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Six US nationals held in South Korea attempting to send rice and Bibles to North Korea
Firstpost
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June 27, 2025
South Korean police on Friday arrested six US nationals attempting to send plastic bottles packed with rice and Bibles to North Korea, the head of the investigation team said. Local police said the six were trying to send thousands of plastic...
Six US citizens arrested over packages to North Korea
RTE Ireland
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June 27, 2025
South Korean police have detained six US citizens who were attempting to deliver around 1,300 plastic bottles filled with rice, dollar notes and Bibles to North Korea, a police official said. The group had been trying to float the bottles by sea...
South Korea police detain six Americans trying to send cash, rice to North Korea
The Gazette - Colorado
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SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean police have detained six U.S. citizens who were attempting to deliver around 1,300 plastic bottles filled with rice, dollar notes and Bibles to North Korea, a police official said on Friday. The group had been trying...
China Accepting Thousands of North Korean Workers, Sources Say; Move Believed to Be Aimed at Improving China-North Korea Ties
The Japan News
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June 27, 2025
KCNA via REUTERS North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends the 12th Plenary Session of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this picture released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency...
South Korea: Six Americans Nabbed For Trying To Send Plastic Bottles With Rice, Dollar Bills To North Korea
MENAFN
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June 27, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Incheon, June 27 (IANS) South Korean Police on Friday apprehended six American citizens who attempted to release plastic bottles containing rice, one dollar bills and the Bible into the sea near a restricted border area in an effort...
6 Americans caught trying to send rice, Bible to North Korea
Hindustan Times
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June 27, 2025
Six Americans were detained on Friday in South Korea for trying to send 1,600 plastic bottles filled with rice, US dollars bills and Bibles toward North Korea by sea, police said. According to a police officer who spoke to AP on conditions of...
6 Americans Detained Over DIY Rice-And-USB Sticks To North Korea Stunt
HuffPost
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June 27, 2025
LOADINGERROR LOADING 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...
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...
North Korea to Hold Ninth Party Congress as Kim Jong Un Resets 2025 Goals
Sada Elbalad
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June 24, 2025
Tue 24 Jun 2025 | 08:25 PM The Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) held an Enlarged Meeting of its Twelfth Plenary Session of the Eighth Central Committee from June 21 to 23, led by General Secretary Kim Jong Un. The gathering reviewed national progress...
Six Americans held in South Korea over bid to send rice, Bibles to North Korea
Mid Day Mumbai
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June 27, 2025
A South Korean police officer said that the group of six tried to release around 1,600 plastic bottles into the water from Gwanghwa Island, a frontline area near the North Korean border. The aim was for the bottles to drift to North Korea with the...
Six US citizens detained for trying to send rice and Bibles to North Korea
Euronews
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June 27, 2025
By Oman Al Yahyai with AP Published on 27/06/2025 - 11:36 GMT+2 Six American nationals were taken into custody in South Korea on Friday for trying to send 1,600 plastic bottles filled with rice, US dollar bills and Bibles to North...
Video: Kim Jong Un, with his 'rarely seen' wife opens lavish beach resort in North Korea, it has 54 hotels, beer pubs, and..., watch
DNA India
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North Korea's Kim Jong Un just opened the Wonsan-Kalma beach resort on June 24, in a major effort to boost tourism in the country. Earlier, slated to be opened in 2019, the beach resort will now open for domestic tourists from July 1. North...
N. Korea launches street smoking crackdown in Pyongyang
Daily NK
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June 24, 2025
North Korea is cracking down on public smoking in Pyongyang. “The Pyongyang party committee and people’s committee issued joint orders on June 7 launching an anti-smoking campaign across the city, focusing especially in Jung, Hwasong, Potonggang...
Americans detained trying to send rice, Bibles, dollar bills to North Korea
Al Jazeera
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June 27, 2025
Six US nationals were taken into custody in South Korea near a restricted border area with North Korea. South Korean authorities have detained six United States citizens who were attempting to send an estimated 1,300 plastic bottles filled with...
6 Americans detained for trying to send rice and Bibles to North Korea by sea: Police
ABC News - New York
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June 27, 2025
SEOUL, South Korea -- Six Americans were detained Friday in South Korea for trying to send 1,600 plastic bottles filled with rice, U.S. dollars bills and Bibles toward North Korea by sea, police said. The Americans tried to throw the bottles into...
American gang arrested in South Korea for trying to send Bibles and rice to North Korea by sea
Daily Star
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June 27, 2025
06:54, 27 Jun 2025Updated 06:55, 27 Jun 2025 A group of Americans have been arrested in South Korea, accused of trying to send 1,600 plastic bottles stuffed with rice, US dollar bills and Bibles towards North Korea via the sea. The group attempted...
6 Americans detained for trying to float 1,600 bottles of rice and Bibles to North Korea, police say
KOLD News 13 - Arizona
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June 27, 2025
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Six Americans were detained Friday in South Korea for trying to send 1,600 plastic bottles filled with rice, U.S. money and Bibles toward North Korea by sea, police said. The Americans tried to throw the bottles into the...
World News | Six Americans Detained for Trying to Send Rice, Bibles to North Korea by Sea: Police
Latestly
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June 27, 2025
Seoul, Jun 27 (AP) Six Americans were detained on Friday in South Korea for trying to send 1,600 plastic bottles filled with rice, US dollars bills and Bibles toward North Korea by sea, police said. The Americans tried to throw the bottles into...
Wish you were Korea...? Kim Jong Un unveils North Korea’s glitzy new beach resort in bid to woo tourists
LBC
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26 June 2025, 14:57 Kim Jong Un and his family watch a man go down one of the slides at the resort. Picture: KCNA via Reuters North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is opening a glitzy new beach resort in the country in the hope it will boost tourism....
Seoul warns thousands of North Koreans to arrive in Russia as early as July
NK News
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June 27, 2025
North Korea will dispatch military engineers and construction workers to Russia around July or August, Seoul’s spy agency assessed, just as Moscow may be eyeing a new offensive against Kyiv. South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) made...