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  North Korea's Kim Jong Un calls for 'thorough annihilation' of US, South Korea if provoked

  World | January 02, 2024 11:46 IST

  Kim said that he would launch three more military spy satellites, produce more nuclear materials and develop attack drones against an unprecedented US-led confrontation. He called South Korea a "hemiplegic malformation and colonial subordinate state” whose society is “tainted by Yankee culture”.

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  North Korea's Kim Jong Un vows to launch 3 more spy satellites, build more nuclear weapons in 2024

  World | December 31, 2023 11:12 IST

  Kim has been focused on modernizing his nuclear and missile arsenals since his high-stakes nuclear diplomacy with then-President Donald Trump broke down in 2019 due to wrangling over international sanctions on the North.

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  North Korea's Kim Jong Un orders his forces to accelerate war preparations as tensions escalate

  World | December 28, 2023 9:40 IST

  Speaking on the policy directions for the new year at a key meeting of the country's ruling party on Wednesday, Kim also said Pyongyang would expand strategic cooperation with "anti-imperialist independent" countries.

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  North Korea: Kim Jong Un warns of 'nuclear attack' if US or South Korea provoke with nukes

  World | December 21, 2023 8:25 IST

  Kim said the launch demonstrated the evolution of the North's nuclear doctrine and strategy “not to hesitate even with a nuclear attack when the enemy provokes it with nukes".

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  North Korea: Kim threatens 'more offensive actions' against US after powerful missile test

  World | December 19, 2023 9:50 IST

  Kim stressed the need to “never overlook all the reckless and irresponsible military threats of the enemies … and to strongly counter them with more offensive actions".

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  Kim Jong-Un cries as he implores North Korean mothers to have more babies I Watch rare video

  World | December 06, 2023 19:12 IST

  During an event dedicated to mothers, Kim Jong Un called for efforts to tackle North Korea's falling birth rates, describing the challenge as "everyone's housekeeping duty".

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  South Korea partially suspends inter-Korean agreement after North put spy satellite in orbit

  World | November 22, 2023 12:28 IST

  North Korea says it has sovereign, legitimate rights to launch spy satellites to cope with what it calls intensifying US-led threats. But UN Security Council resolutions still prohibit any satellite liftoff by North Korea, viewing them as covers for testing its long-range missile technology.

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  North Korea claims successful launch of spy satellite into orbit despite resistance from US, South

  World | November 22, 2023 11:36 IST

  The North's space agency said that its new “Chollima-1” carrier rocket accurately placed the Malligyong-1 satellite into orbit on Tuesday night, about 12 minutes after liftoff from the country's main launch centre.

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  North Korea, in its third attempt, aims to launch spy satellite between November 22-30

  World | November 21, 2023 20:56 IST

  Notably, North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong Un is eager to operate spy satellites to deal with what it calls escalating US-led military threats. But its two previous attempts to place a spy satellite into orbit earlier this year ended in failure due to technical issues.

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  South Korea warns of suspending 2018 peace deal with North Korea ahead of spy satellite launch

  World | November 20, 2023 13:47 IST

  The 2018 inter-Korean military agreements required both Koreas to halt aerial surveillance activities and live-firing drills across the border. Seoul has said that North Korea has violated the agreement several times by flying drones in South Korean territory.

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  US, South Korea stage live-fire drills in response to North Korea's potential 'Hamas-style attack'

  World | October 27, 2023 11:41 IST

  The drills, which started on Wednesday, come amid heightened tensions in South Korea over the devastating and unprecedented Hamas attack on Israel on October 7. The US and South Korea have expanded their military exercises in the wake of North Korea's burgeoning nuclear programme.

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  US soldier Travis King, who dashed to North Korea, facing charges of desertion and child pornography

  World | October 20, 2023 18:39 IST

  King illegally crossed over from South to North Korea in July and was said to have attempted to escape "inhumane treatment" in the US Army. He was released and returned to the United States in September after help from Sweden and surprisingly China.

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  Kim Jong Un executes general by throwing him into 'piranha-filled' fish tank: Report

  World | October 16, 2023 22:44 IST

  A giant fish tank has been built in Kim Jong Un's residence in Ryongsong with Brazil-imported piranhas. According to the report, the North Korean leader took inspiration from a 1977 James Bond film.

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  US alleges North Korea of providing over 1,000 containers of military equipment, arms to Russia

  World | October 14, 2023 13:06 IST

  After his visit to Russia last month where he met Putin, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for an exponential increase in the production of nuclear weapons. North Korea has been expanding its nuclear arsenal in the wake of growing deployment of US assets to its arch-nemesis South Korea.

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  North Korea raises nuclear threat again after US aircraft carrier battle group arrives in Busan

  World | October 13, 2023 17:07 IST

  Kim's motive to bolster efforts to modernise North Korean weaponry has been seen as a response to growing military cooperation between the US and South Korea. Washington and Seoul have maintained that these drills are defensive in nature.

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  VIDEO: US soldier Travis King reaches America back after North Korea expulsion, Biden thanks China

  World | September 28, 2023 16:37 IST

  US officials said they did not know exactly why North Korea decided to expel Travis King, but suspected Pyongyang determined that as a low-ranking serviceman, he had no real value in terms of either leverage or information.

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  US officials say Travis King is in American custody moments after N Korea declares to expel him

  World | September 27, 2023 18:40 IST

  The announcement of Travis King’s release came relatively quickly and surprised some observers who had expected the North to drag out his detention in the hopes of squeezing concessions from Washington at a time of high tensions between the rivals.

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  North Korea announces to expel US soldier Travis King over illegal border crossing

  World | September 27, 2023 16:15 IST

  Travis King, who was supposed to be on his way to Fort Bliss, Texas, after finishing a prison sentence in South Korea for assault, ran into North Korea while on a civilian tour of the border village of Panmunjom in July.

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  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un departs for home after concluding high-stakes visit in Russia

  World | September 17, 2023 16:59 IST

  The meeting was being watched closely by Western countries amid concerns that North Korea may provide Russia with weapons to be used for the Ukraine conflict.

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  North Korean arms for Russia not likely to make big difference in Ukraine war: US military officer

  World | September 17, 2023 14:18 IST

  Analysts have speculated that Kim may provide ammunition to Russia in exchange for receiving advanced weapons or technology from Russia.