Japan discovers 7,000 new unknown islands
The Geospatial Information Authority determines that Japan has 14,125 islands, twice as many as previously reported.
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North Korea publicly executes 2 teenagers for distributing South Korean movies
North Korea has publicly executed three teenagers by firing squad – two for watching and distributing South Korean movies and one for murdering his stepmother – two sources who witnessed it told Radio Free Asia. The alleged crimes committed by the teens, estimated to be 16 or 17, were equally evil, authorities told terrified residents, […]
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North Korean missile forces Japanese citizens to take shelter
North Korea has launched a ballistic missile that has flown over northern Japan and has reached the greatest distance traveled to date in one of these weapons tests. According to Tokyo, the projectile has reached a maximum altitude of close to 1,000 kilometers and a distance of 4,500-4,600 kilometers. The Japanese authorities have activated a […]
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North Korea fires ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan
The South Korean Defense Ministry has complained in the early hours of Sunday morning that North Korea has fired a ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan, known in Korea as the East Sea. The South Korean Armed Forces have reported that the launch was detected at 06.53 local time from Taechon, in North Pyongan […]
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North Korea Reports First Suspected Coronavirus Case
MOSCOW(Sputnik) – North Korea has announced that the first, suspected, coronavirus case has been registered in the country, the individual illegally crossed the border with South Korea earlier this month, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reports. The Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) held an emergency […]
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North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Makes First Public Appearance Amid Reports of Ill Condition – Yonhap
Kim Jong Un, the 36-year-old leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) dispelled weeks of Western rumors that he had died or been overthrown, appearing at a public ceremony on April 30 in the industrial city of Sunchon. Citing a report by Chosun Central Broadcasting, a DPRK state television station, Seoul-based Yonhap reported […]
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Kim Yo-jong Most Likely to Succeed Kim Jong-un, US Congressional Report Says
Kim Yo-jong, the younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and a prominent Workers’ Party member, is among the most likely candidates to succeed him should he die or be unable to run the country, according to a US Congressional Research Service report, cited by the South Korean news agency Yonhap. The document came […]
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Kim Jong-un ‘Alive and Well’, Advisor to South Korea’s President Says
The North Korean leader’s lack of appearances in public since early April, combined with media speculation, has led to the circulation of a bevy of rumours regarding his health, with some reports alleging that Kim is recovering from heart surgery, while others have gone so far as to suggest that he has become a vegetable […]
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