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Kim Opens a Bridge to China Reflecting 'New Cold War'

North Korean ruler deepens alliance while advocating unity against US

(Newser) - Kim Jong Un cut the ribbon this weekend on more than a bridge. The North Korean ruler crossed into the Chinese border city of Dandong on Saturday over a newly opened span across the Yalu River, then used the visit to spotlight what he calls a "new Cold War"...

Kim's Sister Says the North Will Turn Its Loudspeakers On

Kim Yo Jong called it an 'appropriate response' to the South's recent moves

(Newser) - North Korea is getting ready to blast anti-Seoul messages along the two countries' border, and it says the "loudspeakers for psychological warfare" will be operational by the end of the month. Kim Yo Jong, sister of leader Kim Jong Un, announced the move after touring the border, calling it...

Satellites Spot Luxury Yacht Near Kim's Seaside Villa

Luxury vessel appears to be deployed near Wonsan resort

(Newser) - A superyacht longer than a basketball court, complete with a swimming pool that stretches half its length, appears to be a vacation destination for North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un. A BBC analysis of satellite images shows an 260-foot luxury vessel shuttling between a shipyard and the waters off North...

China-North Korea Bridge Set to Debut in 2014 Just Opened

The 1.8-mile New Yalu River Bridge faced 10+ years of delays but is finally set for business

(Newser) - A new bridge linking China and North Korea opened on Thursday after more than a decade of delays, signaling deeper ties between the two countries. China's official Xinhua news agency reported that a ceremony for the launch of the New Yalu River Bridge was held in the morning, per...

FBI Delivers Big Hit to North Korean Remote Work Scheme

Officials say North Koreans posed as Americans to secure IT jobs at dozens of US firms

(Newser) - US officials say they've delivered a major hit to one of North Korea's stealthiest moneymakers: remote tech jobs at American companies. Officials say the FBI last month broke up more than 40 " laptop farms " in Texas and seized nearly 200 devices used by North Korean IT...

South Korea Is Not at All Happy With Ukraine's Zelensky

Nation to recall its ambassador to Ukraine after it says Ukrainian president blabbed POW secret

(Newser) - South Korea said on Thursday it will recall its ambassador to Ukraine, stepping up its protest against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's recent revelation of a supposedly secret transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea. The South Korean announcement came days after its president, Lee Jae...

S. Korea to North: We Want 'Sincere Apology' for Hurt Soldiers

Nation's military says it found North had planted mines that injured 3 of its service members in Sept.

(Newser) - South Korea's military said on Monday it concluded North Korea had planted mines that injured three South Korean soldiers at their heavily fortified border last month, urging the North to apologize and remove other mines. The announcement came days after North Korea denied responsibility for the Sept. 21 blasts...

S. Korea's Lee Pushes for Big Shift on N. Korea

Leader urges trading sanctions relief if its neighbor freezes its nuclear weapons program

(Newser) - South Korea's president is openly pitching a deal that's been long shunned: trade sanctions relief in exchange for a freeze on North Korea's weapons programs. Lee Jae Myung tells the New York Times he sees "significant value" in relaxing measures that "are not particularly effective...

South Korea Is Digging Into Kim's Progeny

Seoul is trying to learn if Kim Jong Un has a son, but daughter's status as heir appears solid

(Newser) - South Korea's National Intelligence Service said it is trying to determine if North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has an older son while reaffirming its assessment that his daughter is the likely heir to the nation's leadership. The spy agency's statement on Thursday was likely a response...

Vehicles Now Moving Between Russia, North Korea

Road bridge, opened Monday, signals greater strategic cooperation

(Newser) - Vehicles are now freely moving between Russia and North Korea. The two countries on Monday opened their first road bridge, a span over the Tumen River that both governments are touting as a strategic upgrade to their relationship, per Reuters . Built over the same waterway as the "Friendship Bridge,"...

As US Plays War Games, Kim Adds to His Arsenal

North Korea commissions second naval destroyer as US, South Korea, Japan hold military exercises

(Newser) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un put his second naval destroyer into service and called for building a more reliable nuclear deterrent, state media reported Monday, as the United States, South Korea, and Japan began a trilateral military exercise he views as a security threat. The ship's commissioning comes...

New North Korean Nuke Count Estimate Differs From Trump's

South Korean defense minister put forth a number on Thursday

(Newser) - South Korea put a bigger number on North Korea's nuclear arsenal than President Trump did a day prior. Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back told lawmakers Thursday that Pyongyang is widely thought to hold 80 to 120 nuclear warheads—above the "57 very powerful nuclear weapons" Trump mentioned on Wednesday...

North Korea Fires Missiles Amid US Diplomacy Push

Pyongyang remains defiant after Trump comments, scaled-down war drills in the South

(Newser) - North Korea has responded to talk of a Trump-Kim reunion with missiles, not an olive branch. At least for now. Hours after President Trump told reporters he expects to sit down with Kim Jong-un later this year, South Korea's military said the North fired about 10 short-range ballistic missiles into...

Trump Provides a Count of North Korea's Nukes

And says a visit with Kim Jong Un will happen this year

(Newser) - President Trump says round four with Kim Jong Un is coming. Speaking to reporters outside the White House on Wednesday, the president said he expects to meet with the North Korean leader later this year; the two met three times during Trump's first term. The president also told reporters...

Trump Curtails War Games, but North Korea Is Dismissive

Pentagon announced Tuesday night the military exercises would end on Friday

(Newser) - Joint war games that usually dominate August in South Korea have been cut short this year by order of President Trump. The Pentagon said Tuesday night that it will end the 11-day Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise six days early, on Friday. They had been due to wrap up Aug. 27....

Citing Ties With Kim, Trump Scales Back US-South Korea Drills

Move follows North Korean threats over joint US-South Korean drills

(Newser) - President Trump says it's time to hit the brakes on US war games with South Korea, the Washington Post reports. In a Truth Social post Sunday, the POTUS said he ordered Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to sharply scale back joint military drills, arguing they're expensive and send the...

South Korea Wants to Talk to North About Ending War

President Lee Jae Myung suggested talks in a Liberation Day speech

(Newser) - South Korea's leader is publicly asking Pyongyang to help close the book on a war that never officially ended. President Lee Jae Myung used a Liberation Day speech on Saturday to invite North Korea to talks on formally declaring the Korean War over and replacing the 1953 ceasefire with...

Zelensky: Russia Is Sunk Without North Korea

'This is the first time in Russia's history when they no longer have a strategic reserve,' he asserts

(Newser) - Russia's missiles in Ukraine aren't all Russian, according to Volodymyr Zelensky. The Ukrainian president said Monday that Moscow used North Korean ballistic missiles in overnight strikes on Zaporizhzhia that left at least six dead and 19 injured, reports the BBC . "This is the first time in Russia's history when they...

Amid Heat Wave, North Korea Pushes Dog Meat Soup

State media promotes 'dangogi guk' as 'highly nutritious food'

(Newser) - North Korea's answer to a punishing heat wave reportedly includes a bowl of dog meat soup. The South China Morning Post reports state newspaper Rodong Sinmun has urged citizens to fight soaring temperatures with "cooling" foods like watermelon and cucumbers, plus "highly nutritious" options such as fish...

New Russia, North Korea Link May Be Bad News for Ukraine

Investigation suggests road bridge may conceal arms, troops bound for warzone

(Newser) - The first-ever road connection between Russia and North Korea is nearly ready to open, and a Ukrainian rights group argues it's less about tourists and more about tanks. The road bridge over the Tumen River—linking Khasan in Russia's far east to North Korea's Tumangang—would run alongside the countries'...

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