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(MENAFN) North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un doubled down Tuesday on his country's nuclear ambitions, declaring its weapons status immutable while formally designating South Korea as Pyongyang's foremost adversary, state media announced....

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(MENAFN) South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has urged North Korea to respond to what he described as Seoul’s sincere efforts toward peace, while cautioning that instability stemming from the Middle East should not extend to the Korean Peninsula,...

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(MENAFN) South Korea appealed for rapid and coordinated international measures to confront North Korea’s nuclear activities, labeling them as the most urgent danger to the worldwide nonproliferation framework, a news agency reported on Tuesday....

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(MENAFN) Russia’s defense chief held a meeting on Sunday with North Korea’s leader in Pyongyang, where both sides explored ways to expand and formalize their military partnership.

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(MENAFN) South Korea has called for urgent and coordinated international action to address North Korea’s nuclear program, warning that it poses what it considers the most serious challenge to the global nonproliferation system, according to a news...

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(MENAFN) Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov arrived in North Korea on Sunday for an official working visit.

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(MENAFN) North Korea discharged approximately 10 ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on Saturday, according to South Korea’s armed forces.

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(MENAFN) North Korea launched roughly ten ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan on Saturday, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, only days after Pyongyang warned of “terrible consequences” in response to ongoing military...

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(MENAFN) Russia and North Korea have inaugurated road traffic across a newly completed bridge over the Tumen River, marking the first direct road connection between the two countries.

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(MENAFN) Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov held high-level talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang on Sunday, with both sides signaling a deepening and formalized defense partnership stretching into the next decade.

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(MENAFN) Moscow and Pyongyang have moved to strengthen their security apparatus partnership, announcing expanded cooperation in law enforcement following high-level ministerial talks held in the North Korean capital, state media reported...

U.S. House Committee on Armed Services

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL) delivered the following opening statement at a hearing on the U.S. Military Posture and National Security Challenges in the Indo-Pacific Region.

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(MENAFN) North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a dual-edged message to the world Thursday, dangling the possibility of improved ties with Washington while simultaneously slamming Seoul's recent outreach as hollow — deepening uncertainty over the...

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(MENAFN) South Korea said on Tuesday that North Korea’s reaction to recent remarks about drone flights indicates “meaningful progress” in reducing tensions on the Korean Peninsula, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Monday expressed regret to North Korea regarding drone flights that he said sparked unnecessary military tensions, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, in an uncommon gesture, conveyed regret to North Korea on Monday regarding drone flights carried out by private individuals, which he said had sparked avoidable military tensions with Pyongyang,...

Attorney General of Texas

Attorney General Ken Paxton will propose strengthened rules to implement and enforce Senate Bill 17 (89(R)), which restricts certain individuals and entities connected to designated foreign adversaries from purchasing or acquiring interests in...

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(MENAFN) North Korea is putting the finishing touches on preparations for its 9th Workers' Party Congress — the country's most consequential political gathering — with mounting indicators suggesting the event will commence within days, a news...

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(MENAFN) China’s national airline, Air China, resumed direct flights to North Korea on Monday, ending a six-year suspension, as stated by reports.

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(MENAFN) Air China, the country's flagship national carrier, restored direct air links with North Korea on Monday, ending a six-year suspension that had left the two neighboring capitals without commercial passenger flights since the onset of the...