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N. Korea Launches Sprawling Kalma Beach Resort
MENAFN
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June 29, 2025
(MENAFN) North Korea has launched a sprawling beach resort along the eastern coastline in Kalma, with leader Kim Jong Un praising the development as one of this year’s "greatest" achievements, according to state media reports on Thursday. On...
Kim Jong Un shown mourning North Korean soldiers he sent to die in Putin’s war in Ukraine
The Independent
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July 1, 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...
Kim Jong-un pays rare public tribute to North Korean soldiers killed in Ukraine
The Guardian
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July 1, 2025
Kim Jong-un has paid tribute to North Korean soldiers killed during Russia’s war with Ukraine, resting his hands on their repatriated coffins in a rare public acknowledgment that his armed forces have suffered fatalities in the conflict....
Delegation of North Korean military academy departs to visit Russia — KCNA
TASS
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July 1, 2025
SEOUL, July 1. /TASS/. A delegation from a major North Korean military school has departed for Russia, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported. The delegation led by the school’s chief, Kim Kum Chol, is planning to visit the...
Six Americans arrested for sending Bibles to North Korea
Metro World News
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July 1, 2025
Six American citizens were arrested yesterday, Friday, in South Korea when they were trying to launch into the sea over a thousand plastic bottles containing rice, one-dollar bills, and Bibles, in an apparent attempt to reach North Korea. The...
N. Korea, Russia Deepen Cultural Ties as Moscow Delegation Arrives in Pyongyang
KBS World
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June 29, 2025
Photo : YONHAP News North Korea and Russia are expanding their relationship beyond military cooperation to include cultural exchanges. The North's state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Sunday that a Russian delegation, led by...
FBI arrests one man, searches laptops in 16 states in crackdown on North Korean tech-worker scheme
Crossroads Today - Texas
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(CNN) — US law enforcement has arrested a New Jersey man and searched stashes of laptops in 16 states in a sweeping crackdown on North Korean efforts to use remote tech workers to covertly fund their weapons programs, the Justice Department said...
Footage Shows North Korean Leader Mourning Soldiers Believed Killed In Russia
Ommcom News
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June 30, 2025
Seoul: North Korea’s state media aired Monday images of its leader Kim Jong-un mourning over his soldiers believed to have been killed in Russia’s war against Ukraine. The images, released by Korean Central Television, showed Kim solemnly placing...
Questions Hover as Kim Opens Luxury North Korean Beach Resort
WMAL - Washington D.C.
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June 30, 2025
Andrew Salmon | June 29, 2025 (The Washington Times) — The opening of a ritzy beach resort in North Korea is puzzling pundits. The impressive scale and apparent high quality of the resort are raising questions about the economy of the heavily...
10 Wonders of South Korea: Culture, Nature, and Food You Must Try
Out of Town Blog
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July 3, 2025
Imagine a place where ancient palaces blend seamlessly with modern cities, where each meal bursts with flavor, and nature resembles a living painting. That place is South Korea. It’s more than just a travel spot—it’s a realm full of surprises....
Kim Jong-un meets Russian culture minister amid deepening North Korea-Russia ties
The Kyiv Independent
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June 30, 2025
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met with Russian Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova in Pyongyang on June 29 to discuss expanding bilateral cooperation in culture and the arts, according to North Korea’s state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)....
North Korea opens grand seaside resort; but, not everyone is welcome
Mint
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June 28, 2025
North Korea has opened a grand seaside resort called Wonsan-Kalma. State media described it as a “national treasure-level tourism city”. Kim Jong Un inaugurated it himself. The resort includes waterparks and high-rise hotels. It can host nearly...
Japan’s regulatory regime and recent cases underscore focus on Russian and North Korean sanctions
Global Investigations Review
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June 30, 2025
Overview Japan is currently implementing economic, financial and trade sanctions against various foreign countries, including North Korea, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Libya, South Sudan, Russia, Belarus, parts...
France freezes assets of N. Korean diplomat posted in Paris, citing UN sanctions
Yonhap News Agency
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June 30, 2025
SEOUL, June 30 (Yonhap) -- The French government has frozen the assets of a North Korean diplomat based in Paris and also imposed economic sanctions against his two suspected family members, citing United Nations Security Council (UNSC)...
(LEAD) N. Korea's Kim meets Russian culture minister
Yonhap News Agency
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June 30, 2025
(ATTN: UPDATES with additional info in 12th para) By Park Boram SEOUL, June 30 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has met with Russia's Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova in Pyongyang and discussed ways to further deepen cooperation in...
Russian, North Korean culture ministers sign two-year cooperation plan
TASS
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June 30, 2025
SEOUL, June 30. /TASS/. Russian Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova and her North Korean counterpart Sung Jong Gyu held a meeting during which they signed a cooperation plan between the ministries for 2025-2027, the Korean Central News Agency...
Americans Detained After Trying to Send Over 1,000 Bibles to North Korea
Newsweek
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June 29, 2025
Six Americans were initially detained on Friday in South Korea for trying to throw more than a thousand plastic bottles filled with food, religious texts, money, and USB sticks in the sea to be carried to North Korea, the Associated Press...
Smuggled, expired, and deadly: Inside N. Korea’s contraceptive underground
Daily NK
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June 29, 2025
Last year, Daily NK reported that black market merchants in Chongjin, North Hamgyong province, were secretly selling expired Chinese-made contraceptives to teenagers and young adults. Our follow-up investigation reveals that high demand has...
N. Korean smartphone spills state secrets
Daily NK
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June 27, 2025
A fascinating glimpse into North Korea’s technology sector has emerged through analysis of the Samtaesong 8, a North Korean smartphone. Daily NK’s examination of the device uncovered database files containing information about 435...
War, politics and religion shape wildlife evolution in cities
The Conversation
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July 3, 2025
People often consider evolution to be a process that occurs in nature in the background of human society. But evolution is not separate from human beings. In fact, human cultural practices can influence evolution in wildlife. This influence is...