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What's behind Kim Jong-un's diversified provocations?

Korea Times 21 Sep 2024
Pyongyang has also been broadcasting harsh, high-frequency sounds through loudspeakers aimed at South Koreans living in the inter-Korean border area of Incheon — a tactic that Seoul considers unprecedented.
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North Korean diplomats abroad most likely VIPs to defect

Asiatimes 10 Sep 2024
The overwhelming majority of refugees who flee North Korea are generally those who live in border areas adjacent to China and do not have prominent government or economic positions ... to Pyongyang.
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North Korean floods again: Will the Kims ever learn?

Asiatimes 29 Aug 2024
Those with difficult lives can’t contribute much, so they become cautious because if they do contribute, they might be suspected of why they have the means .Homeless to Pyongyang.
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North Korea to reopen borders for western tourists after nearly five years of pandemic shutdown

Hindustan Times 24 Aug 2024
Tourism is a key lifeline for Pyongyang to obtain foreign currency, as the industry lies outside of the scope of international sanctions ... Pyongyang slams borders shut during COVID-19.
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Video ads remind Japanese commuters about North Korean abduction case from 1977

Stars and Stripes 23 Aug 2024
The digital advertisement shows images of Megumi Yokota, along with her brothers and father, Shigeru, who died in 2020 ...Please let me see Megumi while I’m still alive.” ... 11, 1977 ... However, Pyongyang says all living abductees have been returned ... .
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Kim Jong Un will take no blame for North Korea’s floods

The Spectator 21 Aug 2024
The ruling regime ordered over 15,000 people living in affected areas to be transported to Pyongyang, in what, for many, would have been their first visit to the country’s capital ... Given Pyongyang’s ...
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Why North Korea may find the South’s new vision for unification provocative

The Conversation 21 Aug 2024
The North’s silence is quite unusual, as Pyongyang almost always responds to Seoul’s proposals for unification immediately – and negatively ... After all, Pyongyang’s tight control of outside information has so far enabled the regime to survive.
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North Korea defector journalist speaks for those who can't escape

Voa News 19 Aug 2024
living in Seoul and writing whatever he wants about the North Korean government, which once tried to control his every move ... Some had lived abroad for 10 or 20 years before fleeing Pyongyang’s control, she said.
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South Korea, US kick off annual drills over North's military, cyber threats

Colorado Springs Gazette 19 Aug 2024
About 19,000 South Korean troops will take part, similar to last year, with 48 rounds of combined field training, including field manoeuvre, live fire and amphibious exercises to be held, Yoon said.
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Expansion of military bloc in region to invite strong counteraction: North Korea

Anadolu Agency 13 Aug 2024
Pyongyang was responding to a joint article by US Secretary of ... Pyongyang’s statement came as US forces deployed in South Korea held live-fire drills near the border with North Korea last week.
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More info needed on link between loudspeaker broadcasts, N. Korean's defection: military

Korea Times 09 Aug 2024
The military's loudspeaker broadcasts have reportedly included news on the defection of a former North Korean diplomat at Pyongyang's embassy in Cuba, as well as a message urging North Korean soldiers to escape from their "slave-like lives.".
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North Korea Olympians not given Samsung phones: IOC

Urdu Point 08 Aug 2024
<p>Seoul, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 8th Aug, 2024) North Korean Olympians have not received Samsung smartphones, unlike athletes from other countries, the IOC told AFP on ...
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North Korean Olympians didn’t receive Samsung phones, says IOC

Independent online (SA) 08 Aug 2024
But the South Korean government said Thursday that providing Samsung smartphones to North Korean Olympians could violate United Nations sanctions related to Pyongyang's weapons programme, following a ...
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North Korea deploys 250 missile launchers to southern border: KCNA

Potter Leader-Enterprise 05 Aug 2024
The olive green mobile launchers were displayed during a special "transferring" ceremony in the capital Pyongyang on Sunday, the official Korean Central News Agency reported ... This year, Pyongyang ...
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