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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 campaign is one of the most aggressive, large-scale examples of an insider threat, where individuals abuse authorized access to cause harm.

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.

North Korea launched two 5,000-ton destroyers this year, one of which capsized at its launch. Kim Jong Un vowed to enhance maritime power.

A sentence that is too lenient would convey the wrong message to both North Koreans and current and future U.S.-based facilitators that this conduct is tolerated in the U.S. and worth the risk of being caught by U.S. law enforcement.

Hackers have stolen more than $2 billion in cryptocurrency in the first half of 2025, indicating the worst year-to-date on record for such thefts.

The US Treasury has imposed sanctions on 38-year-old Song Kum Hyok, a North Korean accused of attempting to hack the Treasury Department and posing as an IT worker to collect revenue and secret data for Pyongyang.

The man was first detected by South Korean military surveillance equipment sometime between 3 and 4 a.m. on Thursday near a shallow stream inside the DMZ.