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| Aug 26, 2025 | Ships, planes, billions in investment pledges: South Korea’s Lee charms Trump with deals | $150 billion investment pledge from South Korean companies was reportedly announced.
This was in addition to an order of 103 airplanes from Boeing, as well as a purchase of South Korean ships and a shipbuilding partnership.
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| May 16, 2024 | Plugging a New Gap in Monitoring Sanctions on North Korea | On 28 March, Russia vetoed the renewal of the mandate of the Panel of Experts monitoring UN sanctions on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), as North Korea prefers to be known. The eight-member Panel ceased work on 30 April af... |
| Feb 20, 2024 | Putin gave Kim Jong Un a luxury Russian car, deepening their war bromance and ignoring sanctions to do it | Politics Putin gave Kim Jong Un a luxury Russian car, deepening their war bromance and ignoring sanctions to do it
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| Dec 29, 2023 | North Korea has a growing arsenal of sub-launched missiles that might not fit in the subs meant to launch them | Military & Defense North Korea has a growing arsenal of sub-launched missiles that might not fit in the subs meant to launch them
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| Dec 7, 2023 | North and South Korea are taking their missile race underwater. Here's how their new missile-launching submarines stack up | North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the launch of a new "tactical nuclear attack submarine" in September. KCNA via REUTERS
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| Oct 15, 2023 | A desperate Russia may be just what North Korea needs to finally update its ancient Air Force | North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at an aircraft manufacturing plant in the Russia Far East on September 15. KCNA via REUTERS
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited Russia in September on his first overseas trip since 2019.
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| Sep 13, 2023 | North Korea's new missile sub looks kind of shoddy, but the US and its allies can't afford to ignore it | North Korea launches new tactical nuclear attack submarine, according to KCNA. KCNA/REUTERS
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North Korea recently unveiled a heavily reworked Cold War-era submarine with new missile capabilities.
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| Aug 4, 2023 | In a desperate scramble for ammo, Russia's defense chief flew all the way to North Korea to beg for some of theirs | Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu attends a reception for the Russian military delegation hosted by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang, North Korea, July 27, 2023, in this image released by North Korea's Korean Central News ... |
| Jul 28, 2023 | Kim Jong Un just showed off two new North Korean aircraft that look shockingly similar to US military drones | Military & Defense Kim Jong Un just showed off two new North Korean aircraft that look shockingly similar to US military drones
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| Jun 12, 2023 | Kim Jong Un really wants to be Putin's buddy, saying they should start 'holding hands' and that North Korea stands in 'solidarity' with Russia's war in Ukraine | Russian President Vladimir Putin greets North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un before a meeting April 25, 2019 in Vladivostok, Russia. Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has nothing but praise for Vladimir Puti... |
| Apr 21, 2023 | North Korea's next nuke test a matter of 'when,' not 'if,' US Army general says, warning its on the way to a key nuclear capability | North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter Kim Ju Ae attend a test launch of a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Hwasong-18 at an undisclosed location in this still image of a photo used in a video released by N... |
| Apr 19, 2023 | North Korea wants to turn around its dismal space launch record, saying its first military spy satellite is ready for liftoff | North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, second left, and his daughter watch a sports event to mark the 111th birth anniversary of the late leader Kim Il Sung in North Korea. KCNA/Associated Press
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| Mar 28, 2023 | North Korea's showing off an underwater nuclear attack drone it says can cause a 'radioactive tsunami,' but the threat is likely 'exaggerated' | n this undated photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects what it says unmanned underwater nuclear attack craft "Haeil" which was tested during exercises held on March 21 - 23, 2023 in ... |
| Mar 7, 2023 | Kim Jong Un's mysterious sister, Kim Yo Jong, issued a rare public threat to the US on her brother's behalf, hinting that she might be gaining influence | A tv screen shows a file image of Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul. KIM Jae-Hwan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
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| Dec 19, 2022 | North Korea conducts ‘important final-stage test’ for spy satellite | Image by PIRO from Pixabay
North Korea carried out an “important final-stage test” for the development of a spy satellite, which it will complete by April next year, state media said on Monday.
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| Nov 21, 2022 | North Korea says its nukes are about the children after photos dropped of Kim Jong Un bringing his daughter to a missile launch | This photo provided on Nov. 19, 2022, by the North Korean government shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and his daughter inspect what it says a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile at Pyongyang International Airport in Py... |
| Nov 19, 2022 | Kim Jong Un just revealed his daughter to the world in photos of North Korea's latest launch of a massive missile | North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walks away from an ICMB in this photo released on November 19, 2022 by North Korean state news. Reuters
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Kim Jong Un was seen with his wife and a young girl at a missile test on Friday.
