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DPRK expanded loudspeaker network weeks before ROK dismantles its own
JCS says North added more speakers, reportedly in May and June, but has not resumed anti-ROK broadcasts along the border
Pyongyang may reopen talks if Washington accepts nuke reality: Ex-US official
Ned Price cited Kim Yo Jong’s recent statement as indication of shift in DPRK’s diplomatic messaging
North Korean man crosses into South in second defection of the summer
Escapee used improvised flotation to cross into ROK territory via maritime border with joint investigation underway
US defense official highlights ROK’s leading role in defense against DPRK
Elbridge Colby praised ROK military spending, readiness while urging alliance modernization amid regional threats
South Korea to cremate body of North Korean man after Pyongyang fails to respond
Seoul moves ahead with unclaimed body procedures following silence from DPRK despite multiple repatriation offers
Police investigating North Korean defector for aiding Pyongyang’s secret police
Authorities say woman in her 70s may have aided North Korea’s anti-state activities by leaking data on fellow escapees
Seoul begins removing loudspeakers along border with North Korea
Dismantling is aimed at lowering tensions and follows President Lee’s call to halt cross-border broadcasts
Top diplomats of US, ROK reaffirm North Korea denuclearization in first meeting
Marco Rubio and Cho Hyun also voice concern over DPRK-Russia ties, days after Pyongyang insisted it is a nuclear state
Leaflet liberation: How scraps of paper stirred a North Korean soldier to defect
Ryu Seong-hyeon risked death to cross DMZ, crediting his political awakening to info campaigns that Seoul seeks to stop
US-ROK defense chiefs discuss North Korea-Russia ties in first phone talks
Pete Hegseth reportedly stresses efforts to make alliance ‘strategically sustainable’ amid US focus on burden sharing
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