5 h. ago North Korean hackers are cashing out after world’s biggest crypto heist, experts warn

Hackers using automated tools and working in shifts to convert assets to fiat money, experts say

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6 h. ago North Korea issues chilling war threat to US and South Korea as missiles launched

North Korea unleashes deadly ballistic missile salvo into the sea as it makes chilling threats of conflict and US - South Korean troops go on high-alert during military drills

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24 h. ago Moment Russian special forces attempt to ambush Ukrainians by creeping through gas pipeline

Russian special forces crept miles through a gas pipeline near the town of Sudzha in an attempt to surprise Ukrainian forces as part of a major offensive to eject Ukrainian soldiers from Kursk.

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31 h. ago Russia uses a gas pipeline to strike at Ukrainian troops from the rear in Kursk

Ukraine’s military and Russian war bloggers say Russian special forces walked inside of a gas pipeline to strike Ukrainian units from the rear in the Kursk region

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49 h. ago Grinning Kim Jong Un reveals North Korea's newest submarine that will be able to carry 10 nuclear missiles capable of targeting the US

The nuclear-powered weapons system is currently under construction and will pose a major security threat to South Korea and the US.

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3 d. ago North Korea 'disappears' 20 special forces soldiers for breaking Kim Jong

Kim Jong Un was visiting a special forces base in North Korea in September when 20 of his soldiers reportedly "endangered the leader's life", with him then ordering their disappearance

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3 d. ago North Korea 'disappears' 20 of its elite soldiers with death notices sent to their loved ones after they 'endangered Kim Jong

The soldiers were arrested for breaching safety protocols when the dictator observed exercises at their special forces base in September.

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3 d. ago From public executions to ‘traitor’ notices: North Korea escapees describe horrors of Covid

Rights groups say Pyongyang imposed excessive and unnecessary measures during pandemic that made ‘already isolated country even more repressive’

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4 d. ago Fighter jets bomb town near North Korea causing casualties as exercise goes horribly wrong

Footage shows South Korean fighter planes dropping eight 500-pound bombs on a small town close to the border with North Korea - eight people were wounded in the blasts

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5 d. ago WW3 fears grow as North Korea makes 'nuclear missile' threat while Kim Jong

North Korea has warned enemies with a 'nuclear missile threat' as the secretive country launched a 'strategic cruise missile' in a drill supervised by Kim Jong-un

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5 d. ago North Korean tourist village shuts down after just three weeks

Rason, near North Korea’s border with China, was established in 1991

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6 d. ago North Korea could have more nukes than the UK by 2035 and may already have the ability to detonate a nuclear weapon over a US city, analysts warn

Analysts have warned that North Korea could have more nuclear weapons than the UK by 2035 thanks to Russian assistance

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7 d. ago Scots soldiers heading to Ukraine as part of peacekeeping force is 'very possible', says Labour minister

The future of Ukraine has become a major talking point following last week's White House clash between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky.

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8 d. ago Putin recruiting even more of Kim's North Korea troops to bolster ranks despite Trump talks

Unconfirmed sources have told South Korean media that around 3000 extra North Korean soldiers were deployed to the region at the start of 2025 with the National Intelligence Service (NIS) investigating

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1 week ago North Korea’s Kim oversees test of strategic cruise missiles and signals nuclear readiness in new escalation

Putin meets delegation as Seoul says more North Korean troops sent to Russia

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1 week ago Ukraine frontline: North Korea is sending more troops to help fight Russia’s war, Seoul says

Despite talks and Donald Trump’s deals, the daily reality for Ukrainians is still missile and drone attacks from Putin’s invading forces

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1 week ago Kim Jong Un 'sends more North Korea troops' to help Vladimir Putin's forces in Ukraine

North Korean despot Kim Jong-Un sends more troops into the 'meat grinder' Russian war on Ukraine - amid fears Moscow will reward him with weapons technology, boosting his nuke programme

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1 week ago North Korea behind $1.5bn hack of crypto exchange ByBit, says FBI

The US agency said it refers to this specific North Korean malicious cyber activity as ‘TraderTraitor’The Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Wednesday that North Korea was responsible for the theft of approximately $1.5bn in virtual assets from cryptocurrency exchange ByBit.The agency said it refers to this specific North Korean malicious cyber activity as “TraderTraitor”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago A small group of tourists has been allowed into North Korea for the first time in years

The group included travellers from the UK, New Zealand, Australia and Canada

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1 week ago North Korea must build strong, modern army to prepare for war – Kim Jong

Kim says the ‘present international situation’ demands such a move

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