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North Korea calls South's leader a 'guy with a trash-like brain' as it slams his UN speech

North Korea has called South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol “a guy with a trash-like brain” and “a diplomatic idiot” as it blasted him for using a U.N. speech to issue a warning over the North’s deepening military ties with Russia

The Independent UK

Seoul's spy agency says Russia has likely proposed North Korea to join three-way drills with China

Russia has likely proposed that North Korea participate in three-way naval exercises with China, according to a lawmaker who attended a closed-door briefing with the director of South Korea’s top spy agency

The Independent UK

South Korea's Yoon to call for strong international response to North's nukes at ASEAN, G20 summits

South Korea’s president says he’ll tell world leaders about the need to faithfully enforce U.N. sanctions on North Korea when they converge in Indonesia and India for annual summits this week

The Independent UK

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North Korea says it simulated nuclear attacks on South Korea and rehearsed occupation of its rival

North Korea says its latest missile launches were a simulation of “scorched earth” nuclear strikes on South Korea

The Independent UK

North Korea says Travis King wants to stay there for refuge from US Army ‘discrimination’

King was travelling with a group tour to the border between North and South Korea when he crossed on 18 July

The Independent UK

North Korea says Travis King wants to stay there for refuge from US Army ‘discrimination’

King was travelling with a group tour to the border between North and South Korea when he crossed on 18 July

The Independent UK

Travis King: North Korea offers ‘very brief response’ to UN command over custody of US army soldier

Mr King was previously detained in South Korea after he issued a guilty plea for destroying public property and assault

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North Korea offers ‘very brief response’ to UN Command about Travis King

Mr King was previously detained in South Korea after he issued a guilty plea for destroying public property and assault

The Independent UK

Deodhar Trophy: Battle of equals between West and East in virtual semifinal

Priyank Panchal-led West Zone will take on Saurabh Tiwary’s East Zone in what would be a virtual semifinal in a round-five match of the Deodhar Trophy at the Cricket Association Puducherry Ground 2. West, powered by Shivam Dube and Kathan Patel’s unbroken 138-run stand, is coming off a dominating win…

The Hindu

Rival Koreas mark armistice anniversary in two different ways that highlight rising tensions

The truce that stopped the bloodshed in the Korean War turns 70 on Thursday and the two Koreas are marking the anniversary in starkly different ways, underscoring their deepening nuclear tensions

The Independent UK

North Korea fires 'several' missiles into sea, stays silent on US soldier

North Korea fired several cruise missiles toward its western sea Saturday, South Korea’s military said, marking the second launch event this week, apparently in protest of the docking of a nuclear-armed US submarine in South Korea.

France 24

Kim Jong Un Fires Missiles As US Submarine Arrives In South Korea

North Korea Launches Ballistic Missiles Amid Rising Tensions.

Zenger

Soldier Travis King faced disciplinary action in the US so he fled. Now he faces an unknown fate in North Korea

Leaving prison in South Korea, King was set to be returned to Fort Bliss, Texas – but he had other plans. Gustaf Kilander and Alisha Rahaman Sarkar reports

The Independent UK

North Korea fires 2 short-range missiles into the sea as US docks nuclear submarine in South Korea

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into its eastern sea early Wednesday in what appeared to be a statement of defiance as the United States deploys a nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea for the first time in decades

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Soldier Travis King faced disciplinary action in the US so he fled to North Korea. Now he’s back in US custody

Leaving prison in South Korea, King was set to be returned to Fort Bliss, Texas – but he had other plans. Gustaf Kilander and Alisha Rahaman Sarkar reports

The Independent UK

A look at some American who crossed into North Korea over the past years

The U.S.-led United Nations Command is trying to secure the release of an unidentified U.S. soldier who entered North Korea from the South Korean side of a border village

The Independent UK

Troubled US soldier Travis King seized by North Korea after fleeing across border disguised as tourist

Private mingles with visitors before bolting over the brick line marking the border

Evening Standard

North Korea holds defence talks as US sends nuclear submarine to region

North Korea’s Kim Jong-un held a key political conference after the United States deployed a nuclear-powered submarine capable of carrying about 150 Tomahawk missiles to South Korea on Friday.

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Reuters

South Korea's Yoon says alliance with U.S. 'nuclear-based'

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Tuesday he has upgraded the country's alliance with the United States to one that is "nuclear-based" in the face of North Korea's growing military threat.

Reuters

Inside South Korea's race to become one of the world’s biggest arms dealers

South Korea is using a $13.7 billion arms deal with Poland - Seoul's biggest ever - to lay the groundwork for a military-industrial juggernaut that the two nations' defence companies hope will feed Europe's hunger for weapons far into the future.

Newsroom.co.nz

'Pacific aspiration is not an appendage': Mahuta pushes Pacific-Asia ties in Korea

As Asian interest in the Pacific ramps up, the foreign minister says a South Korea summit is a chance for NZ to reiterate the importance of the Pacific voice in geopolitical discussions.

The New Daily

South Korea, US simulate response to ‘full-scale’ attack in joint exercises

South Korean and US forces have begun their largest-ever joint live-fire exercises, simulating a "full-scale attack" from North Korea.

Bangkok Post

South Korea launches homegrown rocket

SEOUL: South Korea launched its homegrown Nuri rocket on Thursday, officials said, a day after it was forced to postpone due to a technical glitch just hours before lift-off.

Reuters

South Korea, US hold largest live-fire drills to respond to 'full-scale' attack

South Korean and U.S. forces began live-fire exercises simulating a "full-scale attack" from North Korea on Thursday in what they said were the biggest such drills to demonstrate their "overwhelming" military capability against the North's threats.

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

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