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'North Korea is blushing': Trump official ripped for 'abject servility' during meeting
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez‑DeRemer is facing backlash over her "sycophantic" remarks made to President Donald Trump during a cabinet meeting Tuesday. “Mr. President, I invite you to see your big beautiful face on a banner in front of the...

North Korea media criticises South Korea’s Lee as ‘hypocrite’
Audio By Carbonatix SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean state media KCNA criticised on Wednesday South Korean President Lee Jae Myung for his remarks on denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula during his visit to the U.S. this week. “The South...

Governments, tech companies meet in Tokyo to share tips on fighting North Korea IT worker scheme
Multiple governments and companies held a forum in Tokyo on Tuesday to discuss ways of combating a years-long campaign by North Korea to have its citizens illicitly hired in information technology roles. The U.S. State Department said it worked...

Trump Tower in North Korea? South Korea’s Lee Wants Trump to Play Golf in Kim’s Country
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung proposed building a Trump Tower in North Korea during his White House meeting with President Trump on August 25. The lighthearted remark coincided with Trump expressing interest in resuming direct talks with...
Trump says he's willing to meet with North Korea's Kim Jong Un
President Donald Trump is willing to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, he told his South Korean counterpart during a meeting on Monday where they discussed peace in the Korean Peninsula and Pyongyang's nuclear weapon capabilities. South...

Trump willing to meet North Korea’s Kim Jong Un
By Jessie Yeung, Gawon Bae, Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is willing to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, he told his South Korean counterpart during a meeting on Monday, where they discussed peace in the Korean...

CNN anchor mocks Trump's DC crime crackdown: 'Probably no murders in North Korea, too'

Wildest ever football sponsors from Bonnie Blue to Jägermeister and North Korea
18:59, 26 Aug 2025Updated 19:25, 26 Aug 2025 TV wag Ricky Gervais has said he would be prepared to sponsor a football club – as long as the players wore shirts that said: “I love Ricky or “I want my mummy”. As we revealed this week, The Office...

'No Murders in North Korea, Either'—CNN's Cornish Smears Trump's DC Success
DC under Trump = Pyongyang on the Potomac! That was the absurd analogy that CNN This Morning host Audie Cornish tried to make on Tuesday's show. Reacting to the news that there have been no murders in the capital for 12 days running under Trump's...

North Korea cracks down on illegal housing sales as real estate market booms
North Korean authorities have issued an internal directive targeting widespread illegal real estate transactions after discovering rampant home sales across the country. A source in North Hamgyong province told Daily NK recently that the...

‘Big progress’ with North Korea possible if South Korea works with US, Trump says
President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea speaks to US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Aug. 25, 2025. (Yonhap) Monday’s summit between South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and US President Donald Trump took place in a cordial atmosphere...

My COVID experience in North Korea (Part 4)
Image/Korean Central TV I will now share what it was like when I first learned about COVID, how we tried to get treatment, whether vaccines or medicine were available, and how we managed to obtain them. Most people naturally assume that when you...

Trump Trolled for Going Full North Korea With a Giant Banner of His Own Face
Donald Trump was mocked for displaying a giant picture of his face outside the Department of Labor, just hours after bragging about his relationship with North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un. The banner, which depicts Trump’s scowling visage emblazoned...

Donald Trump Signals Willingness to Rekindle North Korea Talks as South Korean President Lee Jae Myung Visits White House
In a high-stakes summit at the White House on Monday, August 25, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump expressed openness to resuming direct talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, reigniting hopes for diplomacy aimed at reducing tensions on the...

North Korea Rebukes U.S.-South Korea Joint Exercise
(MENAFN) Pyongyang has sharply criticized the joint war games conducted by the United States and South Korea, calling them a destabilizing threat to regional security. In a statement released by media on Tuesday, Kim Yong Bok, the first vice-chief...

North Korea Slams US Over F-35 Use: 'Yankee-Style Arrogance'
North Korea criticized the deployment of U.S. F-35 fighter jets for joint exercises with South Korea after Seoul's president visited the White House and pledged to raise the country's defense spending. The U.S. and South Korea are in the middle of...

Trump hosts South Korea's Lee, discussing North Korea, trade
Donald Trump met with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung at the White House on Monday, with the topic of North Korea at the forefront of discussions as the US president said he'd like to meet with dictator Kim Jong Un "this year." Trump 'looks...

North Korea faces grain price surge as exchange rates soar amid economic turmoil
The price of grains such as rice and corn is on the rise at North Korean marketplaces as higher exchange rates drive up the price of imported goods. North Korean consumers are being overwhelmed by a “price tsunami” that is inciting considerable...

Kim Builds ’10-20 Nukes’? Lee Warns As Trump Hails ‘Capable’ North Korea, Hints At Pyongyang Meet|4K
Last Updated:August 26, 2025, 14:08 IST Crux Videos US President Donald Trump said Monday (August 25) he hoped to meet again with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, possibly this year, as he held White House talks with South Korea’s dovish new leader that...
North Korea’s glossy new surface: Apps, beaches and a fake Starbucks
SEOUL – North Korea is taking inspiration from the West. In Pyongyang, elites drink coffee at a fake Starbucks and pay by mobile phone. About 100 miles away on the east coast, a seaside resort that’s a pet project of the country’s leader Kim Jong...