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South Korea's Yoon calls for coordinated U.N. response to North Korea's provocations -media

South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol said the United Nations Security Council should respond in a coordinated manner against North Korea's missile provocations, South Korea's Newsis reported on Friday.

Reuters

N.Korea sends aid to 800 families suffering from intestinal epidemic

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and other senior officials prepared aid to send to 800 families suffering from an unidentified intestinal epidemic, state media reported on Friday, as the country also battles its first COVID-19 outbreak.

Reuters

Kim Jong-Un Could Be Readying For Another Nuclear Test Soon, Satellite Images Show

Kim Jong-un-led North Korea appears to be preparing for another nuclear test soon as the country expands work at its nuclear test site to include a second tunnel.

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Mystery disease reported in North Korea amid its Covid battle

North Korea’s leader has offered his family’s reserve medicines to victims of the disease, local media report

Evening Standard

Kim Jong-Un Uses Medicine 'Prepared By His Family' To Tackle Mysterious Outbreak In North Korea

Adding to the woes of the isolated nation, Kim Jong-un-led North Korea has reported an outbreak of an unidentified intestinal epidemic in the western port city of Haeju.

Benzinga

Seoul: No evidence slain official tried to defect to N Korea

South Korea’s new conservative government says there is no evidence that a South Korean official slain by North Korea near the rivals’ disputed sea boundary in 2020 had intended to defect to the North

The Independent UK

N Korea says fighting unnamed gastrointestinal disease outbreak

Outbreak in an agricultural area comes as impoverished country battles COVID-19 and food shortages.

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S.Korea says no evidence of defection from official shot dead by N.Korea

There was no evidence that the South Korean fisheries official shot and burned by North Korean troops in 2020 intended to defect, South Korea's maritime and military authorities said on Thursday, reversing its earlier announcement.

Reuters

N. Korea reports another disease outbreak amid COVID-19 wave

North Korea has reported the outbreak of another infectious disease in addition to its ongoing wave of COVID-19

The Independent UK

NKorea Faces Infectious Disease Outbreak Amid COVID Battle

North Korea reported an outbreak of an unidentified intestinal epidemic in a farming region on Thursday, putting further strain on the isolated country as it battles chronic food shortages and an unprecedented wave of COVID-19 infections. Leader Kim Jong Un sent medicines to the western port city of Haeju on…

Asharq Al-Awsat

New activity detected at North Korea’s nuclear testing facility

US think tank says satellite images suggest work is underway on a second tunnel at the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Facility.

Al Jazeera

North Korea reports another infectious disease outbreak amid battle against COVID

Reuters

N.Korea expands restoration at nuke test site to second tunnel -report

North Korea appears to be expanding restoration work at its nuclear test site to include a second tunnel, a U.S.-based think tank said on Thursday, as South Korean and U.S. officials say a new nuclear test could happen any day.

Reuters

N.Korea spent as much as $642 million on nukes in 2021, report estimates

North Korea may have spent as much as $642 million on its nuclear programme last year, according to anti-nuclear activists, as the impoverished country appears ready to test a new weapon despite battling a COVID-19 outbreak and economic crisis.

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How autocrats twist history to gain power

Leaders in China, North Korea and Russia tell history selectively or rewrite parts to suit their changing political needs.

Daily Mirror

Fears Kim Jong-un will launch nuclear weapon as he vows to bolster deadly arsenal

Kim Jong-un's pariah state of North Korea has finished preparations for its first nuclear test launch since 2017, according to South Korea's Foreign Minister Park Jin

The Independent UK

China city mayor apologizes over COVID-19 lockdown response

The mayor of a northeastern Chinese city on the North Korean border that had been under lockdown for more than 50 days has apologized for unspecified failures in his administration's work

Reuters

Biden adviser Sullivan raised concerns with China over North Korea

U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan has raised concerns with China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi over Beijing's veto at the United Nations of a U.S.-led push to impose more sanctions on North Korea, a senior U.S. official said.

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Al Jazeera

Biden adviser raises concerns with Chinese diplomat over N Korea

Jake Sullivan told Yang Jiechi that Washington and Beijing can cooperate on North Korea issue, senior US official says.

The Independent UK

South Korea says North completed prep for new nuclear test

South Korea’s top diplomat says North Korea has completed preparations for a new nuclear test and only a political decision by the country’s top leadership can prevent it from going forward

Reuters

Blinken says U.S. will keep pressure on North Korea until it changes course

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday said the United States will continue to keep pressure on North Korea until it changes course, after Washington this month warned that Pyongyang is preparing to conduct a seventh nuclear test.

Asharq Al-Awsat

North Korea Fires Suspected Artillery, Says Seoul

North Korea fired a series of artillery shots over the weekend, Seoul's military said, days after leader Kim Jong Un vowed to use "power for power" to defend the country's sovereignty. The South Korean military detected "several flight trajectories" that are understood to be shots from North Korean artillery, Seoul's…

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North Korea launches artillery shells towards the sea as Kim Jong Un appeals for unity at home

Kim Jong Un calls for greater internal unity as North Korea deals with economic issues and a COVID-19 outbreak, a day after South Korea's military says the North test-fired artillery shells.

Asharq Al-Awsat

SIPRI: World Headed for New Era of Nuclear Rearmament

The number of nuclear weapons in the world is set to rise in the coming decade after 35 years of decline as global tensions flare amid Russia's war in Ukraine, researchers said Monday. The nine nuclear powers -- Britain, China, France, India, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan, the United States and…

The Independent UK

North Korea plans crackdown as Kim pushes for internal unity

North Korea's state media say leader Kim Jong Un and his top deputies are pushing for a crackdown on officials who abuse their power and commit other “unsound and non-revolutionary acts."

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