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North Korea's ruling party elevates Kim Jong-un’s sister

North Korea's ruling party has elevated leader Kim Jong-un's powerful younger sister to a top position, state media has said, a sign of her far-reaching influence within the reclusive nation. Kim Yo-jong - long considered one of her brother's closest lieutenants - was promoted to department director within the party's apex central committee, the Korean Central News Agency has said on Tuesday. Although it was not clear which department she would lead, she had previously held a senior role within the party's propaganda unit. Read More…

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives in China

A train carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Un passed into China early Tuesday, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported, citing the North's state-run radio service. It is a rare trip outside North Korea for Kim, who is one of 26 heads of state slated attend a military parade in Beijing to mark the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. If it proceeds as planned, the diplomatic foray will mark the first time that Kim, Russia's Vladmir Putin and China's Xi Jinping appear at the same event. Read More…

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North Korea’s Kim calls for rapid nuclear buildup

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country needed to rapidly expand its nuclear armament and called U.S.-South Korea military exercises an “obvious expression of their will to provoke war,” state media KCNA reported on Tuesday. South Korea and its ally the United States kicked off joint military drills this week, including testing an upgraded response to heightened North Korean nuclear threats. Pyongyang regularly criticises such drills as rehearsals for invasion and sometimes responds with weapons tests, but Seoul and Washington say they are purely defensive. Read More…

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Putin hails 'heroic' North Korean troops

Russian President Vladimir Putin has hailed North Korean troops sent to fight in Ukraine as "heroic" in a letter he sent to Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un, according to North Korean state media. In a letter marking the anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japanese rule, Mr Putin recalled how Soviet Red Army units and North Korean forces fought together to end Japan's colonial occupation. "The bonds of militant friendship, goodwill and mutual aid which were consolidated in the days of the war long ago remain solid and reliable even today," Mr… Read More…

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Top China leader meets North Korea's Kim amid rising tensions with US

China's top legislator Zhao Leji met North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang, expressing Beijing's willingness to work with its counterparts to deepen trust and boost cooperation, Chinese state media said. Zhao, finishing a goodwill tour that began on Thursday, is the highest-ranking Chinese official to visit the North since 2018, when Li Zhanshu attended the 70th anniversary of the North's founding. Read More…

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Now is the time to be ready for war, North Korea’s Kim Jong

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said unstable geopolitical situations surrounding his country mean now is the time to be more prepared for war than ever, as he inspected the country’s main military university, KCNA news agency said on Thursday. Kim gave field guidance on Wednesday at the Kim Jong Il University of Military and Politics, named after his father who died in 2011, which KCNA said is the “highest seat of military education” in the country. Read More…

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North Korea orders military to accelerate war preparations

North Korea leader Kim Jong Un has ordered his country’s military, munitions industry and nuclear weapons sector to accelerate war preparations to counter what he called unprecedented confrontational moves by the U.S., state media said on Thursday. Speaking on the policy directions for the new year at a key meeting of the country’s ruling party on Wednesday, Kim also said Pyongyang would expand strategic cooperation with “anti-imperialist independent” countries, news agency KCNA reported. Read More…

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N. Korea’s Kim calls for military readiness against any ‘provocation’

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for his military to be ready to respond to any “provocation” by the enemy, state media said on Friday, after Pyongyang vowed to deploy stronger armed forces and new weapons along its border with the South. Tensions on the Korean peninsula have increased since the North last month launched a spy satellite, prompting Seoul to suspend a key clause in a 2018 inter-Korean military accord and Pyongyang in turn to declare it was no longer bound by the pact. Read More…

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N. Korea leader calls for expansion of war deterrence capabilities

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for expanding the country's war deterrence capabilities in a "more practical and offensive" way, state media said, to counter what it called "frantic" aggression by the United States and South Korea. Kim's call on Tuesday comes as Pyongyang has opened the year with a flurry of weapons tests, including what state media has claimed are nuclear-capable underwater drones and the launch of two intercontinental ballistic missiles. Read More…

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