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North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un meets with members of the Non-Standing Satellite Launch Preparation Committee, in this picture released by the Korean Central News Agency on November 24, 2023. KCNA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA.
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North Korea says any US interference with its ‘space assets’ will be deemed ‘declaration of war’
North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un waves at the end of a major military parade to mark 100 years since the birth of the country's founder and his grandfather, Kim Il-Sung, in Pyongyang on April 15, 2012. The commemorations came just two days after a satellite launch timed to mark the centenary fizzled out embarrassingly when the rocket apparently exploded within minutes of blastoff and plunged into the sea. AFP PHOTO / PEDRO UGARTE (Photo credit should read PEDRO UGARTE/AFP/Getty Images)
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US, European officials crack down on crypto service accused of laundering money for North Korean leaders
A North Korean flag flutters at the propaganda village of Gijungdong in North Korea, in this picture taken near the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, South Korea, February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
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North Korea to deploy ‘new’ weapons on border with South Korea
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North Korea claims to have put spy satellite into orbit. Analysts say that could make its military stronger
North Korea leader Kim Jong Un visits a munitions factory producing what state media KCNA says is a "major weapon system" at an undisclosed location in North Korea, in this photo released January 28, 2022 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA. THE IMAGE WAS DIGITALLY MASKED AT SOURCE.
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North Korea believed to have exported over 1 million shells to Russia
Picture of Travis King, the US soldier who ran across the military demarcation line into North Korea on Tuesday July 18th.
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Travis King, Army private who fled to North Korea, charged with desertion
Picture of Travis King, the US soldier who ran across the military demarcation line into North Korea on Tuesday July 18th.
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Potential punishment for Travis King unclear after return from North Korea
Picture of Travis King, the US soldier who ran across the military demarcation line into North Korea on Tuesday July 18th.
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American soldier Travis King arrives back in US after being freed by North Korea
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves as he boards his train at a railway station in the town of Artyom outside Vladivostok in the Primorsky region, Russia, September 17, 2023.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gifted bulletproof vest and drones as he leaves Russia
Sep 17, 2023
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits an aircraft manufacturing plant in the city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur in the Khabarovsk region, Russia, September 15, 2023. KCNA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA.
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Russia gives Kim Jong Un an inside look at its warplanes and frigates
Sep 17, 2023
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russia's President Vladimir Putin talk during a tour, in Russia, September 13, 2023 in this image released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency.
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Putin touts ‘good neighborly relations’ with North Korea after Kim visits Russian fighter jet plant
Sep 15, 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during their meeting in Russia in Tsiolkovsky, Russia on September 13, 2023.
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The West fears a closer Russia and North Korea. China may not
Sep 15, 2023