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A North Korean flag flutters in the wind atop a 160-meter tower in North Korea’s village Gijungdong as seen from the Taesungdong freedom village inside the demilitarized zone in Paju, South Korea. File | Photo Credit: AP South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said on Sunday that warning shots had been fired when North…
A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea’s missile launch during a news program at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP North Korea on Wednesday (August 12, 2026) performed its second ballistic missile test in less than a week, its neighbors said, a likely…
North Korea has repeatedly declared itself an “irreversible” nuclear state since leader Kim Jong Un’s 2019 summit with U.S. President Donald Trump collapsed over the scope of denuclearisation and sanctions relief. File | Photo Credit: Reuters North Korea fired at least one ballistic missile over the Sea of Japan on Thursday (August 6, 2026), Seoul’s…
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Civilians in South Korea will be able to get several kilometres nearer North Korea under new rules broadening public access to the highly militarised border zone, Seoul’s Defence Ministry said on Wednesday (June 18, 2026). The two Koreas remain technically at war because their 1950-53 conflict ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty, and…
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Members of the Korean Vietnam War Veterans Association stage a rally against a recent deployment of North Korean troops to Russia, in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP South Korea aims to send a team to Ukraine to monitor and analyse the deployment of North Korean troops by Russia, a…
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South Korea’s military decided to resume its round-the-clock loudspeaker broadcast Seoul: North Korea on Sunday floated balloons carrying trash towards South Korea, South Korea’s military said, declaring it would respond with “full-scale” loudspeaker broadcasts. The South Korean military said the North’s actions raising tensions near the heavily armed border could have fatal consequences, adding the…
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North and South Korea began removing mines at two sites inside their heavily fortified border on October 1, 2018, as part of their deals to ease decades-long military tensions. File | Photo Credit: AP North Korean landmines could be swept into South Korea by flooding, South Korea’s military warned on July 17, after the North…
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un presents a pair of Pungsan dogs to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in Pyongyang, North Korea on Wednesday. (Image provided by Korean State media) | Photo Credit: AP via KCNA The story so far: Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a “comprehensive strategic” partnership deal with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un in…
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