31 h. 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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4 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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6 d. 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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7 d. 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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7 d. ago Former Trump hotel chief compares president’s Gaza video to North Korean propaganda

‘I think he does love the image that it portrays of him, as some sort of savior,’ said Jack O’Donnell

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7 d. 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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9 d. ago 'North Korean hackers' carry out 'the largest theft of all time' in $1.5 BILLION crypto heist

The Lazarus Group, a North Korean hacking collective that has been run by the country since 2010, is believed to be behind the attack.

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9 d. ago Major West Coast main line overhaul to shut Europe’s busiest track for weeks at a time

The work coincides with the closure of a busy motorway – what is being done, why, and how disruptive will it be?

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9 d. ago Chinese fishing fleets using North Korean forced labour, report claims

Report by British environmental group says North Korean workers trapped at sea for years and subjected to severe restrictions

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1 week ago Chinese fishing fleets using North Korean forced labour in potential breach of sanctions, report claims

Report by Environmental Justice Foundation has found evidence that at least 12 Chinese fishing vessels had employed North Korean crew between 2019 and 2024Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastChinese fishing fleets are allegedly using North Korean forced labour, a potential breach of international sanctions, with workers allegedly kept at sea for up to a decade, according to a new report by the UK-based Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF).The report, published on Monday, has identified at least 12 Chinese deep-water fishing vessels that employed North Korean crew between 2019 and 2024. Continue reading...

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1 week ago North Korean cybercriminals linked to massive $1.19bn crypto heist

Notorious North Korean hackers Lazarus Group are suspected to be behind the attack

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1 week ago North Korean prisoners held by Ukraine had 'no idea' they would be fighting for Russia... and thought they were going on a training exercise

The two men held by Ukraine said they had 'no idea' that they would be 'participating in combat' supporting Russian troops, and believed they were heading on a training exercise.

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1 week ago High street fashion chain shutting another 35 stores over next few weeks

The struggling retailer has been quietly closing sites over the past few years - and now, 35 more branches will be shut for good by mid-March

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2 w. ago Ukraine destroys North Korean ‘wonder weapon’ for first time in war with Russia

President Zelensky has said that Russia could send up to 3,000 more North Korean troops to the Kursk region

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2 w. ago North Korean soldier captured in Ukraine 'thought he was being sent to study abroad'

A North Korean solider captured by Ukraine has spilled his dreams of defecting to live in South Korea in a new interview. He's asked: 'If I apply for asylum, would they take me?'

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2 w. ago North Korean soldier captured by Ukraine makes first ever bombshell statement

The North Korean soldier said he did not know that he was going to be sent to attack Ukrainian soldiers and believed he would be going to Russia as an overseas student

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2 w. ago North Korean soldiers convinced they are fighting South Koreans in Ukraine

Two North Korean prisoners of war have revealed that the officers running their battalion told them that South Koreans were operating the drones used in the war against Ukraine

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2 w. ago Dyce Academy: Scottish secondary school shut this week after 60 firefighters battled huge blaze

Investigation launched into the cause of the overnight fire

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2 w. ago North Korean tourist attraction's TripAdvisor reviews are even bleaker thank you think

A woman has called a North Korea tourist spot as 'disappointing to come across' – in a scathing review she claimed to had stumbled across the site by 'accident' and was 'disgusted'

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