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Seoul says North Korea, China reopen freight train traffic

South Korea says North Korea and China have resumed their freight train service following a five-month hiatus

The Independent UK

US, South Korea begin naval drills after North's missile test

Seoul (AFP) - South Korea and the United States began their first combined naval exercise near the peninsula in five years on Monday, a day after Pyongyang conducted a ballistic missile launch.

AFP

North Korea, China resume freight train services: reports

Reported resumption of cross-border trains comes after services were suspended in April due to an outbreak of COVID-19.

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North Korea missile launch: Everything we know about test copying banned Russian weapon

North Korea could have tested a nuclear-capable short-range weapon modelled on Russia’s Iskander missiles

Daily Mirror

North Korea test-fires missile toward sea as U.S. visit South

North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile Sunday toward its eastern seas, extending its weapons testing as a U.S. aircraft carrier visits South Korea for joint military exercises.

WEKU

North Korea fires a missile as U.S. and South Korea get ready for military exercises

South Korea called an emergency National Security Council meeting where members denounced the launch as a clear violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

WEKU

Northern Ireland pensioner walks 12,000 miles to spread Lifeline details

"During the many walks strangers would stop me and share their own accounts, the demons they’ve faced and their personal battles with mental health"

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North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile, Seoul Says

North Korea fired a ballistic missile Sunday, Seoul's military said, just days after a US aircraft carrier arrived for joint drills with the South in a show of force against Pyongyang. With talks long-stalled, nuclear-armed North Korea has doubled down on its banned weapons programs, even revamping its laws earlier…

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North Korea fires ballistic missile, Seoul says

North Korea fired a ballistic missile Sunday, Seoul's military said, just days after a US aircraft carrier arrived for joint drills with the South in a show of force against Pyongyang.

Bangkok Post

South Korea says North Korea test-fired missile toward sea

North Korea on Sunday fired a short-range ballistic missile toward its eastern seas, extending a provocative streak in weapons testing as a U.S. aircraft carrier visits South Korea for joint military exercises in response to the North’s growing nuclear threat

The Independent UK

North Korea 'readying' sub launch of ballistic missile

South Korea has detected signs that North Korea is preparing to launch a ballistic missile from a submarine, the South Korean presidential office said Saturday.

Bangkok Post

US aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan arrives for South Korea drills

Arrival marks most significant deployment yet amid push for more US nuclear-capable ‘assets’ to deter North Korea.

Al Jazeera

US aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea to 'deter' Pyongyang

Busan (South Korea) (AFP) - A US aircraft carrier arrived in South Korea Friday for the first time in nearly five years, ahead of joint drills in a show of force aimed at the nuclear-armed North.

AFP

US aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea for joint drills

The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan has arrived in the South Korean port of Busan ahead of the two countries’ joint military exercise that aims to show their strength against growing North Korean threats

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Nuclear shift: North Korean nuke law reflects global trend

Seoul (AFP) - North Korea's Kim Jong Un declaring he will never give up his nukes and enshrining a "first-strike" doctrine into law are part of a worrying new escalatory dynamic in nuclear weapons policy around the world, analysts say.

The Independent UK

US aircraft carrier to visit S. Korea amid N. Korean threats

A U.S. aircraft carrier is to visit South Korea this week for its first joint training with South Korean warships in five years in an apparent show of force against increasing North Korean nuclear threats

Reuters

Lawmakers, activists seek answers over fate of fishermen forced back to N.Korea

Activists and South Korean lawmakers are pressing North Korea to confirm the fate of two fishermen who were forcibly sent back from the South in 2019 after being accused of murder.

The Independent UK

Seoul says N. Korea will self-destruct if it uses nukes

South Korea warned North Korea's government that using its nuclear weapons would put it on a “path of self-destruction,” saying its recent legislation allowing the preemptive use of its bombs would only prompt Seoul and Washington to bolster their joint military capability

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WEKU

North Korea declares itself a nuclear weapons state

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country will never abandon the nuclear weapons it needs to counter the United States, which he accused of pushing to weaken the North's defenses.

The Independent UK

N. Korea says it will never give up nukes to counter US

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is stressing his country will never abandon the nuclear weapons and missiles it needs to counter hostilities from the United States

Reuters

Analysis-Kim Jong Un's 'decapitation' fears shine through in new N.Korea nuclear law

A new North Korean law calls for "automatic" nuclear launches if the country's leadership or command and control systems are threatened, underscoring leader Kim Jong Un's fears of a so-called "decapitation" strike, experts said.

AFP

Murder at sea: North Korea killings roil politics in South

Seoul (AFP) - When North Korean soldiers found a South Korean fisheries official in their territorial waters, they shot him dead and burned the body -- an incident so shocking it later prompted Kim Jong Un to apologise.

AFP

North Korea law allows for nuclear first strike, makes programme 'irreversible'

Seoul (AFP) - North Korea has passed a law allowing it to carry out a preventive nuclear strike and declaring its status as a nuclear-armed state "irreversible", Pyongyang's official media said Friday.

The Independent UK

South Korea proposes meeting with North on family reunions

South Korea has proposed a meeting with North Korea to resume reunions of families separated by war, despite long-strained ties between the rivals over the North’s nuclear weapons program

WEKU

North Korean ammo will stretch Russia's supply, but with clear limits and drawbacks

The north's stockpile of bullets and artillery rounds are compatible with Russia's weapons, but may be lower-quality. Transferring anything more powerful would get much more complicated.

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