3 h. ago Inside North Korea's brutal schools where children face daily beatings and are forced to learn about Kim Jong Un's life and sing propaganda songs

Bella Seo - who fled the dystopian country when she was a teenager - said students' most important subject was their leader Kim Jong Un , which they had to study three times a day.

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3 h. ago North Korea breaks silence on fighting for Putin against Ukraine as new ceasefire announced

Russian President Vladimir Putin calls for WWII anniversary ceasefire as Kim Jong-Un admits he's sent thousands of troops to 'anihilate' Ukraine in chilling new escalation of Ukraine war

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5 h. ago US asks North Korea to stop sending troops for Russia’s war in Ukraine

The US has called for an end to North Korea’s military deployment to support Russian president Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine as Kim Jong Un confirmed he sent his troops to fight in Europe.

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5 h. ago Did ‘Vatican diplomacy’ change Trump’s mind on Ukraine? I’m sceptical for three reasons | Orysia Lutsevych

Zelenskyy, Starmer, Macron they all had his ear at Pope Francis’s funeral. But he is just as easily swayed by the elevator doormanThe most recent diplomatic effort to find a way to stop Russia’s invasion of Ukraine took place at the most unlikely of events: the funeral of Pope Francis. The image of Presidents Zelenskyy and Trump leaning toward each other, under Carlo Maratta’s late-17th-century painting, The Baptism of Christ, rekindled hopes that the US might, at last, hear Kyiv out. Would this unexpected setting make Trump’s compassion, so frequently expressed for the loss of human life, real? And could it lead to a better strategy for ending this criminal and brutal war?The goal of Kyiv and the coalition of the willing – a group of 31 nations that back Ukraine in its fight against Russia – is to distance Trump from what has become a dangerous rapprochement between the Washington and Moscow. But this will be an uphill battle – Europe and Kyiv are trying to fight their way to Trump...

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9 h. ago Vladimir Putin thanks Kim Jong Un for deploying 1000s of North Korean troops for his Ukraine war

Around 4,000 North Korean troops have been killed or wounded fighting Ukrainian forces in Russia’s Kursk region, South Korea has said

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10 h. ago North Korea confirms it has sent troops to Russia to fight Ukraine

Vladimir Putin thanks North Korean forces who says have fought ‘shoulder to shoulder with Russian fighters’

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17 h. ago North Korea confirms for first time it has sent troops to fight for Russia in Ukraine war

Battle in Kursk showed ‘highest strategic level of the firm militant friendship’ between North Korea and Russia, state news says, hailing ‘heroes’North Korea has confirmed for the first time that it has sent troops to fight for Russia in the war with Ukraine under the orders of leader Kim Jong-un.The end of the battle in Russia’s Kursk region showed the “highest strategic level of the firm militant friendship” between North Korea and Russia, the North’s KCNA state news agency cited the ruling party as saying. Continue reading...

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18 h. ago North Korea makes first public admission it sent troops to fight for Russia

The admission comes as top US diplomat Marco Rubio warned the Trump administration would walk away from brokering peace talks if there was no realistic prospect of a deal in sight

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33 h. ago Putin congratulates military after Russia says all Ukrainian troops have left Kursk region with help of North Korea

Vladimir Putin congratulated his military after Russia claimed all Ukrainian troops have left the Kursk region with the help of North Korean soldiers.

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48 h. ago Kim Jong Un unveils North Korea's new naval warship 'equipped with nuclear

The dictator claims the destroyer will strengthen his country’s ability to defend itself amid ‘aggression’ from US and allies

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53 h. ago Kim Jong Un's latest toy: North Korean leader and his daughter unveil rogue state's new warship that he says can launch nuclear ballistic missiles

Kim Jong Un has unveiled a nuclear-capable naval destroyer that he says will bolster North Korea 's ability to defend itself in the face of perceived aggression from the US and its regional allies.

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57 h. ago North Korea unveils new naval destroyer as Kim Jong Un blames US for tensions

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has unveiled a new naval destroyer, claiming it as a significant advancement towards his goal of expanding the operational range and preemptive strike capabilities of his nuclear-armed military

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3 d. ago From ammunition to ballistic missiles: how North Korea arms Russia in the Ukraine war

Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s claims about deadly Kyiv strike highlight Kremlin’s reliance on Kim regime’s soldiers, ammunition and missilesNorth Korea’s role in the war in Ukraine has come into sharp focus after the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said a Russian missile that killed 12 people in Kyiv had been supplied by the regime in Pyongyang.“According to preliminary information, the Russians used a ballistic missile manufactured in North Korea,” Zelenskyy said. “Our special services are verifying all the details. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Tourist in North Korea says it 'could be holiday hotspot' but one thing is surprising

A man who claims he visited North Korea said it could be confused for Dubai or Spain – but aside from the nation's tight security, there's something else preventing it from topping travel bucket lists

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1 week ago 'I went to North Korea and couldn't believe why football teams are BANNED on TV'

Anthony James Macfarlane, 31, is keen to return to North Korea after visiting earlier this month to take part in the 31st Pyongyang Marathon - but some things left him slightly unsettled

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1 week ago Inside North Korea hell schools where teachers BEAT kids forced to worship Kim Jong

Bella Seo, 23, has revealed the harsh routine in North Korean schools after fleeing the country, which included "extremely strenuous" physical labour and daily beatings

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1 week ago North Korea issues chilling World War Three threat over US long range bombers

The US flew two B-1B bombers on Tuesday during an aerial drill accompanied by South Korean fighter jets, which Seoul framed as a direct response to the escalating threat of North Korea's growing nuclear ambitions

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1 week ago Brit somehow ends up entering race in North Korea – one thing surprised him most

EXCLUSIVE: North Korea isn't on many bucket lists, but it was right at the top of globetrotter Anthony Macfarlane's. He managed to get into the capital city of the 'secretive' state - here's how

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1 week ago Bombshell images reveal North Korea making ‘largest, most advanced’ warship ever

North Korea is boosting its navy with its biggest warship yet as satellite images show the making of the vessel which will also be the most technologically advanced

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2 w. ago Satellite imagery spots North Korea's 'biggest warship ever'

Despotic North Korea spends vast proportions of wealth on its armed forces but how big is the Korean People’s Army and more importantly, how much deadly weaponry does it have?

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