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N. Korea highlights state founder Kim Il-sung's leadership ahead of the 31st anniv. of his death
Yonhap News Agency
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July 6, 2025
SEOUL, July 7 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Monday heaped praise on state founder Kim Il-sung, recalling his leadership as flawless as the country marks the 31st anniversary of the late leader's death this week. "Our great leader led the revolution...
Creative Ways To Share The Good News With North Korea
Patheos
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July 6, 2025
North Koreans lack free access to the Good News [Image from Wikimedia Commons]North Korea, referred to as the Hermit Kingdom, isolates itself to the extreme from the rest of the world. Its government tightly controls the country’s borders....
North Korean man crosses heavily fortified border to South Korea
News Tribune - Missouri
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July 6, 2025
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- An unidentified North Korean man crossed the heavily fortified land border separating the two Koreas and is in South Korean custody, the South's military said Friday. The South's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the military...
ISPE FC drawn in Group A for AFC Women’s Champions League qualifiers
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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July 6, 2025
Myanmar women’s club ISPE FC has been placed in Group A following the draw for the 2025-2026 AFC Women’s Champions League qualifiers, held on 4 July. A total of 19 clubs will compete in the qualifiers, divided into five groups. Only the top team...
North Korea and Denuclearization: Regime Survival and Nuclear Weapons
The Geopolitics
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July 6, 2025
I aim to explore the possibility of North Korea’s denuclearization during Mr. Donald Trump’s second term as U.S. president. I argue that, if a comprehensive package deal ensuring regime survival is offered, North Korea may denuclearize. This is...
North Korean avoids land mines to cross DMZ into South Korea as Seoul softens stance on Pyongyang
Fox News
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In a state media-run special, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is seen weeping over a casket draped with the insular nation's flag. (Credit: Reuters) NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A North Korean man walked across one of the most...
Late Pope Francis’ Pyongyang visit nixed by N. Korea silence – cardinal
Inquirer
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July 6, 2025
Cardinal Lazarus You Heung-sik speaks during a press conference held at the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea in Gwangjin-gu, eastern Seoul, Thursday. (Yonhap) SEOUL — The reason the late Pope Francis was ultimately unable to travel to...
Russia winning ammunition race over NATO Rutte
Birmingham Star - Alabama
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The country produces three times as much ammunition in three months as the bloc does in a year, the secretary-general has said Russia's military production is dwarfing that of NATO, Secretary-General Mark Rutte has warned, urging Western nations...
North Korea has a new luxury beach resort. But the country isn't open to most tourists
WVIA - Pennsylvania
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July 5, 2025
SEOUL, South Korea — When President Trump met North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un for a historic summit in 2018, he tried to show a rosy future North Korea could aspire to. "As an example, they have great beaches. You see that whenever they're...
North Korean man crosses heavily fortified border into South Korea
New York Post
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July 5, 2025
An unidentified North Korean man crossed the heavily fortified land border separating the two Koreas and is in South Korean custody, the South’s military said Friday. The South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the military identified and tracked the...
Taiwan qualifies for 2026 Women's Asian Cup with win over Indonesia
Focus Taiwan
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July 6, 2025
Taipei, July 6 (CNA) Taiwan's women's soccer team officially qualified for the 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup in Australia after defeating Indonesia 2-1 in Tangerang, Indonesia, on Saturday to top their qualifying group. Taiwan got a goal on a...
North Korean crosses the heavily fortified border to South
The Rising Nepal
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Seoul, July 5: An unidentified North Korean man crossed the heavily fortified land border separating the two Koreas and is in South Korean custody, the South's military said Friday. The South's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the military identified...
India snatch Women's Asian Cup spot, Nepal narrowly miss out
Daily Star
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July 5, 2025
Sun Jul 6, 2025 12:43 AM Last update on: Sun Jul 6, 2025 12:54 AM Star Sports Report Sun Jul 6, 2025 12:43 AM Last update on: Sun Jul 6, 2025 12:54 AM Chinese Taipei, North Korea, India, the Philippines, Uzbekistan and Vietnam confirmed their...
North Korea: Report to the UN Committee on the rights of persons with disabilities
International Federation for Human Rights
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July 4, 2025
On 4 July 2025, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its partner organisation Database Center for North Korean Human Rights (NKDB) submitted a joint report to the United Nations (UN) Committee on the Rights of Persons with...
Iran regime cracks down on its own people with a ‘North Korea-style model’ of ‘terrifying’ repression
New York Post
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July 5, 2025
In the wake of the 12-day war between Israel and Iran, the regime appears to be turning inward — escalating repression with chilling speed. According to Kasra Aarabi, director of IRGC research at United Against Nuclear Iran, the Islamic Republic...
North Korea holds dog meat cooking contest, touts it as summer health food
Korea JoungAng Daily
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July 4, 2025
Published: 04 Jul. 2025, 14:22 This image, captured from Korean Central Television on July 4, shows a ″sweet meat″ cooking competition held in Pyongyang. [YONHAP] North Korea hosted a dog meat cooking contest in Pyongyang to elevate culinary...
North Korean man crosses heavily fortified DMZ border to South Korea
Al Jazeera
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July 4, 2025
A North Korean man has crossed the heavily fortified land border with South Korea and is now being held in custody, the South Korean military has confirmed. The unarmed individual was located on Thursday in the central-west section of the...
North Korea’s Cosmetic Surgery Law Revealed, Allowing Aesthetic Procedures but With Strict Limits
The Korea Bizwire
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July 4, 2025
In 2023, North Korea’s People’s Health website highlighted Dr. Park Geum-seon and other physicians at the Cosmetic Surgery Department of the Ministry of Public Health’s Dental General Hospital, who specialize in reconstructive procedures for...
North Korean man arrested in South Korea after crossing border
The Independent
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July 4, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Russia’s diplomatic circle of friends: Taliban and North Korea in, Azerbaijan and Armenia out
Euronews
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In a move sparking significant backlash, Russia became the first country in the world to recognise the Taliban as the ruling government of Afghanistan. "We believe that the act of official recognition of the government of the Islamic Emirate of...