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North Korea skips military parade on Kim Il Sung anniversary By (0) North Korean state media said Thursday the country marked the 109th birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung with celebrations in Pyongyang. File Photo by How Hwee Young/EPA-EFE April 15 (UPI) -- North Korea marked the 109th birth anniversary of former leader Kim Il Sung on Thursday without a military parade. State media did not confirm a Kim Jong Un visit to the mausoleum of his late grandfather. Advertisement Pyongyangs media did n...

North Korea proposes sea walls to defend against storm surges By (0) North Korean leader Kim Jong (C) toured the coastal areas of North and South Hamgyong provinces in September after typhoons caused destruction across the country. File Photo by KCNA/EPA-EFE April 13 (UPI) -- North Korean state media said the country must boldly pursue the construction of defenses against coastal storm surges. Korean Workers Party newspaper Rodong Sinmun said Tuesday "coastal construction" on North Koreas eas...

Global perspective: US-China tension may offer new opportunity for N. Korean diplomacy April 12, 2021 (Mainichi Japan) North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is seen in this file photo. (Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service) North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, First Secretary of the Workers Party of Korea (WPK), adopted a policy of "parallel construction of economy and nuclear arsenal" in March 2013, less than a year and a half after the death of his father, Kim Jong Il. At that tim...

North Korea SLBM-related activities draw reaction from South By (0) South Koreas Joint Chiefs of Staff said Monday Seoul is "closely monitoring related trends" pertaining to activity at Sinpho or Sinpo Shipyard in North Korea. File Photo by KCNA/EPA-EFE April 12 (UPI) -- North Korean activities at a shipyard could be raising concerns about a potential test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile in Seoul. South Koreas Joint Chiefs of Staff spokesman Kim Joon-rak said Monday at a regular pre...

news N. Korea marks 9th anniversary of Kim Jong-uns leadership with call for loyalty SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- North Korea urged its people to stay faithful to leader Kim Jong-un as it marked the ninth anniversary of his assumption of top posts of its ruling party and the state Sunday amid economic woes from crippling sanctions. It, however, did not have any major events, including the national ceremony, to celebrate the anniversary apparently because of the new coronavirus pandemic and as Py...

North Korea: Kim Calls for More Sacrifice Amid Economic Hardships, Citing 1990s Famine MIN READApr 9, 2021 | 20:18 GMT During a recent Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) conference, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called on ruling party officials “to wage another ‘Arduous March,’” of sacrifice and work, referring to the period of famine and economic instability in the 1990s, the North Korean newspaper Rodong Sinmun reported April 8. ...

North Korea stole $1B during cyber heists over past decade, study says By (0) North Korean hackers consistently stole from bitcoin exchanges over the past decade, a new study says. File Photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI | License Photo April 8 (UPI) -- North Korea is connected to more than half of the worlds top 10 financial hacking incidents and may have stolen about $1 billion since 2011, according to a new study. Britain-based Traders of Crypto said in a new report North Korea has been stealing ...

N. Korean firm loses suit against S. Korean companies in disputes over export payment Posted : 2021-04-06 21:38 Updated : 2021-04-06 21:56 This unrelated image, captured from the website of North Koreas Rodong Sinmun on Nov. 6, 2021, shows a cement company in the North. Yonhap A North Korean firm on Tuesday lost a lawsuit claiming millions of dollars for metal it supplied to South Korean companies in 2010, in a rare legal battle between businesses from the two Koreas. In a ruling against the...

North Korea urges efforts to localize production to develop self-reliant chemical industry Posted : 2021-04-05 10:44 Updated : 2021-04-05 11:18 North Koreas Vice Premier Kim Deok-hun, second from left, according to Korean Central News Agency on Mar. 4, visits a construction site for a new carbon-related chemical factory. Yonhap North Koreas official newspaper called Monday for the localized production of industrial catalysts, as the country steps up efforts to resuscitate its chemical indust...

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Big reduction in the number of soldiers (Part 2): Forced deployment of discharged military personnel to rural areas and coal mines leads to greater dissatisfaction 2021.04.05 Am I supposed to work with a pickaxe for the rest of my life? The Kim Jong-un regime has decided to drastically reduce the number of its military soldiers after the 8 th Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea held in January. The period of military service has been shortened from 13 years to 8 year...