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 SEOUL: North Korea has fired a long-range ballistic missile, the South Korean military said on Wednesday, days after Pyongyang threatened to down US spy planes that violated its airspace.

Bangkok Post

North Korea launches 1,000km missile towards Japan after threatening US

North Korea has fired a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) towards Japan after warning of counteraction for alleged US reconnaissance activities in the region.

The Week

N Korea slams US move to deploy nuclear submarines to peninsula

Pyongyang also accused US spy planes of violating its airspace and warns such aircraft may be shot down.

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Kishida willing to meet with N. Korea over abduction issue

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida expressed willingness to negotiate with Pyongyang over past abductions of Japanese citizens during a meeting with a woman who was abducted to North Korea in the 1970s.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

‌South Korea Salvages Kim Jong Un’s Failed Spy Satellite

While the satellite provided insights into Pyongyang’s capabilities, experts said that it held minimal military significance.

Zenger

Thousands of North Koreans march in anti-US rallies as country marks Korean War anniversary

Tens of thousands of North Koreans marched in anti-U.S. rallies in the nation’s capital over the weekend, pledging “merciless” revenge against “U.S. imperialists,” as the country marked the 73rd anniversary of the start of the Korean War

The Independent UK

North Korea holds rallies denouncing ‘imperialist US’

Tens of thousands attend events in Pyongyang as country marks the anniversary of the start of the Korean War in 1950.

Al Jazeera

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Seoul salvages part of rocket from North Korea’s failed launch

Pyongyang attempted to send its first military spy satellite into orbit last month, but the rocket crashed into the sea.

Al Jazeera

North Korea fires ballistic missiles, warns the US on drills

North Korea test-fired two short-range ballistic missiles Thursday in its first such launch in about two months, which came after it failed in late May to put a spy satellite into orbit.

Tribune News Service

North Korea fires two missiles after South Korea-US drills

Launches carried out after Pyongyang warns of ‘inevitable’ response to rivals’ military exercises.

Al Jazeera

Pyongyang faked popular S.Korean website to steal data

SEOUL: North Korea created a fake version of Naver, South Korea's largest internet portal, as part of a sophisticated phishing attack designed to harvest personal information, Seoul's spy agency said Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

A former North Korean operative gives his first interview since defecting

Kim Hyun-woo used to work for North Korea's top intelligence agency. He defected to South Korea in 2014 and is now on his first-ever visit to the United States.

WEKU

North Korea sends elite to work on rice farms after starvation deaths TRIPLE in a year

Kim Jong-un has ballooned to over 22 stone despite starvation deaths tripling in North Korea in just one year with Pyongyang elite sent to work on rice farms

Daily Mirror

US, allies clash with Russia, China over North Korea's failed military spy satellite launch

The United States and its allies clashed with Russia and China over North Korea’s failed launch of a military spy satellite this week in violation of multiple U.N. Security Council resolutions, which Moscow and Beijing refused to condemn

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Reuters

China and Russia ignore US call at UN to condemn North Korea launch

China and Russia on Friday ignored a U.S. call for the U.N. Security Council to unite in condemning North Korea for its attempted satellite launch this week and instead blamed Washington for raising tensions on the Korean peninsula.

Bangkok Post

North Korea spy satellite crashes into sea

SEOUL: North Korea attempted to launch a spy satellite Wednesday but it crashed into the sea after a rocket failure, with the South Korean military retrieving part of the likely wreckage in a potential intelligence bonanza.

Al Jazeera

Japan on standby for N Korea ‘satellite’ launch in next two weeks

Pyongyang has said previously it completed work on a spy satellite, but Tokyo says launch could be ballistic missile.

Reuters

North Korea media slams missile warning pact between Seoul, US, Japan

North Korean media criticised on Thursday plans by South Korea, the United States and Japan to share real-time data on Pyongyang's missile launches, describing the trio as discussing "sinister measures" for tightening military cooperation.

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Al Jazeera

Meet N Korea’s ‘crown princess’ and possible heir to Kim Jong Un

N Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s daughter, Ju Ae, believed to be about 10 years old, could potentially be his successor.

The Independent UK

N. Korea insults Biden, slams defense agreement with Seoul

The powerful sister of North Korea’s leader says her country would stage more provocative displays of its military might in response to a new U.S.-South Korean agreement to intensify nuclear deterrence to counter the North’s nuclear threat, which she insists shows their “extreme” hostility toward Pyongyang

The Conversation

US-South Korea nuclear weapons deal – what you need to know

The United States and South Korea have unveiled an agreement under which leaders in Seoul will be handed an enhanced role in planning any nuclear response to a strike in the region by North Korea.

France 24

British American Tobacco fined $635 million for violating sanctions on North Korea

British American Tobacco (BAT) has been fined $635 million for breaching sanctions on North Korea. The British multinational, a leader in the sale of tobacco products, will pay the record sum to US authorities. BAT's Singapore subsidiary admitted to selling cigarettes to North Korea over a decade between 2007 and…

WEKU

A tobacco giant will pay $629 million for violating U.S. sanctions against North Korea

British American Tobacco, one of the largest tobacco companies in the world, agreed to settle allegations that it did illegal business with Pyongyang in violation of U.S. sanctions.

The Conversation

South Korea, US presidents to meet in Washington – amid wary glances in the direction of Pyongyang, Beijing and Moscow

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will meet his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden at the White House on April 26, 2023 – a rare state visit that comes as the two nations seek to confront common concerns.

Al Jazeera

US charges North Korean bank official over crypto laundering

North Korean Foreign Trade Bank representative accused of conspiring to use stolen funds to buy goods for Pyongyang.

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