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South Korea arrests six Americans trying to send Bibles to North Korea
Zambian Observer
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June 28, 2025
South Korean authorities have arrested six American nationals who were allegedly attempting to send plastic bottles packed with rice, Bibles, and U.S. currency across the maritime border into North Korea. The arrests took place in the early hours...
World’s most exclusive resort? What we know about North Korea’s lavish new seaside development
CNN
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June 27, 2025
Seoul CNN — Kim Jong Un personally cut the ribbon on a new resort hailed by state media as a “national treasure-level tourism city” — a lavish seaside development set against what human rights observers describe as stark realities of hunger and...
Female superstars: How North Korean propaganda portrays women in sports
NK News
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June 26, 2025
North Korean female athletes have been on a dominant run in international competition, capturing seven medals at the Senior Asian Wrestling Championships earlier this year and winning both the U-20 and U-17 Women’s World Cups in 2024. But even as...
N. Korean vendors cash in on Children’s Day celebrations
Daily NK
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June 25, 2025
North Korea’s Rodong Sinmun newspaper reported on June 2 that joyous celebrations were held nationwide to mark International Children’s Day the day before. Food vendors in North Korea’s markets were all smiles as kindergartens and elementary...
Six Americans detained trying to send rice and Bibles to North Korea
1News
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Six Americans were detained in South Korea for trying to send 1600 plastic bottles filled with rice, miniature Bibles, $1 American bills and USB sticks toward North Korea by sea, police said. The Americans were apprehended on front-line Gwanghwa...
Americans held over N. Korea deliveries
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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June 28, 2025
Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. Americans held over N. Korea deliveries SEOUL, South Korea -- Six Americans were detained Friday in South Korea for trying to send 1,600 plastic bottles filled...
South Korea Detains Americans Trying to Send Food, Bibles to North Korea
Breitbart
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June 27, 2025
South Korean police detained six Americans on Friday caught with over 1,000 bottles carrying rice, Bibles, and American money that they reportedly intended to send across the sea to North Korea. The incident is the largest scale of its kind in...
Looking Tough: Russia Trumpets Pro-Ukraine Hacker Arrests
Bank Information Security - New Jersey
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Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Officials Look for Positive PR Stories as Putin's War Drags On Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • July 8, 2025 Ukrainian soldiers fire a 122 mm howitzer in the Donetsk region of...
Police arrest six Americans over North Korea aid drop
Donga Ilbo
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Six U.S. men were arrested for attempting to drop more than 1,300 plastic bottles containing rice, U.S. dollars, and Bibles into North Korea. On June 27, Incheon Ganghwa Police Station announced that six American men, aged 20 to 50, were taken...
North Korea stages anti-U.S. mass rallies on Korean War anniversary
Korea JoungAng Daily
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June 25, 2025
Published: 25 Jun. 2025, 10:58 The Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party, reports on June 24 that an expanded plenary meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, presided over by Kim...
Six U.S. Citizens Nabbed Over Sea-Route ‘Info Drop’ to North Korea
The Daily Beast
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June 27, 2025
South Korean police say six Americans were arrested on South Korea’s Ganghwa Island on Friday as they tried to launch 1,600 plastic bottles containing rice, $1 bills, miniature Bibles, and USB sticks “so they could float toward North Korean shores...
Americans detained for trying to launch bottles into North Korea, police say
Straight Arrow News
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South Korean authorities detained six United States citizens on Friday, June 26, for attempting to send plastic bottles filled with items across the sea to North Korea. Police said they apprehended the group on Ganghwa Island before they could...
Iran’s Failed Deterrence: Lessons for North Korea
The Diplomat
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June 27, 2025
On June 13, 2025, Israel launched a military operation, called “Rising Lion,” against Iran, targeting its nuclear facilities, missile factories, air defense systems, and nuclear scientists. Another nuclear aspirant – and Iran’s key strategic...
N. Korea stages anti-US mass rallies on Korean War anniversary
The Korea Times
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June 25, 2025
North Korea has staged various rallies and events inciting anti-American sentiment and pledging retaliation as the country marks the 75th anniversary of the outbreak of the 1950-53 Korean War, state media reported Wednesday. Students, female...
ICC issues arrest warrants for Taliban leaders as Russia recognizes their legitimacy
The Kyiv Independent
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July 8, 2025
The International Criminal Court (ICC) said on July 8 that it had issued arrest warrants for two senior Taliban leaders, accusing them of crimes against humanity and gender-based persecution following the group's takeover of Afghanistan in 2021....
Why South Korean young men and women are more politically divided than ever
Los Angeles Times
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July 3, 2025
SEOUL — It’s a worldwide shift that has taken political scientists and sociologists by surprise: the growing ideological divide between young men and women. In the recent U.S. presidential election, President Trump won 56% of the vote among men...
AP News: 6 Americans detained in South Korea for trying to send rice and Bibles to North Korea by sea
EdGlenToday - Illinois
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Six Americans were detained Friday in South Korea for trying to send 1,600 plastic bottles filled with rice, miniature Bibles, $1 bills and USB sticks toward North Korea by sea, police said. The Americans were apprehended...
N. Korea stages anti-U.S. mass rallies on Korean War anniversary
Yonhap News Agency
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June 25, 2025
SEOUL, June 25 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has staged various rallies and events inciting anti-American sentiment and pledging retaliation as the country marks the 75th anniversary of the outbreak of the 1950-53 Korean War, state media reported...
The race for long-range missiles between Japan and North Korea
NK Insider
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June 27, 2025
A MIM-104 Patriot mobile surface-to-air missile launcher in Kanagawa, Japan, in 2020 (Image: iStock/viper-zero) Eastern Asia is witnessing a military buildup not seen since the aftermath of WWII. North Korea is becoming an ever greater rogue...
Americans arrested for North Korea outreach attempt
World - North Carolina
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June 27, 2025
South Korean police on Friday detained six Americans for attempting to float 1,600 bottles containing miniature Bibles and other items to North Korea by sea. Police arrested the group on Gwanghwa Island near North Korea, before they could throw...