first anniversary of the signing of a mutual defense treaty with Moscow. The North's mainstream Rodong Sinmun newspaper, which reflects the regime's official position, issued the message in an article marking the first anniversary of the signing of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership treaty on June 19 last year in Pyongyang between leader Kim Jong-un a
June 19, 2025 -
Why Putin’s top aide Shoigu keeps meeting Kim Jong-un
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russia’s top security official Sergei Shoigu agreed to step up Pyongyang’s military support for Russia’s war in Ukraine during their second meeting in about two weeks, North Korean state media reported Wednesday. However, the report made no mention of Shoigu’s separate disclosure that 5,000 military construction workers and 1,000 sappers would be sent to Russia’s war-torn Kursk region, where North Korean troops have already been deployed. Shoigu, Russian Presi
June 18, 2025 -
N. Korea's Kim meets with Russia's security chief: KCNA
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un held a meeting with Russia's Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu, the North's state media confirmed Wednesday, saying that Kim affirmed Pyongyang's cooperation with Moscow under their mutual defense treaty. Kim held talks in Pyongyang with Shoigu, who was on an unspecified special mission from Russian President Vladimir Putin, as North Korea and Russia prepare to mark the first anniversary of their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership treaty. "Kim Jong-un conf
June 18, 2025 -
N. Korea to send 6,000 military builders, sappers to Kursk region
North Korea will send 5,000 military construction workers and 1,000 sappers to Russia's Kursk region, Russian media reports said Tuesday, while Moscow's security chief visited Pyongyang for talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The announcement came as Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu visited the North Korean capital on a special mission from Russian President Vladimir Putin and held talks with Kim earlier in the day, as the two countries prepare to mark the first anniversary of th
June 17, 2025 -
N. Korea's Kim holds talks with Russia's security chief in Pyongyang: report
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un held talks with Russia's Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu in Pyongyang on Tuesday, Russian news agency Tass reported, as the two countries prepare to mark the first anniversary of their mutual defense treaty. Kim and Shoigu began their talks in the North Korean capital, the Russian news agency said, citing the press service of the Russian Security Council, shortly after reporting on Shoigu's arrival in Pyongyang. Shoigu is visiting North Korea on a special
June 17, 2025 -
Anti-North Korea leaflet launches will end if Lee meets us, say abductee families
A South Korean civic group representing families of abductees held in North Korea said it would halt the distribution of anti-Pyongyang leaflets if President Lee Jae-myung takes steps to confirm the abductees’ survival and meets with their families. Choi Sung-ryong, head of the Association of the Families of Those Abducted by North Korea, held a news conference Monday in front of the government complex in Seoul, as the Lee administration cracks down on the sending of anti-North Korean propaganda
June 16, 2025 -
Over 6,000 N. Korean troops killed or injured in Ukraine war: British defense ministry
North Korea is estimated to have sustained more than 6,000 casualties in fighting against Ukrainian forces in Russia's Kursk region, more than half of the troops Pyongyang initially deployed, according to Britain's defense ministry. The ministry shared the assessment in an X post Sunday, two months after its earlier estimate of over 5,000 North Korean troop casualties in Russia's western front-line region of Kursk in early April. "The total casualties amount to more than half of the approximatel
June 16, 2025 -
Unification ministry to discuss measures to prevent anti-Pyongyang leaflet campaigns
The unification ministry said Monday it is set to hold a meeting with related government agencies to discuss measures to prevent activists' sending of anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border. The meeting comes after President Lee Jae-myung on Saturday ordered measures to prevent the "illegal" launches of leaflets critical of North Korea and punish violators of related laws as he seeks to mend frayed ties with North Korea. The meeting will be presided over by the chief in charge of human rights
June 16, 2025 -
Hopes rise for revival of inter-Korean projects
A sense of hope is brewing among businesses for the revival of suspended inter-Korean economic projects as the liberal bloc, which traditionally favors warmer relations with North Korea, returns to the presidency. The anticipation is building among several South Korean businesses that were forced to leave the inter-Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex nearly a decade ago. They now share a hope of returning to the shuttered joint economic zone in the North’s border city to either resume their busine
June 15, 2025 -
N. Korea edits images to remove ex-naval commander after warship accident
North Korea appears to have edited recent state media images to remove a top naval commander after last month's failed launch of a new warship, NK News has reported. In state media footage aired Friday on the relaunch ceremony of the 5,000-ton Kang Kon destroyer, Kim Myong-sik, the North's former chief navy commander, was notably absent from images showing leader Kim Jong-un's earlier inspection of the warship's construction. Hong Kil-ho, manager of the Chongjin Shipyard -- where an incident inv
June 14, 2025