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  What help are North Korean weapons to Russia? Explained

  World | September 07, 2022 19:02 IST

  Russia has called a U.S. intelligence report on the purchasing plan “fake.” But U.S. officials say it shows Russia’s desperation with the war in Ukraine and that Moscow could buy additional military hardware from North Korea.

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  Russia to buy rockets, artillery shells from North Korea: US official

  World | September 06, 2022 9:04 IST

  Russia Ukraine war: U.S. intelligence officials believe that the Russians could look to purchase additional North Korean military equipment in the future.

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  North Korea says new fever cases were flu, not COVID-19

  World | August 26, 2022 7:12 IST

  North Korea maintains it has had no confirmed coronavirus cases since August 10, when leader Kim Jong Un declared a widely disputed victory over the virus, just three months after the country acknowledged an omicron outbreak.

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  North Korea dismisses Seoul's aid-for-disarmament offer

  World | August 19, 2022 8:46 IST

  Tensions could further rise as the United States and South Korea kick off their biggest combined training in years next week to counter the North Korean threat.

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  Kim Jon Un's sister triggers tears in North Korea as she speaks of his 'high fever' during pandemic

  World | August 11, 2022 23:23 IST

  North Korea first suggested in July that its COVID-19 outbreak began in people who had contact with objects carried by balloons launched from South Korea — a questionable claim that appeared to be an attempt to blame its rival.

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  North Korea claims victory over COVID-19; blames Seoul for outbreak, warns of 'deadly counteraction'

  World | August 11, 2022 7:17 IST

  North Korea on May 12 admitted to a COVID-19 outbreak, saying an unspecified number of people in Pyongyang were diagnosed with the omicron variant.

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  North Korea calls Pelosi 'destroyer of international peace'

  World | August 06, 2022 9:12 IST

  After Pelosi visited Taiwan and reaffirmed Washington's commitment to defending democracy on the self-governing island, North Korea on Wednesday issued a statement berating the US and supporting China, its main ally and biggest aid benefactor.

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  North Korea reports another disease outbreak amid COVID wave

  World | June 16, 2022 13:00 IST

  Such diseases routinely occur in North Korea, which lacks good water treatment facilities and whose public healthcare infrastructure largely remains broken since the mid-1990s.

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  South Korea says North completed preparations for new nuclear test

  World | June 14, 2022 13:45 IST

  A possible new nuclear test by North Korea would be the seventh of its kind. Some experts say North Korea will likely use the test to build warheads to be mounted on tactical nuclear weapons aimed at hitting targets in South Korea.

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  US, South Korea fly 20 fighter jets amid North Korea tensions

  World | June 07, 2022 12:44 IST

  North Korea may soon up the amp as U.S. and South Korean officials say the country is all but ready to conduct another detonation at its nuclear testing ground in the northeastern town of Punggye-ri.

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  US, South Korea fire 8 ballistic missiles to sea in retaliation to North Korea’s launches

  World | June 06, 2022 8:19 IST

  The United States has vowed to push for additional international sanctions if North Korea conducts a nuclear test, but the prospects for meaningful new punitive measures are dim with the UN Security Council’s permanent members divided.

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  COVID getting worse, not better in North Korea: World Health Organization

  World | June 02, 2022 8:18 IST

  At a briefing on Wednesday, WHO’s emergencies chief Dr Mike Ryan appealed to North Korean authorities for more information about COVID outbreak there, saying “we have real issues in getting access to raw data and to the actual situation on the ground.”

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  India votes for US-sponsored UNSC resolution to raise N Korea sanctions, China, Russia veto it

  India | May 27, 2022 23:03 IST

  The US launched the unsuccessful effort on Thursday to punish North Korea which had tested three missiles on Wednesday after US President Joe Biden had wrapped up a visit to South Korea and Japan.

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  China and Russia veto new UN sanctions on North Korea

  World | May 27, 2022 9:41 IST

  A united Security Council imposed sanctions after North Korea’s first nuclear test explosion in 2006 and tightened them over the years in a total of 10 resolutions seeking- so far unsuccessfully- to rein in its nuclear and ballistic missile programs and cut off funding.

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  North Korea fights Covid with traditional medicines

  World | May 19, 2022 17:43 IST

  Despite what the North’s propaganda is describing as an all-out effort, the fear is palpable among citizens, according to defectors in South Korea with contacts in the North, and some outside observers worry the outbreak may get much worse, with much of an impoverished, unvaccinated population left without enough hospital care and struggling to afford even simple medicine.

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  North Korea may conduct nuclear test around Joe Biden's visit to South Korea, Japan this week

  World | May 19, 2022 11:20 IST

  North Korea in recent months has test-launched a spate of missiles in what experts call an attempt to modernize its weapons and pressure its rivals to accept the country as a nuclear state and relax their sanctions.

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  North Korea's COVID-19 caseload nears 2 million in just a week; over 7 lakh in quarantine

  World | May 19, 2022 7:03 IST

  The official Korean Central News Agency reported that more than 1.98 million people have become sick with feverish symptoms since late April, which are mostly believed to be coronavirus omicron variant infections.

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  Omicron makes China’s ‘zero-COVID’ policy unsustainable, says WHO chief Tedros Adhanom

  World | May 18, 2022 8:21 IST

  At a media briefing, WHO D-G Tedros Adhanom described China’s “zero-COVID” strategy as “not sustainable” after similar remarks last week drew sharp criticism from China.

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  North Korea reports another jump in suspected COVID-19 cases; death toll at 62

  World | May 18, 2022 7:02 IST

  A failure to control the outbreak could have dire consequences in North Korea, considering its broken health care system and its rejection of internationally offered vaccines that has left a population of 26 million unimmunized.

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  North Korea reports 2,70,000 new fever cases amid COVID crisis; 56 dead so far

  World | May 17, 2022 7:07 IST

  North Korea likely lacks testing supplies to confirm coronavirus infections in large numbers and its virus response is mostly isolating people with symptoms at shelters.