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North Korea bashed a visit to China by South Korea’s foreign minister this week as a bid to conspire with foreign powers against Pyongyang after the ROK official raised concerns about the DPRK’s arms sales to Russia and other activities. In a statement released Thursday, the DPRK’s foreign ministry accused Cho Tae-yul of attempting to […]

A Dutch court has sentenced a founder of a cryptocurrency laundering service used by North Korean cybercriminals to over five years in prison, finding that the Russian national “created a shortcut for financing crimes and terrorism.” The ruling against 31-year-old Alexey Pertsev over his role in the development of Tornado Cash raised questions about developers’ […]

Demanding denuclearization is a fool’s errand, but arms control through ‘interim steps’ can make the peninsula safer

Expert dismisses Kim’s claim that advances in weapons production are just for national defense as ‘ridiculous excuse’

Blowout of South Korea and 1-0 victory over China set stage for face off against Japan in Asian Cup final

North Korea has fired an unidentified ballistic missile toward the East Sea (Sea of Japan), South Korea’s military announced on Friday afternoon. This marks North Korea’s first projectile launch since leader Kim Jong Un observed a live-fire test of new precision rockets last Friday, the third test of the upgraded artillery in three months. The […]

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping said they oppose U.S. “military intimidation” of North Korea, which “may lead to armed conflict.” Moscow and Beijing made the remarks in a joint statement at the end of Putin’s visit to China on Thursday. The two countries called on the U.S. to “abandon intimidation, sanctions and suppression” on the […]

When North Korean leader Kim Jong Un turned his back on unification with South Korea late last year, he pointed to a clause in the ROK constitution to underline how Seoul’s aim of “unification by absorption” has never changed, justifying his decision to redefine the South as a separate enemy state. Indeed, since 1948, the […]

State media still draws parallels between 1980 massacre and current events in effort to amplify South Korean discontent

North Korean leader also visits another defense factory, warns enemies ‘not to play with fire’