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North Korean hackers pose as defector support volunteers in phishing campaign
Kimsuky cybercriminals used Facebook, Telegram and email to spread malware through DPRK-focused lures A North Korean threat actor known for its prolific espionage operations recently carried out a monthslong phishing campaign using content related...

Dispelling Russia’s myths about Ukraine
The McCain Institute just returned from a weeklong mission to Ukraine, visiting Bucha, Kharkiv, Dnipro and Kyiv, with a bipartisan delegation of senior staff from the House of Representatives. It was a critical opportunity to see an unvarnished...

Remembering the Forgotten Martyrs of North Korea
6/16/2025 North Korea (International Christian Concern) — Now that this year’s North Korean Freedom Week has concluded in Germany, it’s worth considering the tragic story of Kim Yeo-man and nine other North Korean Christians who were imprisoned in...

President Yoon was harsh on North Korea. President Lee wants to do things differently.
Published: 18 Jun. 2025, 15:24 Updated: 18 Jun. 2025, 15:29 President Lee Jae Myung observes the North through binoculars in Yeoncheon County, Gyeonggi, on June 13. [YONHAP] [NEWS ANALYSIS] South Korea’s new President Lee Jae Myung is extending an...

Iran will speed up nukes program. Plus, NYC mayoral race is a game changer | Friendly Fire
Julie Roginsky, a Democrat, and Mike DuHaime, a Republican, are consultants who have worked on opposite teams for their entire careers yet have remained friends. Here, they discuss the week’s political events with Star-Ledger editor Enrique Lavín....

SIPRI: The "Axis" Of Russia, China, Iran And North Korea Has Failed To Materialize
12 The authoritarian powers proved incapable of coordination. Russia's military axis with authoritarian states such as China, North Korea and Iran has now failed, according to a study on global arms proliferation by the Stockholm International...

Delegation of N. Korea's state-run news agency departs for Russia to attend OANA meeting
SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- A delegation from North Korea's state-run news agency, Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), has left for Russia to attend a meeting of a regional association of news agencies, the KCNA said Tuesday. The KCNA delegation,...

Mitigating the Risk of Synthetic Personas in Your Hiring Process
As if we all didn’t have enough to worry about. Now we’re seeing synthetic personas in the hiring process. These are entirely fake individuals created with AI tools to impersonate human candidates during the recruitment process. Nefarious...

Tourist Attraction on East Coast–New Scenic Beauty of Socialist Cultural Efflorescence Inaugural Ceremony of Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Area Held with Splendour
Hits: 132 Pyongyang, Jun. 26 (KCNA): Thanks to the firm revolutionary will of the Workers’ Party of Korea to bring about shining efflorescence of socialist civilization on our land in our own way and with our own resources, entities for a new life...

Bahrain women all set to take on Bangladesh
FOOTBALL – BAHRAIN’S women’s football national team take on their counterparts from Bangladesh today in their opening match in Group C of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2026 Qualifiers. The Bahrainis are looking to secure an historic first-ever berth...

Russian media say top official is in Pyongyang again to meet North Korean leader
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(2nd LD) Police to send mobile units to border areas to curb anti-N. Korea leaflet campaigns
(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; UPDATES with more details throughout) SEOUL, June 16 (Yonhap) -- Police plan to dispatch mobile units to border areas to prevent activists from sending anti-North Korea leaflets across the border, the unification...

As Nukes Spread, Robust Missile Defenses Must Rise
OPINION — More countries aspire to be nuclear-weapons states, and we should prepare for this eventuality. That’s why the Golden Dome missile defense initiative is timely and needed. The war in Ukraine is a stark reminder that Ukraine giving up...

AI Company Plays Wack-A-Mole To Keep Chinese Propagandists From Using ChatGPT To Sow Division In American Politics
Suspected Chinese operatives are using ChatGPT to fuel propaganda efforts targeting American political discourse, according to a Thursday threat report from OpenAI. The company said Chinese actors leveraged its model to generate posts that played...

Seoul weighs legal measures to crack down on leaflet launches into North Korea
The South Korean government is eyeing new preventive and punitive measures targeting activists who launch anti-regime leaflets toward North Korea, underscoring newly elected President Lee Jae-myung’s crackdown on such activities in his push for...

‘We’re not Russia, we’re not China, and we’re not North Korea’: Resistance becomes a Philly Thing in crowd-drawing ‘No Kings Day’ rally
Despite light rain, over 80,000 gathered on Saturday at JFK Plaza in Center City, Philadelphia, before marching to the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The crowd came together to rally against President Donald Trump and a 250th anniversary...

Fears of North Korean axis with China, Russia and Iran are ‘overstated’: Report
Fears of a North Korean military axis with authoritarian states like China, Russia and Iran are “overstated” despite Pyongyang’s military support for the war against Ukraine, according to a 2025 study on global arms proliferation, which also...

Police to send mobile units to border areas to curb anti-N. Korea leaflet campaigns
Police plan to dispatch mobile units to border areas to prevent activists from sending anti-North Korea leaflets across the border, the unification ministry said Monday after a pan-government meeting to discuss ways to curb "illegal" leaflet...

From North Korea, a Messenger
Kim Yumi was born and raised in North Korea, well situated. How is that possible? North Korea is probably the most oppressive place on earth. Kim Yumi was relatively well situated. She lived in a coastal area, Haeju, close to South Korea. On clear...

Underground, sea or mountains, where are nuclear bombs hidden? Nuclear weapons race leaves scientists scared, experts warn...
Home News Underground, sea or mountains, where are nuclear bombs hidden? Nuclear weapons race leaves scientists scared, experts warn… A latest report warns that the world is rapidly entering a new, more dangerous and technologically advanced...