70 m. ago North Korea building museum to celebrate troops helping Russia fight Ukraine

North Korea is building a new memorial museum in Pyongyang to pay tribute to its army's military contributions to help "liberate" the Kursk region in Western Russia

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4 h. ago North Korea builds memorial to soldiers killed fighting for Russia against Ukraine

Kim Jong Un says alliance with Russia ‘now rising to historic peak’

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27 h. ago North Korea fires 'new hypersonic missiles' capable of carrying nuclear warheads

Kim Jong Un's military is claimed by North Korea to have used a new hypersonic system to test fire missiles and has called it strategic implying they are designed to be armed with nuclear warheads

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39 h. ago What is South Korea’s ‘monster missile’, and what does it mean for relations with the North?

The Hyunmoo-5 ‘bunker’ buster’ missile can reportedly carry an eight-tonne warhead and will be ready for deployment at the end of the yearSouth Korea has said it will begin deploying its largest ballistic missile yet at the end of the year – a projectile known as the “monster missile” by local media – marking a significant upgrade of its conventional arsenal as tensions rise with nuclear-armed North Korea.Defence minister Ahn Gyu-back recently told Yonhap News that South Korea must build a “considerable” number of the Hyunmoo-5 missiles in order to “achieve a balance of terror” in the face of the threat posed by the North, and that a next-generation missile with even greater power is needed. Continue reading...

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49 h. ago North Korean women win world weightlifting championship thanks to 'short arms and legs'

Despite its controversial political climate, North Korea continues to shine as a weightlifting powerhouse, with Song Kuk Hyang and Park Hyejeong smashing records and dominating the world stage

Politics

52 h. ago The Latest: Hegseth changes policy on how Pentagon officials communicate with Congress

Leaders at the Pentagon have significantly altered how military officials will speak with Congress after a pair of new memos issued last week

Politics

57 h. ago Children among six killed in Kyiv after Russian missile and drone attack

Explosions heard across Ukrainian capital after ballistic missile strikes, with further blasts reported in other regionsRussian drones and missiles have pounded the Ukrainian capital and other cities, killing six people in the Kyiv region, including a six-month-old baby, a 12 -year-old girl and a woman, and damaging key energy facilities and several high-rise residential buildings.The attacks lasted most of Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning as Kyiv was hit by at least four ballistic missiles. A series of loud explosions could be heard across the city. Continue reading...

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59 h. ago North Korea fires ballistic missiles days before Trump's visit to South Korea

North Korea has fired multiple ballistic missiles in its first such weapons test in five months, the South Korean military said, in a move that comes days before U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to visit the region.

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9 d. ago 'Lovely' home on sale for £1m that's neighbours with the Embassy of North Korea

'Lovely' home on sale for £1m that's neighbours with the Embassy of North Korea  This Is Local London

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1 week ago Kim Jong Un rolls out North Korea's new intercontinental ballistic missile that may be tested in weeks

The North Korean dictator hosted world leaders at a state banquet in in Pyongyang to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Worker's Party.

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1 week ago Kim Jong Un oversees massive North Korean military parade displaying new intercontinental ballistic missile

Parade, which began on Friday night, marks the 80th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers’ Party

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2 w. ago Putin's lackeys' sick taunts as huge missile strike cuts off Kyiv heat and light

Residents across Ukraine were told to limit gas use after a nightmare seven-hour onslaught of Russian strikes with ballistic and cruise missiles, killer drones and aerial bombs

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2 w. ago The world leaders attending North Korea’s 80th anniversary of ruling party

High-level representatives from China, Russia and other allies of North Korea are expected to participate in the celebrations

Politics

2 w. ago North Korea’s ruling party turns 80 – the world leaders attending celebrations

High-level representatives from China, Russia and other allies of North Korea are expected to participate in the celebrations

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3 w. ago Russia ‘using deadly new missile upgrade’ to bypass Ukraine’s Patriot air defence systems

A former Ukrainian official described it as a ‘game-changer for Russia’

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3 w. ago From a Utah church to a Denver museum: the man who found 75 pyramids in the US

Over a decade, Ian James captured an array of pyramid structures across 20 US states, now documented in a new bookOn a summer afternoon in 2017, Los Angeles-based artist Ian James found himself at the Pain Reliever Bar & Grill, the only functioning establishment in Nekoma, North Dakota.Lingering until midnight, while trying not to look too much like a Californian in a town of less than 30 residents, James struck up a conversation with a local couple who explained how to gain access to the Stanley R Mickelsen Safeguard Complex. The former anti-ballistic missile military facility, constructed during the cold war and only operational for six months before being decommissioned, was his destination: specifically, its brutalist concrete radar tower resembling an Egyptian pyramid without an apex. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Top diplomats of North Korea and China agree to deepen ties and push back at the United States

The foreign ministers of North Korea and China have agreed to deepen bilateral ties and resist hegemonism, a likely reference to pushing back against the United States

Politics

3 w. ago Iran angry as sweeping UN sanctions take effect after failure of nuclear talks

Foreign ministry attacks ‘unjustifiable’ return of measures expected to have wide effects on troubled economyWidespread UN sanctions against Iran have come back into force for the first time in a decade, prompting anger from Tehran, after last-ditch nuclear talks with western powers failed to produce a breakthrough.The sanctions, which came into effect late on Saturday and three months after Israel and the US bombed Iran, bar dealings related to Tehran’s nuclear and ballistic missiles programme and are also expected to have wider effects on its troubled economy. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago World ‘closer than ever’ to nuclear apocalypse, Putin’s ally warns as Russia deploys nuke missiles to Nato’s doorstep

WORLD is"closer than ever" to a nuclear apocalypse, Russia's close ally Belarus warned in a chilling speech at the UN. It comes as Moscow plans to deploy its Oreshnik ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads in Minsk, which shares borders with three Nato countries. Speaking at the UN General Assembly, Belarus' Foreign Minister Maxim...

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4 w. ago North Korea developing intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching US, Seoul warns

South Korea’s Lee warns that Pyongyang is in the last stage of developing an intercontinental ballistic missile that could hit the US with a nuclear weapon

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