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U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to cast doubt on prospects for a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in China next month, marking a shift from his earlier remarks. Speaking to reporters at the White House on Monday, Trump responded to a question about the possibility of holding talks with Kim on the
North Korea has made “various changes” to military forces facing South Korea’s border islands, the commander of the ROK Marine Corps said Tuesday, emphasizing that Seoul has stepped up surveillance along the maritime border. Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Ju Il-suk said at a parliamentary audit of the navy and marines…
Switzerland has dispatched a delegation to North Korea ahead of the planned opening of its first dedicated political office in Pyongyang, marking a step toward restoring its presence in the country after more than six years. In response to an NK News query, the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) said…
A North Korean film delegation has toured a Chinese company known for producing AI short-form videos and agents, potentially signaling Pyongyang’s interest in using artificial intelligence tools for films and video content. The delegation toured the facilities of the Hunan-based SHARE Technology and expressed a “clear…
A South Korean nonprofit organization has been fined over $5,000 for failing to protect the personal information of North Korean defectors, after an employee launched a balloon toward the DPRK that carried the data of 131 defectors. The state-run Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) imposed an…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a clothing and shoe expo with his daughter on Monday, state media reported the following day, amid a flurry of unfounded rumors about his death on social media that became tabloid fodder. The rumors appeared to start spreading on social media site X from Sunday to Monday after
North Korea is considering whether to resume loudspeaker broadcasts toward South Korea to counter “escalating” military provocations along the border, the DPRK leader’s sister Kim Yo Jong said Monday, accusing ROK forces of firing at DPRK troops and transmitting warnings over loudspeakers. In a statement issued…
A suspected North Korean land mine that washed ashore was discovered on an island near the inter-Korean maritime border on Monday, according to the South Korean military, marking the fourth such case this month. The anti-personnel mine was found near Jogaegol Beach on Boreum Island, Ganghwa County at around 10:10 a.m…