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| Nov 4, 2022 | South Korea scrambles dozens of fighter jets after detecting 180 North Korean warplanes near their border | South Korean Air Force F-35 A Stealths fly by during the press day of the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition 2019 at the Seoul Military Airport in Seongnam, South Korea, Monday, Oct. 14, 2019. AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon
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| Oct 13, 2022 | North Korea's Leader Kim Jong Un Oversees Long-range Cruise Missiles Test, Sends Warning to 'Enemies' | Joaquin Victor Tacla, Tech Times 13 October 2022, 06:10 am
State media said on Thursday that Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea, oversaw the testing of long-range cruise missiles, which he characterized as a successful demonstration of ... |
| Sep 9, 2022 | North Korea's new law lets it strike first with nuclear force if its leadership faces an imminent threat | North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walks away from what state media report is a "new type" of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in this photo released by by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency on March 24, 2022 KCNA via ... |
| Jan 11, 2022 | North Korea fired off a ‘more advanced’ missile that flew at 10 times the speed of sound, South Korean military says | A view of what state news agency KCNA reports is the test firing of a hypersonic missile at an undisclosed location in North Korea, January 5, 2022. KCNA via REUTERS
North Korea tested its second missile so far this year on Tuesday.
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| Oct 31, 2021 | North Korea is breeding black swans for people to eat, as the reclusive nation faces a crippling food shortage | Black swans and a cygnet seen in Christchurch, New Zealand, on October 01, 2021. Sanka Vidanagama/NurPhoto via Getty Images
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un declared a food shortage in June and asked people for solutions.
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| Oct 31, 2021 | North Korea is breeding black swans for people to eat, as it faces a crippling food shortage | Black swans and a cygnet seen in Christchurch, New Zealand, on October 01, 2021.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un declared a food shortage in June and asked people for solutions.
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| Oct 14, 2021 | Topless North Korean soldiers displayed a bizarre show of strength to Kim Jong Un by performing dropkicks and lying on glass shards | Kim Jong Un meets with fighter pilots at a defence development exhibition on Monday, where martial artists showed off feats of strength to the Supreme Leader. Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP
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| Oct 14, 2021 | North Korean soldiers put on bizarre show for Kim Jong Un, performing dropkicks, lying on glass shards | Twitter.
Shirtless North Korean soldiers faced off against a bed of nails, concrete blocks, and swords in honour of their Supreme Leader on Monday.
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| Sep 3, 2021 | North Korea is forcing youth into ‘backbreaking’ hard labor at mines and farms to control them, human rights group says | North Korea’s youth and students wearing protective face masks hold an outdoor rally in protest of the leaflets launched by defectors in South Korea that condemned the Kim Jong Un’s regime in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this photo taken June... |
| Jul 9, 2021 | North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reshuffled his senior leadership after blaming officials for creating an unexplained ‘great crisis’ | On July 7,2021, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang during national Memorial Day commemorations. KCNA via REUTERS
Kim Jong Un appears to have reshuffled North Korean leadership.
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| Jun 7, 2021 | Kim Jong Un is waging a culture war, and North Korea is cracking down on foreign movies, slang, and even clothes and hairstyles | This undated picture released from North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on April 14, 2017 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un inspecting a Special Operations Forces event. STR/AFP via Getty Images
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| Jun 24, 2020 | North Korea Just Did an About-Face on its Stance Towards the South | North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday took a step back from the escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsula in recent weeks, suspending what the North described as plans for military action against the South.
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| Jun 17, 2020 | North Korea Is Matching Its War of Words With Plans to Re-Militarize Border Zones | Following its surprise destruction of an inter-Korean liaison office on Tuesday, North Korea on Wednesday said it would resume military exercises and begin to reinstall guard posts in previously demilitarized areas along its border with the... |
| Jun 12, 2020 | North Korea Asks Why It Should Keep 'Holding Hands' With US Amid Trump Administration’s 'Hypocrisy' | North Korea on Friday publicly questioned why it should continue its uneasy detente with the United States, citing the Trump administration’s “empty promises” and a lack of concrete results since the two countries’ leaders first met in Sing... |
| Ukraine war live updates: Kyiv faces sixth attack this month; Zelenskyy says Ukraine grain export ban ‘unacceptable’ | This is CNBC’s live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine. See below for the latest updates. |
| Putin and Kim Jong Un pledge closer relations as Russia courts non-Western allies in the wake of its Ukraine invasion | Russian President Vladimir Putin with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in April 2019. ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
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Russia and North Korea exchanged messages of mutual support on Monday, per state media outlet... |
| North Korea’s hypersonic missile claim is seen as an attempt to boost its ‘bargaining position’ | North Korea is seeking to build up its missile capability in order to boost its “bargaining position,” says one political analyst, who pointed to the country’s latest attempt last week to test-fire a hypersonic missile.
On Thursday, state m... |
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| Kim Jong Un blasts North Korea's poor response to COVID crisis amid explosive outbreak and rising 'fever' cases | People sit near a screen showing a news broadcast at a train station in Seoul on May 12, 2022, of North Koreas leader Kim Jong Un. Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images
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During a meeting on Tuesday, Kim Jong Un criticized the way h... |
| U.S. policy of engaging with North Korea is turning out to be a mistake, analyst says | The Biden administration’s decision to focus on engagement with North Korea appears to have been a mistake, said Anthony Ruggiero of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) after the reclusive state’s fourth weapons test in a month.... |
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| Russia urged to withdraw forces from Ukrainian nuclear power plant; Putin turns to North Korea for friendship | This is CNBC’s live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine. See below for the latest updates. |
