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South Korea says to train 500,000 ‘drone warriors’ to counter North Korea

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South Korea says to train 500,000 ‘drone warriors’ to counter North Korea

South Korea’s short-range surface-to-air missile system Chunma. File | Photo Credit: South Korean Defence Ministry via Reuters South Korea will rapidly expand its ⁠drone and counter-drone capabilities to counter North Korea, including by training 500,000 “drone warriors” and distributing tens of thousands of unmanned systems across frontline units, the Defence Ministry said on Friday (June…

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North Korea Army ‘Ready To Shoot’ Amid Friction With South Korea Over Drones

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North Korea Army ‘Ready To Shoot’ Amid Friction With South Korea Over Drones

Seoul: North Korea’s artillery units near the border with South Korea have been ordered to be ready to fire amid frictions over drones that Pyongyang says are being flown over the frontier, state media cited the government as saying on Sunday. Some defectors and activists in South Korea fly aid parcels into the North and…

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Seoul says North Korea has likely sent missiles as well as ammunition, shells to Russia

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Seoul says North Korea has likely sent missiles as well as ammunition, shells to Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin, second left in front, and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, second right in front, examine a rocket assembly hangar during their meeting at the Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, in Russia, on September 13, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP North Korea has likely supplied several types of missiles…

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Four suspected North Korean defectors found in small boat in South Korean waters

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Four suspected North Korean defectors found in small boat in South Korean waters

A South Korean military vessel tows a North Korean boat that carried people believed to be seeking to defect from the country, to a port in Yangyang, South Korea, on October 24, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters “Four North Koreans were found in a small wooden boat in South Korean waters on October 24 in…

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North Korea fires cruise missiles into the sea after U.S.-South Korean military drills end

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North Korea fires cruise missiles into the sea after U.S.-South Korean military drills end

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observes what it says the test-firing of strategic cruisemissiles. | file photo | Photo Credit: AP North Korea launched several cruise missiles into the sea Saturday, South Korea’s military said, extending its weapons testing activities in response to the United States-South Korea summer military drills. South Korea’s military detected the launches…

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