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N. Korean Leader Visits ICBM Research Institute ahead of Beijing Appearance
KBS World
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September 2, 2025
Photo : YONHAP News Anchor: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un paid a visit to a military research institute, which state media revealed is at work on a new intercontinental ballistic missile, before heading to Beijing to join Chinese and Russian...
Ukrainian drone attack forces evacuations in Russian city
RTE Ireland
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September 2, 2025
More than 300 people were evacuated from their apartments overnight following a Ukrainian drone attack on the capital of the Rostov region in Russia, the acting governor has said. The Russian defence ministry said air defence units destroyed 13...
Lee to speak at UN alongside Trump, raising attention on 2nd meeting
Korea Herald
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September 2, 2025
In historic first, S. Korean president to preside over UN Security Council debate President Lee Jae Myung will deliver his address to the United Nations General Assembly on the same day US President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak, drawing...
North leader Kim Jong-un enters China by train for Victory Day military parade
Korea JoungAng Daily
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September 1, 2025
Published: 02 Sep. 2025, 08:59 North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Sept. 1 leaves for China to attend the Victory Day parade set to take place on Sept. 3. [RODONG SINMUN] North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s private train crossed the border into China...
S Korea muscling into SE Asia’s open arms market
Asia Times
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September 2, 2025
South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace has agreed to export 20 K9 howitzers to Vietnam in a deal worth US$250 million, according to multiple news reports in mid-August. The first indicators of a potential deal emerged in March 2023, when Vietnam’s...
asia Kim Jong-un crossed border into China via train, state media says
Asiaone
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September 2, 2025
SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un crossed the border into China on his special train early on Tuesday (Sept 2) to attend China's celebration of the formal surrender of Japan in World War Two, North Korean state media said on Tuesday. Kim...
Trump willing to meet North Korea’s Kim Jong Un
Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation
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August 26, 2025
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...
Trump says he's willing to meet with North Korea's Kim Jong Un
6 ABC Action News
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August 26, 2025
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...
N. Korea's Kim expected to stand alongside Xi, Putin at China's military parade: NIS
The Korea Times
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September 2, 2025
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is expected to stand alongside his Chinese and Russian counterparts, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, at a high-profile military parade in China this week, Seoul's spy agency said Tuesday. Kim is set to arrive in...
Kim’s armored train back in spotlight
Korea Herald
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September 2, 2025
Train designed more for symbolism and control than speed As North Korean leader Kim Jong-un traveled to China to attend a Victory Day celebration, his choice of transport — an armored train — once again drew attention. The trip from Pyongyang to...
Seoul claims 2,000 N. Korean troops killed in Russia
Mehr News Agency
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September 2, 2025
Seoul's National Intelligence Service said in April "the number of war dead was at least 600. But based on updated assessments, it now estimates the figure at around 2,000," lawmaker Lee Seong-kweun told reporters after a briefing from the spy...
Trump’s Cabinet Meeting Goes Full ‘North Korea’ With Presidential Brown Nosing
The Daily Beast
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August 26, 2025
President Donald Trump’s personally appointed sycophants were not so subtle in their sucking up to him during a cabinet meeting on Tuesday afternoon. In an introduction described as being akin to North Korean state TV, Labor Secretary Lori...
Kim Jong Un heading to Beijing in lavish but slow-moving armoured train
9News
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September 2, 2025
As a select group of world leaders prepares to roll into Beijing for a massive military parade on Wednesday, one is travelling in his signature armoured green train: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The old-fashioned train has become a symbol of...
Train or tank? A look at Kim Jong-un's heavily armored mode of transport.
Korea JoungAng Daily
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September 2, 2025
Published: 02 Sep. 2025, 10:30 North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is seen waving from his private train during a visit to flood-affected areas in North Pyongan Province between Aug. 8 to Aug. 9 in 2024. A high-end Mercedes-Benz SUV, circled in red,...
North Korea tests missiles amid US move
The Geelong Advertiser
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August 24, 2025
North Korea has fired two new air defence missiles in a test overseen by leader Kim Jong-un, as South Korea and the US hold joint military exercises, state media reports. The two missiles, which are deigned to target aerial threats, were test...
About 2,000 N.K. troops deployed to Russia estimated to have been killed: NIS
Yonhap News Agency
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September 2, 2025
By Yi Wonju SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Yonhap) -- The spy agency estimated around 2,000 North Korean troops dispatched to Russia for combat in Ukraine were killed, lawmakers said Tuesday. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) shared the assessment during a...
China is showing off its weaponry in a tightly controlled military parade
Associated Press
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September 2, 2025
BEIJING (AP) — China’s missiles, fighter jets and other military hardware — some on public view for the first time — are being displayed in a major parade Wednesday in the nation’s capital. Troops will march in lockstep by President Xi Jinping,...
China is showing off its weaponry in a tightly controlled military parade
The Independent (U.S.)
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September 2, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
N. Korea's Kim to stand 'side by side' with Xi, Putin at China's military parade: NIS
The Korea Times
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September 2, 2025
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will stand "side by side" with his Chinese and Russian counterparts, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, at the upcoming military parade in China this week, Seoul's spy agency said Tuesday. Aboard his private train, Kim...
North Korea reveals more soldier deaths from Russia’s war than initially claimed
NK News
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August 25, 2025
NK Pro has compiled full list of 101 dead medal recipients, plus 6 extra names featured in ‘heroic’ suicide stories North Korean state media last Friday repeatedly featured a list of 101 soldiers who died fighting in Russia’s war against Ukraine,...