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N. Korea unveils submarine-launched missile at parade: KCNA

Sebastien Berger, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 15 07:59 AM

SEOUL - Nuclear-armed North Korea unveiled a submarine-launched ballistic missile at a military parade in Pyongyang, state media reported Friday, in a show of strength days before Joe Biden's inauguration as US president. Read more »

North Korea's Kim pledges to strengthen nuclear arsenal

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 13 11:56 AM

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged to strengthen his country's nuclear arsenal as he delivered his closing address to a top ruling party meeting, state television showed Wednesday, days before Joe Biden takes office as US president.   Read more »

Mixed signals for N.Korean leader's sister as Kim seeks to cement power

Hyonhee Shin, Reuters
Posted at Jan 11 11:32 AM

The name of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister was missing from a new list of the ruling Workers' Party's powerful politburo, according to state media KCNA on Monday, sending mixed signals about her status after years of increasing clout. Read more »

North Korea's Kim calls US 'our biggest enemy' in challenge to Biden

Josh Smith and Cynthia Kim, Reuters
Posted at Jan 09 02:04 PM

Washington's hostile policies would not change regardless of who occupies the White House but dropping those policies would be key to North Korea-US relations, Kim said, according to state news agency KCNA.  Read more »

N. Korea's Kim vows to boost military capabilities at rare party congress

Reuters
Posted at Jan 07 04:40 PM

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he would expand military capabilities to better defend the country, state media reported on Thursday, during a rare party congress as the country faces international sanctions and pressure.   Read more »

Japan to develop longer-range anti-ship missiles, as China pressure mounts

Reuters
Posted at Dec 19 12:36 AM

The Okinawa islands are part of a chain stretching from Japan down through to the Philippines that acts as a barrier to Chinese expansion. Read more »

Kim's sister slams South Korean minister over coronavirus

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 09 12:15 PM

The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has slammed the South's foreign minister as "impudent" for casting doubt over Pyongyang's claim that the country has no coronavirus cases, state media reported Wednesday. Read more »

Hackers targeting COVID-19 vaccine supply chain, IBM warns

Daniel Hoffman, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 04 11:32 AM

NEW YORK - With multiple vaccines close to becoming available in a world gripped by the coronavirus pandemic, manufacturers have become the target of hackers trying to steal trade secrets or disrupt supply chains. Read more »

US accuses China of 'flagrant' N.Korea violations, offers $5 million reward

David Brunnstrom, Reuters
Posted at Dec 02 03:08 AM

WASHINGTON - The United States accused China on Tuesday of "flagrant violation" of its obligation to enforce international sanctions on North Korea and offered rewards of up to $5 million for information about sanctions evasions. Read more »

S. Korea foils N. Korea attempt to hack COVID-19 vaccine makers - media

Hyonhee Shin, Reuters
Posted at Nov 27 02:11 PM

South Korea's intelligence agency foiled North Korean attempts to hack into South Korean companies developing coronavirus vaccines, the News1 agency reported on Friday, citing a member of the parliamentary intelligence committee.   Read more »

Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s nuclear arsenal add to Joe Biden’s list of presidential challenges

Jacob Fromer, South China Morning Post
Posted at Nov 20 01:47 PM

Analysts are skeptical that a Biden administration will succeed where previous ones, from both political parties, have failed. Pyongyang, meanwhile, has said it will never abandon its nuclear weapons as long as the US remains ‘hostile’ to it Read more »

Canada names China, Russia as main cybercrime threats

David Ljunggren, Reuters
Updated as of Nov 19 02:42 AM

OTTAWA - Canada on Wednesday identified state-sponsored programs in China, Russia, Iran and North Korea as major cyber crime threats for the first time, and said it feared foreign actors could try to disrupt power supplies. Read more »

North Korea tells its people to stop smoking. Can Kim Jong Un quit, too?

Choe Sang-Hun, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 05 09:42 PM

orth Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament adopted a law this week introducing smoking bans in public places, such as theaters, schools and hospitals. But the country’s latest anti-smoking campaign, which includes penalties for violators, faces a challenge: North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un, is a regular smoker.   Read more »

North Korea prohibits smoking in public spaces

Reuters
Posted at Nov 05 07:15 AM

SEOUL - North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly on Wednesday introduced smoking bans in some public places to provide citizens with "hygienic living environments," state media KCNA reported on Thursday.   Read more »

North Korea man crossed armed border in possible defection to South

Hyonhee Shin, Reuters
Posted at Nov 04 01:09 PM

South Korea's military said on Wednesday it had taken into custody a North Korean man who crossed the heavily fortified border with North Korea into the South, prompting an urgent search operation. Read more »

North Korea building 2 submarines, one capable of firing ballistic missiles, says lawmaker

Sangmi Cha, Reuters
Posted at Nov 03 07:16 PM

North Korea has been subject to U.N. Security Council sanctions since 2006 over its nuclear and ballistic missile programs. Read more »

North Korean gov't ship spotted in Japan's EEZ last month

Kyodo News
Posted at Oct 21 06:42 PM

TOKYO - An unidentified ship that was spotted in Japan's exclusive economic zone last month was later found to belong to the North Korean government, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said Wednesday. Read more »

North Korean justice system treats people as 'less than animals': HRW

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 19 11:38 AM

Torture, humiliation and coerced confessions are rampant in North Korea's pretrial detention system which treats people as worth "less than an animal", a rights group said Monday in a report on the country's opaque legal processes. Read more »

N.Korea's nuclear, missile programs 'serious threat' to security: Pentagon chief

Reuters
Posted at Oct 15 05:47 AM

WASHINGTON - US Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Wednesday said North Korea's nuclear and missile programs pose a global threat, after Pyongyang's unveiling of previously unseen intercontinental ballistic missiles at a predawn military parade. Read more »

Kim Jong Un pledges thousands of new homes as economic push begins

Sangmi Cha and Josh Smith, Reuters
Updated as of Oct 14 10:37 PM

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un promised to build at least 25,000 homes over the next five years as citizens begin an 80-day campaign to achieve economic goals despite growing crises, state media said on Wednesday. Read more »