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Kim Jong Un made the comments at the groundbreaking ceremony for a memorial for North Korean soldiers who fought for Russia in its war with Ukraine, state media said.
Around 20 North Korean soldiers crossed into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) border last weekend, prompting South Korea to fire warning shots until they retreated, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Thursday.
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Trump to jet off to Asia as North Korea fires ballistic missiles and China trade questions loom
Trump's Asia summit tour includes meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping and other regional leaders as trade tensions with Beijing escalate.
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Bloody letters and battlefield art: Russian museum's tribute to North Korean soldiers in Ukraine
When they are not fighting, they write poetry, letters home or words of praise to their supreme commander,” said one of the directors at Moscow's Museum of Victory.
During his first term, Trump met Kim on three occasions in an unsuccessful attempt to persuade North Korea to dismantle its nuclear arsenal in exchange for a partial lifting of sanctions. In a speech last month, Kim said there was no reason not to reenter talks with the U.S.—as long as Washington abandons denuclearization as a precondition.
A North Korean soldier has defected to South Korea across the rivals’ heavily fortified border. The South Korean military says it took the custody of the soldier who crossed the central portion of the land border on Sunday.
North Korea test-fired two hypersonic missiles on Wednesday, prompting protests from U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, which described the tests as unlawful and destabilizing. State media Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Thursday reported North Korea’s Missile Administration launched two hypersonic missiles from Ryokpho District,
North Korea has performed its first ballistic missile tests in five months, days before U.S. President Donald Trump and other leaders are expected to meet in South Korea
North Korea said Thursday that its latest missile tests involved a new hypersonic system aimed at strengthening its nuclear war deterrent, as leader Kim Jong Un continues to build up weapons designed
Hackers have pilfered billions of dollars by breaking into cryptocurrency exchanges and creating fake identities to get remote tech jobs at foreign companies, the report found.