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Kim Jong Un Executes 30 Officials For Failing To Prevent Deaths During Floods: Report

September 4, 2024 admin

The executions reportedly took place late last month. Several South Korean media reports suggest that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the execution of up to 30 officials, allegedly due to their failure to prevent devastating flooding and landslides. The disasters reportedly resulted in approximately 1,000 deaths. According to a report by South Korea’s Chosun…

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U.S. aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea as show of force against nuclear-armed North Korea

June 22, 2024 admin

The USS Theodore Roosevelt. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A nuclear-powered United States aircraft carrier arrived on June 22 in South Korea for a three-way exercise stepping up their military training to cope with North Korean threats that escalated with its alignment with Russia. The arrival of the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group in Busan…

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North Korea conducts artillery firing drills in likely response to South Korea-U.S. military training

March 8, 2024 admin

The Korean People’s Army conducts an artillery firing drill, in North Korea, on March 7, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised artillery firing drills aimed at boosting combat readiness, state media reported on March 8, days after his country vowed to take corresponding military steps against the ongoing South…

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Hamas attack on Israel prompts South Korea to consider pausing military agreement with North

October 10, 2023 admin

South Korea’s Defence Minister said, on October 10, he would push to suspend a 2018 inter-Korean military agreement in order to resume frontline surveillance on rival North Korea, as the surprise attack on Israel by Hamas militants raised concerns in South Korea about similar assaults by the North. Also Read | What did Hamas achieve…

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North Korean leader urges greater nuclear weapons production in response to a ‘new Cold War’

September 28, 2023 admin

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, bottom centre, attends a meeting of the country’s Parliament in Pyongyang, North Korea. | Photo Credit: AP North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for an exponential increase in production of nuclear weapons and for his country to play a…

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South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol warns Russia against weapons collaboration with North Korea

September 21, 2023 admin

South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol. | Photo Credit: Reuters South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol sounded a warning to fellow world leaders on September 21 about the recent communication and possible cooperation between North Korea and Russia, saying any action by a permanent U.N. Security Council member to circumvent international norms would be dangerous…

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Inside North Korean Leader’s Luxurious, Bulletproof Train

September 12, 2023 admin

The trip marks Kim’s first visit abroad in more than four years North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has arrived in Russia, after travelling from Pyongyang on his luxury armoured train for a summit with President Vladimir Putin in Vladivostok. The trip marks Kim’s first visit abroad in more than four years and the first since…

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