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The Guardian view on North Korea and the Kims: whoever’s at the helm, the regime serves only itself

Editorial: Speculation that the leader’s teenage daughter will succeed him is rife. But Ju-ae’s high profile is about continuity, not change

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Newsom notes Trump’s proposed gold statue in his library ‘looks awfully familiar’ to dictators

Trump’s proposed presidential library featured a rendering of a tall gold statue made in the president’s likeness

The Independent UK

Charlie Kirk: the latest in a long line of political martyrs, from left and right

Donald Trump has posthumously awarded the rightwing influencer Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the US.

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North Korea invites foreign dignitaries for ruling party's 80th anniversary celebrations

Officials from China, Russia, Vietnam and Laos will be among those attending the celebrations on Friday.

Euronews

North Korea’s Kim heralds new ICBM rocket engine test as ‘significant’

Kim supervised test of new solid-fuel rocket engine for N Korea’s ICBMs, in latest development of his missile arsenal.

Al Jazeera

What we learned about North Korea at the summit in Beijing

China invited world leaders to its capital, Beijing, recently to celebrate the 85th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in the second world war. Western leaders were notably absent. But despite the presence of many other leaders, such as Russian president Vladimir Putin, it was the arrival of North Korea’s Kim Jong-un…

The Conversation

North Korea: Kim Jong-un’s daughter makes international debut fuelling succession speculation

Kim Ju-ae’s arrival in Beijing ahead of China’s victory day military parade show she is her father’s preferred successor, experts say

The Guardian - AU

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What does China really think about Trump? They know about humiliation and won’t take it from him

Economically, the trade war may be bad news for Xi Jinping, but ideologically and politically it is a gift

The Guardian - UK

North Korean commando involved in plot to kill South Korean president dies at 82

Kim Shin-jo, who later reinvented himself as a Christian pastor, took part in the failed 1968 attempt to assassinate Park Chung-hee.

Euronews

Madame Choi and the Monsters by Patrick Spät and Sheree Domingo review – the stuff of blockbusters

The astonishing real-life tale of how North Korea kidnapped an actor and her film director ex-husband makes for a fascinating graphic history

The Guardian - UK

North Korea beefs up Kim Jong-un’s security due to assassination threat

North Korean leader’s public appearances have sharply increased this year

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on North Korea’s competing calendars: arranging the days of our lives

Editorial: Pyongyang may be moving away from its Juche dating system, but others cling to their own kinds of time despite the Gregorian supremacy

The Guardian - UK

Kim-Putin deal: why this is a coded message aimed at China and how it worries Beijing

The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, paid a visit to Pyongyang this week and signed a defence pact with reclusive North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, as he looks for new allies who can help him increase Russia’s supply of munitions for the war in Ukraine.

The Conversation

Ukraine recap: Putin love-in with Kim Jong-un contrasts with western disarray over peace plan

Hotfoot from signing a security pact with North Korea on Wednesday, Vladimir Putin has popped up in Vietnam, another of the few remaining countries where the Russian president is still welcome (or doesn’t face arrest under the war crimes warrant issued by the International Criminal Court last year). Here he…

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Thursday briefing: What Russia wants from its alliance with North Korea

In today’s newsletter: Putin has gone from G8 member to outpast relying on Pyongyang to aid his efforts in Ukraine. How worried should the west be?

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‘Luxury’ skiing in North Korea: the Russians allowed behind the border

Kim Jong-un’s selected few are ‘100% satisfied’ but find a country steeped in hopelessness under sanctions

Bored Panda

Drone Photos Of North Korea Provide Eerie Look Into Country

"I'm always amazed at the creepy emptiness going on there." The post Drone Photos Of North Korea Provide Eerie Look Into Country first appeared on Bored Panda.

The Guardian - AU

North Korea demolishes symbol of hope for reunification with South – report

The Arch of Reunification – built in 2000 after a landmark inter-Korean summit – has disappeared from satellite imagery

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Unification with South Korea no longer possible, says Kim Jong-un

In a speech, the North Korean leader has called for constitutional change to identify the south as ‘number one hostile state’

The Guardian - AU

Speculation that Kim Jong-un’s daughter could succeed him as North Korean leader comes of age

For every theory suggesting 10-year-old Ju-ae is next in line, there is another saying she is being used to soften her father’s image. But that changed this week

The Conversation

North Korea ramps up military rhetoric as Kim gives up on reunification with South

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un is continuing to ramp up his focus on nuclear weapons and taking a more aggressive military stance towards his neighbour South Korea.

The Independent UK

What we know about Kim Jong Un’s daughter – the ‘successor’ for North Korea at 10 years old

North Korea’s state media bestowing rare praise on Kim Ju Ae, not enjoyed by her father until his position as future leader was set in stone

The Conversation

North Korea: electoral reform prompts speculation that Kim Jong-un is grooming his daughter to succeed him

This year, unusually, North Korea allowed more than one candidate on the ballot for the recent local elections. Under new laws introduced in August this year, voters are now asked to choose between two candidates for North Korea’s local and regional assemblies. Then in a second vote, they either approve…

The Guardian - UK

Escape from tyranny: the gentle pastor who smuggles North Koreans to freedom

Using footage shot by escapees, Beyond Utopia is a gripping film about the man of God on a mission to liberate North Koreans, end brainwashing – and topple Kim Jong-un’s totalitarian regime

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine war turns the tables as Russia seeks help from North Korea

Kim Jong-un’s grandfather founded North Korea with the backing of the Soviet Union, and was heavily reliant on its aid for decades

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