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North Korea jams GPS signals near maritime border, leading ROK to warn ships

North Korea jams GPS signals near maritime border, leading ROK to warn ships

Seoul’s science ministry confirms disruptions in Yellow Sea earlier this week due to jamming signals traced to DPRK

North Korea jams GPS signals near maritime border, leading ROK to warn ships
Jooheon Kim
Jooheon Kim July 25, 2025
Russian lawmakers welcome North Korea women’s group with praise for Ukraine ties

Russian lawmakers welcome North Korea women’s group with praise for Ukraine ties

Chief of State Duma thanks DPRK for helping fight ‘neo-Nazis’ in Kursk as delegation holds talks on bilateral exchanges

Russian lawmakers welcome North Korea women’s group with praise for Ukraine ties
Anton Sokolin
Anton Sokolin July 24, 2025
Kim Jong Un tests ‘combat deployment’ readiness at artillery drills

Kim Jong Un tests ‘combat deployment’ readiness at artillery drills

Drills feature anti-South Korea war tactics but come amid North’s deployment to help Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Kim Jong Un tests ‘combat deployment’ readiness at artillery drills
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko July 24, 2025
North Korean media marks Chinese army anniversary for first time in three years

North Korean media marks Chinese army anniversary for first time in three years

Coverage of banquet at Chinese Embassy in Pyongyang is latest sign that bilateral ties are on the mend

North Korean media marks Chinese army anniversary for first time in three years
Dave Yin
Dave Yin July 23, 2025
North Korea officially starts work on next warship under plan to transform navy

North Korea officially starts work on next warship under plan to transform navy

Construction on new destroyer on west coast comes after Kim Jong Un vowed to build two more warships in 2026

North Korea officially starts work on next warship under plan to transform navy
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko July 22, 2025
Russian media showering North Korea with unprecedented attention, report finds

Russian media showering North Korea with unprecedented attention, report finds

OpenMinds says coverage reflects bid to promote axis also including China and Iran, though experts question this framing

Russian media showering North Korea with unprecedented attention, report finds
Anton Sokolin
Anton Sokolin July 22, 2025
North Korean ChatGPT, renaming the unification ministry and Seoul’s main enemy
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North Korean ChatGPT, renaming the unification ministry and Seoul’s main enemy

NK News’ Joon Ha Park discusses a flurry of hearings for ROK ministry nominees and what they had to say about the DPRK

North Korean ChatGPT, renaming the unification ministry and Seoul’s main enemy
North Korea dispatching AI researchers to Russia, DPRK academic says

North Korea dispatching AI researchers to Russia, DPRK academic says

AI expert at Kim Il Sung university claims Pyongyang is focusing on generative AI but that sanctions impede cooperation

North Korea dispatching AI researchers to Russia, DPRK academic says
Jooheon Kim
Jooheon Kim July 22, 2025
North Korea denounces Japan white paper for labeling it an ‘imminent threat’

North Korea denounces Japan white paper for labeling it an ‘imminent threat’

DPRK foreign ministry claims Tokyo is ‘obsessed’ with retaking Korean Peninsula, defending its nuclear weapons program

North Korea denounces Japan white paper for labeling it an ‘imminent threat’
Dave Yin
Dave Yin July 18, 2025
Six months in, Donald Trump’s North Korea strategy remains elusive as ever
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Six months in, Donald Trump’s North Korea strategy remains elusive as ever

Policy absence raises concern that US is asleep at the wheel even as the DPRK advances nuke program and ties with Russia

Six months in, Donald Trump’s North Korea strategy remains elusive as ever
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll July 17, 2025
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