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Russian media say top official is in Pyongyang again to meet North Korean leader

Kim Jong-Un · Pyongyang

Russian media say top official is in Pyongyang again to meet North Korean leader

Coverage: 17 sources

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Russian state news agency RIA Novosti says North Korea will send thousands of military construction workers and deminers to Russia. The Russian new agency cited top Russian security official Sergei Shoigu as making the comments during his visit to North Korea on Tuesday. North Korea has already sent thousands of troops and conventional weapons to support Russia’s war against Ukraine amid booming military partnerships be…See the Story

Russia’s Top Security Officials Visits North Korea

Kim Jong-Un · Pyongyang

Russia’s Top Security Officials Visits North Korea

44% Left coverage: 16 sources

“North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met Russia’s top presidential security adviser Sergei Shoigu in Pyongyang on Tuesday and discussed a “special military operation” in the Kursk region bordering Ukraine,” Reuters reports.See the Story

While North Korea Denied Covid-19 Cases, the Virus Was Widespread and Barely Treated, Report Says

Coronavirus · Pyongyang

While North Korea Denied Covid-19 Cases, the Virus Was Widespread and Barely Treated, Report Says

86% Center coverage: 7 sources

By Will Ripley, CNN (CNN) — For the first time since the global outbreak of Covid-19, researchers claim to have pierced North Korea’s ironclad information blockade to reveal how some ordinary citizens endured the pandemic. While Pyongyang insisted for more than two years that not a single case had breached its hermetically sealed borders, a new report paints a far darker picture, of a deadly wave of largely untreated illness that swept the count…See the Story

'Furious' Kim Jong Un Forces North Korean Show of Loyalty After 'Humiliation'

100% Right coverage: 1 sources

The North Korean regime's reaction following a disastrous ship launch demonstrates a change in approach to failure, according to experts.Kim Jong-Un · Pyongyang See the Story

North Korea's Kim Jong-Un Meets with Russia's Security Chief: KCNA

100% Left coverage: 4 sources

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un held a meeting with Russia's Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu, the North's state media confirmed Wednesday, saying that Kim affirmed Pyongyang's cooperation with Moscow under their mutual defense treaty. Kim held talks in Pyongyang with Shoigu, who was on an unspecified special mission from Russian President Vladimir Putin, as North Korea and Russia prepare to mark the first anniversary of their Comprehens…Kim Jong-Un · Pyongyang See the Story

North Korea Threatens China with Missiles

Reuters reported that North Korea launched more than ten missiles in a northwesterly direction from the Sunan area near Pyongyang on Thursday morning, South Korea's military confirmed. Contrary to previous reports, however, North Korea did not use ballistic missiles in the launches.Military · China See the Story

The Situation in the Middle East Moves a Little Further Away Kim Jong-Un From Donald Trump

Despite calls from the US President, North Korea refuses to resume dialogue in a tense international contextKim Jong-Un · Pyongyang Read Article

Russian Ties Do Little for Iran While Boosting North Korea

34% Center coverage: 3 sources

Iran has little to show for its relationship with Moscow as it continues to be pummeled by waves of Israeli attacks.Pyongyang · Pyongyang See the Story

‘Never give up nuclear weapons’: what Israel-Iran conflict tells North Korea

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

With lessons drawn from Ukraine and now Iran, Pyongyang’s commitment to its ‘irreversible’ nuclear status is firmer than ever, analysts say.Military · Pyongyang Read Article

North Korea Seems to Be Preparing for Mass Gymnastics for the First Time in 5 Years… Object Suspected to Be a Curtain at the Stadium

100% Right coverage: 1 sources

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Ha Chae-rim = North Korea appears to be preparing mass gymnastics to mark the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party on October 10.Gymnastics · Pyongyang Read Article

Chinese embassy in DPRK celebrates 1st int'l day for civilizational dialogue

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

PYONGYANG, June 18 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Embassy in Pyongyang on Tuesday held a reception for the first International Day for Dialogue among Civilizations, aiming to boost dialogue for a better world. Present at the event were Kim Son Gyong, vice minister of foreign affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), other DPRK officials from the foreign and culture ministries, as well as diplomats frAsia · Pyongyang Read Article

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