Satellite images show N. Korea dug large border trenches after demolishing road, rail links Commercial satellite images reveal that North Korea has carved at least two large trenches across roads and rail lines on its heavily armed border with South Korea since it blew up the northern sections of cross-border routes earlier this month.Oct 31, 2024By AP
NK fires ICBM shortly after S. Korea, US warn against troop dispatch to Russia North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) toward the East Sea, Thursday, just hours after the defense ministers of both South Korea and the United States condemned Pyongyang's recent troop deployment to Russia.Oct 31, 2024By Lee Hyo-jin
Border residents block attempt to send anti-regime leaflets to North Korea Attempts by human rights activists to send leaflets critical of the North Korean regime across the inter-Korean border were thwarted, Thursday, by hundreds of residents and local officials who feared retaliatory actions from Pyongyang.Oct 31, 2024By Jung Min-ho
Reports on N. Korean troops 'mere assertions': Russian UN envoy Russia's ambassador to the U.N. on Wednesday brushed off reports that North Korean troops were present at its frontlines in the war against Ukraine, calling them "mere assertions."Oct 31, 2024By AFP
N. Korea launches new solid-fuel ICBM ahead of US electionNorth Korea fired what appeared to be a new type of solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) toward the East Sea on Thursday, South Korea's military said, in an apparent move aimed at flaunting its nuclear capabilities ahead of the U.S. presidential election next week.Oct 31, 2024By Yonhap
Top security adviser calls N. Korea 'worst rogue group' over troop dispatch to Russia National Security Adviser Shin Won-sik on Wednesday lambasted North Korea as the "worst rogue group" for dispatching its troops to Russia, vowing to come up with "all possible" response measures based on South Korea's alliance with the United States.Oct 30, 2024By Yonhap
N. Korea, Russia's FMs to hold strategic consultations in Moscow: report North Korea's foreign minister will hold strategic consultations with her Russian counterpart in Moscow, a news report showed Wednesday, amid concerns that the North's troops deployed to Russia may soon join combat in its war against Ukraine.Oct 30, 2024By Yonhap
NK troops possibly deployed to front lines in Russia-Ukraine war: military intel The intelligence agencies of South Korea and the U.S. believe that some North Korean advance units may have been deployed to the front lines in the Russia-Ukraine war. Media reports even suggest that these units are already in Ukrainian territory, with some soldiers having been killed during battles.Oct 30, 2024By Anna J. Park
