South Korea launched a second spy satellite manufactured in that country into orbit, the Ministry of Defense announced this Monday, after the launch of the device aboard a rocket SpaceX Falcon 9. Shortly after, the satellite communicated with a ground station located abroad, the ministry said. “The second reconnaissance satellite of our armed forces successfully […]
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Kim Jong Un’s daughter could succeed him as head of North Korea, according to Seoul
The North Korean leader Kim Jong Un could have chosen his daughter to succeed him, the South Korean government said on Monday, after the press of the secretive country described her as “great guide”a title reserved for the highest leaders. North Korea’s official press on Saturday used the term “hyangdo”, normally used only for the […]
North Korea appears open to improving ties with Japan
The sister of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un He said this Thursday that the regime is open to improving its relationship with Japanand said that a visit by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to Pyongyang is possible. “I think there would be no reason not to evaluate Japan’s recent speech as positive, if it […]
North Korea says it tested cruise missiles with “super large” warheads
North Korea said it tested cruise missiles equipped with new “super-large” warheads, plus a new type of anti-aircraft missilewhile expanding a series of weapons tests that worry its neighbor and rival, South Korea. The North Korean state press published the information on Saturday, a day after the south korean army noted that it had detected […]
Poverty and repression: North Korean defector denounces what the pandemic meant in his country
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Mr. Kim is one of the few North Koreans who, after fleeing his country, can tell what happened there during the pandemic. His story sheds light on the greater repression and the economic and nutritional deterioration that the covid and that human rights organizations denounce. The coronavirus restrictions began in his border province of South […]
North Korea will receive Russian tourists, the first since the pandemic, according to report
Russian tourists would be the first international travelers to enter North Korea since the closure of its borders in 2020, at the beginning of the global pandemic of the coronavirus. Information published Wednesday by Russia’s state-run Tass news agency underscores growing cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang. The initiative comes after the meeting held in September […]
North Korean leader’s influential sister condemns UN meeting on his latest ICBM
Kim Yo-jongthe influential sister of north korean leaderwho serves as deputy department director of the Central Committee of the country’s single party, condemned this Thursday the calling of a meeting of the United Nations Security Council to address its most recent launch of an ICBM. Kim published a statement through the state news agency KCNA […]
Russia says it maintains “comprehensive” defense cooperation with North Korea
Russia has established “comprehensive” defense cooperation with North Koreain addition to continuing its strategic partnerships with India and China, the Chief of the Russian General Staff, Valery Gerasimov, declared to the attachés on Thursday. foreign military. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu visited North Korea In July, Russian President Vladimir Putin organized a summit with the North […]
Kim Jong Un threatens “more offensive actions” against the US after observing missile test
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The ruler of North KoreaKim Jong Un, threatened to carry out “the most offensive actions” to repel what he said are growing military threats led by USA after he supervised the third missile test most advanced in its country, designed to reach the continental United States. The declaration of Kim Jong Un suggests that he […]
South Korean spy says North Korea sent artillery shells to Russia
The spy agency south korean North Korea is believed to have sent more than a million artillery shells to Russia since August for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraineaccording to a legislator who attended a confidential meeting with intelligence agents. North Korea and Russia have actively promoted their partnership as each of their confrontations […]