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Xi’s show of unity with Putin and Kim could complicate China’s delicate diplomatic balance

If the purpose of a rare joint appearance of the leaders of Russia, North Korea and China on Sept. 3, 2025, was to foster unity among allies, then early indicators suggest its already working – just elsewhere.

The Conversation

US, South Korea and Japan open joint air and naval exercise

The United States, South Korea and Japan have begun an air and naval exercise off a South Korean island in their latest joint drill condemned by North Korea as a “reckless show of strength.”

The Independent UK

North Korea slams ‘dangerous’ drills by US, Japan, South Korea

Kim Jo Yong says the upcoming drills ‘will undoubtedly bring about negative consequences’ for Seoul and its allies.

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North Korea executing people for distributing K-dramas, UN warns

Orphans and street children forced to work in coal mines and other environments, report warns

The Independent UK

North Korea executes people for sharing foreign films and TV: UN report

Mass surveillance tech has enabled world’s most restrictive state to exert ‘control in all parts of life’, report says.

Al Jazeera

Is China's SCO a counterweight to NATO or just geopolitical theatre?

Once a modest Central Asian security forum, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation now pits Beijing’s ambitions against Western dominance, with its August summit casting President Xi Jinping as a champion of a new multipolar order. But internal rifts raise doubts that it can rival NATO.

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Her name and age are unconfirmed, but she could be North Korea’s next Supreme Leader

Here’s what we know about the teen believed to be called Kim Ju Ae

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North Korea's Kim Ju Ae 'Likely Successor': Seoul

South Korea's spy agency said Thursday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's daughter, Ju Ae, who recently accompanied him on a high-profile visit to Beijing, is understood to be his recognised successor.

International Business Times

The US dreams of resorts on Gaza’s ruins. Meanwhile, China builds a new world order

We all know the world is changing. Change is inevitable, but sometimes, some moments make it clear it is happening right now.

Newslaundry

North Korea's Kim Oversees ICBM Engine Test: State Media

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a test of a solid-fuel engine used for long range nuclear missiles, state media reported on Tuesday, marking another key step in in a weapons programme Western powers have failed to stop.

International Business Times

North Korea’s Kim heralds new ICBM rocket engine test as ‘significant’

Kim supervised test of new solid-fuel rocket engine for N Korea’s ICBMs, in latest development of his missile arsenal.

Al Jazeera

Kim Jong Un oversees ‘eye-opening’ test of new long-range nuclear missile

Kim has called for further advancements in North Korea’s long-range weapons

The Independent UK

Why is South Korea bringing home 300 detained workers amid massive Hyundai raid?

Raid stuns many in South Korea because the country is a key US ally

The Independent UK

Trump To Attend APEC Summit In South Korea, Eyes Xi Jinping Meeting Amid Trade Tensions: Report

President Donald Trump is preparing to travel to South Korea in late October for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, a trip that could set the stage for crucial meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping and possibly North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

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The Independent UK

Never mind Xi, Kim or Putin, this outcast leader was the real winner on China’s grandest stage

Myanmar’s general Min Aung Hlaing, once a global pariah, is clawing his way back onto the world stage as powerful leaders engage with an accused war criminal. Is Asia’s embrace giving legitimacy to a regime built on torture, massacres and fear? Shweta Sharma reports

The Independent UK

Richard Tice unable to justify comparison of Starmer to Kim Jong Un

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Richard Tice stumbles in grilling over Keir Starmer and Kim Jong Un comparison

Richard Tice fumbled his words as he was grilled on why Sir Keir Starmer was like Kim Jong Un after both the deputy Reform UK leader and Nigel Farage compared the UK to North Korea.

Benzinga

Kim Jong Un-Linked North Korean Hackers' Latest Ploy: Dubious Job Offers To Steal Crypto, Says Report

North Korean cybercriminals are utilizing counterfeit job offers to infiltrate the cryptocurrency sector and pilfer digital cash, according to a report published Thursday.

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Larry Summers Blasts Trump Foreign Policy, Says President Has Made World 'Dangerous' For All: He's United Our Adversaries

Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers said a week of high-profile pageantry in China with Xi Jinping hosting Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un, senior Iranian officials and India's prime minister Narendra Modi, shows U.S. strategy has "united our adversaries and divide[d] our friends," calling it a "spectacular" failure of American…

International Business Times

North Korea's Kim Tells Xi Hopes To 'Steadily Develop' Ties: KCNA

North Korea's Kim Jong Un told China's President Xi Jinping that it was his "steadfast will" to "steadily develop" bilateral relations, state media said Friday, after the two leaders met in Beijing.

Al Jazeera

Kim, Xi hail bond as North Korea says it will protect China’s interests

Goodwill messages continued this week’s public display of diplomatic unity between Beijing, Pyongyang and Moscow.

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,289

Here are the key events on day 1,289 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

The Independent UK

Voices: Putin and Xi’s hot mic moment wasn’t even the oddest thing to emerge from China

COMMENT: When the dictators were accidentally recorded at their China summit debating organ transplants and other outlandish scientific means to help them achieve immortality, was anyone really surprised, asks Mary Dejevsky

International Business Times

China's Xi Holds Talks With North Korea's Kim In Beijing

President Xi Jinping reassured Kim Jong Un of North Korea's enduring importance to China as the two leaders met for talks in Beijing on Thursday, state media reported.

The Independent UK

Kim Jong Un’s staff seen scrubbing every surface he touched after meeting with Putin

Analysts say extreme security measure meant to prevent foreign intelligence agencies from gathering samples that may reveal North Korean leader’s health condition

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