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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has pledged to develop additional military measures and allocate more strategic assets to respond to the buildup of US forces in the south, as the country prepares for a major anniversary parade. In direct proportion to the buildup of US forces in [South] Korea, our strategic interest in the region has also increased, and we have accordingly allocated special assets to key targets of interest, Kim was quoted in a report published by the state media KCNA on Sunday.

The measure is part of a trio of regulations that Kim Ilhyuk, a North Korean defector, calls the three evil laws. They were implemented during the Covid pandemic lockdown and intended to impose even stricter control on the population of the country, which Kim Jong Un, North Korea's supreme leader, rules with an iron fist. The focus, to a large extent, was on young people and their interaction with foreign cultures.

The North Korean vessel crossed the Northern Limit Line (NLL) near the South Korean border island of Baengnyeong at about 5am local time on Friday (20:00 GMT) and remained on the southern side of the maritime frontier for an hour while also advancing up to 5km (3.1 miles) south of the demarcation line, South Korea's military said. Our military broadcasted a warning and fired warning shots, after which the North Korean merchant ship retreated from our territorial waters, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a statement.

The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, has suggested he would be open to talks with the US, while South Korea's president has suggested he would be open to a deal between Kim and Donald Trump that allowed the North to retain its existing nuclear weapons. In a speech to the Supreme People's Assembly on Sunday, Kim said he still had fond memories of Trump, whom he met three times during Trump's first term as US president.

If the United States drops the absurd obsession with denuclearising us and accepts reality, and wants genuine peaceful coexistence, there is no reason for us not to sit down with the United States, Kim said in a speech at the Supreme People's Assembly in Pyongyang on Sunday, according to the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). list of 4 itemsend of list The North Korean leader also commented on US President Donald Trump, whom he met three times during Trump's first presidency,

The people of North Korea endure the harshest repression in the world, with the death penalty reportedly used for sharing foreign media, including popular South Korean television dramas, according to a new report from the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR). The 14-page document detailed how ordinary North Korean people's lives have become significantly more difficult in the last decade. The report was based on interviews with around 300 people who have managed to leave North Korea,

"I do not think the timing of Iron Mace is in response to any particular event, but it is an overdue exercise to learn effective ways to prevent and counter a possible North Korean nuclear threat," said Chun In-bum, a retired lieutenant general in the South Korean army and now a senior fellow with the National Institute for Deterrence Studies. "And even though we may not be able to link these exercises with a single event in the North, it is clear that the North is becoming increasingly militarily capable and the alliance needs to be prepared for a possible nuclear scenario on the peninsula in order to prevent it," he told DW.

The 30-year-old has been able to check that the roof was repaired and that crops are growing tangible proof that the money he sent home had reached his family safely. Sending money was the simplest way for me to feel connected to my family, Park says, adding that he worries that without it, his brother might be drafted and sent to fight in Russia because his family will not have enough to pay bribes to get fake medical certificates so as to be exempt.

Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un are among the world leaders who will attend a military parade with President Xi Jinping in Beijing next week, in a show of collective defiance amid western pressure. No western leaders will be among the 26 foreign heads of state and government attending the parade next week with the exception of Robert Fico, prime minister of Slovakia, a member of the European Union according to the Chinese foreign ministry.

The North Korean state media's report did not provide any details on the missiles, nor on where the test was held. It said the test-firing took place on Saturday, and that it had demonstrated the "superior combat capability" of the "improved" missile weapon systems. "The firing particularly proved that the technological features of two types of projectiles are very suitable for destroying various aerial targets," KCNA said.

North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the tests, which took place on Saturday, showed that the missiles demonstrated a fast response to aerial targets such as attack drones and cruise missiles. The report did not explain the new missiles in any detail, only that their operation and reaction mode is based on unique and special technology. It also did not say where the test had been carried out.

The annual Ulchi Freedom Shield military exercise is aimed at strengthening readiness against North Korean threats and involves computer simulations and field training with 21,000 troops.

The data obtained reveals the meticulous planning involved in how North Korean IT workers operate, including tracking job applications and earnings meticulously.

Chapman helped North Korean workers fraudulently obtain remote-work jobs at U.S. companies. She turned her home into a "laptop farm," concealing their identities.