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Goods pile up in North Korea after trains resume from Russia, think-tank says

Satellite images show goods from Russia appear to be piling up in a North Korean railyard, about a month after trains were reported crossing the border for the first time since the pandemic began, a U.S.-based think-tank said on Monday.

Reuters

South Korea urges China to support dialogue with North Korea - S.Korea ministry

South Korea's Foreign Minister Park Jin told Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Monday that the country expects China to actively support South Korea's efforts for dialogue with North Korea, South Korea's foreign ministry said.

Reuters

Dogs Gifted by North’s Kim Resettle in South Korean Zoo

A pair of dogs gifted by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un four years ago ended up at a zoo in South Korea after a dispute over who should finance the caring of the animals. Kim had given the two white Pungsan hunting dogs — a breed indigenous to North…

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Dogs gifted by North's Kim resettle in South Korean zoo

A pair of dogs gifted by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un four years ago have ended up at a zoo in South Korea following a dispute over who should foot the bill for the animals' care

The Independent UK

North Korean cyber spies deploy new tactic: tricking foreign experts into writing research for them

When Daniel DePetris, a U.S.-based foreign affairs analyst, received an email in October from the director of the 38 North think-tank commissioning an article, it seemed to be business as usual.

Reuters

Japan lawmaker in Taiwan says China threat needs more military spending

Japan needs to increase its military spending in the face of the "grim reality" of the threat from China and North Korea, a senior member of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party said on Sunday during a visit to Taiwan.

Reuters

U.S. expresses concern about N.Korea missile launches to Chinese representative

The U.S. Special Representative on North Korea Sung Kim told his Chinese counterpart on Korean Peninsula affairs Liu Xiaoming the United States was concerned by an "unprecedented" number of ballistic missile launches from Pyongyang, the State Department said.

Reuters

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Keeping up with the Morohoshis: Buying a bomb shelter in the Tokyo suburbs

When North Korea lofted a missile over Japan in October, setting off emergency alerts across cell networks, Megumi Morohoshi made a decision: she was going to buy a bomb shelter.

Reuters

North Korean hackers used Itaewon tragedy for malware: Google

Google’s anti-hacking unit says state-backed hackers exploited Halloween disaster to target internet users with malware.

Al Jazeera

North Korean hackers exploited Seoul Halloween tragedy to distribute malware, Google says

North Korean government-backed hackers referenced the deadly Halloween crush in Seoul to distribute malware to users in South Korea, Google's Threat Analysis group said in a report.The malware was embedded in Microsoft Office documents which purported to be a government report on the tragedy that killed more than 150 people…

Reuters

US: Russia looking to Iran to supply more drones, missiles

Struggling to maintain a steady supply of arms for its war in Ukraine, Moscow is looking to Iran once again to resupply the Russian military with drones and surface-to-surface missiles

The Independent UK

North Korea to convene rubber-stamp parliament in mid-January

The North Korean Supreme People's Assembly (SPA), the isolated country's rubber-stamp parliament, will convene on Jan. 17 to discuss government budget and other issues, state media said on Wednesday, amid mounting economic challenges.

Reuters

US sticking with North Korea policy despite series of missile tests

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is not about to change its long-standing North Korea policy and will continue to focus on deterrence and stronger ties with Asian allies, a senior White House official said, despite leader Kim Jong Un’s unprecedented barrage of missile tests in recent months.

Tribune News Service

Kim Jong-un's ban on foreign media defied as USBs in bottles sent into North Korea

According to the Human Rights Foundation (HRF), a US nonprofit loaded scores of USB memory sticks and SD cards to the Asian country over the course of the year

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First Thing: Trump did not disclose $19.8m loan while president

Loan from Daewoo, a company with ties to North Korea, should have been reported in disclosures. Plus, mass strikes in Iran

Al Jazeera

N Korea orders new artillery fire over US-S Korea drills

Order comes a day after North Korea said it fired more than 130 shells into the sea off its east and west coasts.

The Independent UK

N. Korea orders new artillery firings over South's drills

North Korea’s military says it has ordered frontline units to conduct artillery firings into the sea for the second consecutive day in a tit-for-tat response to South Korean live-fire drills in an inland border region

Reuters

North Korea fires more artillery shells into sea in response to South Korea drills

North Korea said on Tuesday it had ordered military units to fire more artillery shells into the sea, the North's official KCNA news agency reported, in response to South Korea's ongoing drills across the border.

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The Guardian - US

Trump did not disclose $19.8m loan while president, documents show

The loan from Daewoo, a company with ties to North Korea, and should have been on public financial disclosure reports

Daily Mirror

North Korea executes two teenagers after they watched films from South Korea

Eyewitnesses said they were told people watching South Korean movies will be "sentenced to the maximum penalty - death" as they watched the two teens being killed

The News Lens

How North Korea Is Trying To Keep Citizens From Defecting

Pyongyang claims extensive new fortifications on its border with China and a “shoot-to-kill” policy for anyone suspected of attempting to flee are measures to keep Covid-19 s at bay.

The Independent UK

S. Korea says N. Korea fired artillery rounds near border

South Korea’s military says North Korea fired about 130 suspected artillery rounds into the water near their western and eastern sea borders, the latest military action contributing to worsening relations between the neighbors

Reuters

North Korea fires over 130 artillery rounds as warning after South Korea-U.S. drills

North Korea said it fired more than 130 artillery shells into the sea off its east and west coasts on Monday after detecting military drills across the border in the South.

Salon

Trump's curious debts while in office

Trump failed to disclose $19.8MM in debt to Daewoo, a South Korean company with ties to North Korea

The Independent UK

Seoul arrests ex-top security official over border killing

South Korean prosecutors arrested the country’s former national security director over suspicions he engaged in a cover-up to hide details and distort the circumstances surrounding North Korea’s killing of a South Korean fisheries official near the rivals’ sea boundary in 2020

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