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North Korean spy drama in China may signal Beijing’s unease over growing Pyongyang-Moscow ties
China has traditionally viewed North Korea as a security buffer and an ideologically aligned neighbor it can dominate.
Boom times for Kim as North Korea ‘stronger than ever’
“North Korea has never been as strong – strong militarily as well as strong in oppressing its civilian population – as it is ...
North Korea issues update on capsized navy ship
North Korea has righted a naval ship that capsized and was damaged during a botched launch in May, restoring its balance and ...
North Korea says it has raised a capsized destroyer upright as it continues repair
North Korea says it righted a capsized destroyer and moored it at a pier in the northeastern port of Chongjin as it continues ...
North Korea raises capsized warship damaged in botched launch
It wasn’t immediately clear what condition the ship is in from lying in the water for several days after the launch failure, ...
North Korea refloats warship after failed launch
North Korea has reportedly refloated a warship about two weeks after it capsized during a launch attempt, in an incident that ...
Foreign Affairs3d
South Korea’s New President Could Transform the Korean Peninsula
The debilitating political vacuum that has reigned in Seoul since South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s impeachment on ...
The Africa Report2d
The African president’s daughter raised in North Korea by Kim Il Sung
Sent to Pyongyang as a child, Monica Macias was left behind when her father was executed and her mother disappeared. But ...
North Korea Celebrates Triplets Amid Birth Rate Crisis
The country's steadily declining births has Kim Jong Un worried, with earlier reports describing crackdowns on secret ...
Modern Engineering Marvels on MSN1d
North Korea’s Daring Destroyer Salvage Blends Balloon Innovation with High-Stakes Naval Modernization
Sheer manpower and – let’s face it – an innovative approach to righting the ship, delivered a solution in two weeks that ...