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Why would North Korea’s Kim and Russia’s Putin want to meet?

Moscow seeking to quash Kyiv counteroffensive while Pyongyang is extending pace of missile testing.

Al Jazeera

Would North Korean weapons tilt the war Russia’s way?

The sale of North Korean weapons to Russia is likely to be high on the agenda when the country’s leader, Kim Jong Un, travels to Moscow later this month to meet Vladimir Putin.

The Week

Kim Jong-un to hold weapons talks with Putin after ‘travelling to Russia in armoured train’

Visit highlights just how much the two leaders now need each other

The Independent UK

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🔴 Live: Zelensky visits frontline troops near Bakhmut in east Ukraine

President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the war-battered town of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine and spoke to troops leading a counteroffensive against Russia, Ukraine said Tuesday. Earlier on Tuesday the Kremlin declined to confirm a potential upcoming summit, which US officials expect to take place, between President Vladimir Putin and North Korean…

France 24

Ukraine war: two good reasons the world should worry about Russia’s arms purchases from North Korea

US national security council official John Kirby noted on August 30 that arms transfer negotiations between North Korea and Russia are “actively advancing” as the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, seeks to feed his war machine.

The Conversation

Seoul's spy agency says Russia has likely proposed North Korea to join three-way drills with China

Russia has likely proposed that North Korea participate in three-way naval exercises with China, according to a lawmaker who attended a closed-door briefing with the director of South Korea’s top spy agency

The Independent UK

N Korea stages ‘tactical nuclear attack drill’ in warning to enemies

Pyongyang says it carried out a nuclear attack drill with mock atomic warheads attached to two long-range missiles.

Al Jazeera

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North Korea holds ‘scorched earth’ missile test to defy US

North Korea test-fired two suspected ballistic missiles about a week after it failed to put a spy satellite into orbit, in a show of defiance after the US sent a B-1B strategic bomber to airspace off the peninsula for military drills with South Korea.

The Times of India

North Korea simulates ‘tactical nuclear strike’ on South Korea

Pyongyang says its latest launch is response to US-South Korean military drills that included deployment of B1-B bomber.

Al Jazeera

U.S. says Russia has made 'shameful' moves toward new North Korea arms deals

According to new U.S. intelligence, the potential agreement would allow North Korea to ship "significant quantities and multiple types" of weapons to Russia for deployment in Ukraine.

WEKU

US warns N Korea against selling weapons to Russia for Ukraine war

White House says Pyongyang should ‘cease its arms negotiations’ with Moscow amid escalating tensions with Washington.

Al Jazeera

The US and allies clash with North Korea, China and Russia over failed satellite launch and tensions

The United States and its allies clashed with North Korea, Russia and China over Pyongyang’s failed attempts to launch a spy satellite and who is responsible for escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula

The Independent UK

Another spy satellite failure for North Korea as rocket crashes into sea

Pyongyang has made putting a spy satellite into orbit a priority of its military modernisation programme.

Al Jazeera

North Korean plane takes off from Beijing in a sign Pyongyang is opening borders post-pandemic

A North Korean commercial flight has taken off from Beijing in a sign that Pyongyang is its opening its borders again after almost three years of severe COVID-19 restrictions

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Al Jazeera

North Korea could take military action around key summit: South Korea

Actions could include ICBM and spy satellite launch amid signs of activity at key launch sites.

The Times of India

Rare Russian VIP jet in North Korea spurs arms deal concern

An unusual sighting of a Russian military jet in North Korea is stoking concern that Kim Jong Un is selling Vladimir Putin weapons as ties strengthen between the sanctioned states.

The Times of India

North Korean leaderKimtours weapons factories

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un toured the country\'s key weapons factories, including those producing artillery systems and launch vehicles for nuclear-capable ballistic missiles.

France 24

Deadly Russian missile strike hits Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia

A Russian missile attack killed two people and blew out apartment windows in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Saturday, city council official Anatoly Kurtev said. Earlier in the day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited “advanced positions” of Ukraine’s special forces near Bakhmut, the eastern city that Russian forces…

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The Guardian - AU

North Korea showcases attack drones during show of unity with China and Russia

Drones at military parade were said to have similar look to US drones as Japan warns that Kim Jong-un’s regime posed a more serious threat than ever

Al Jazeera

North Korea’s Kim displays nuclear-capable missiles, drones at parade

‘Victory Day’ parade in Pyongyang features Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missiles and attack drones.

The Independent UK

North Korean leader Kim shares center stage with Russian, Chinese delegates at military parade

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is sharing center stage with senior delegates from Russia and China as he rolled out his most powerful, nuclear-capable missiles in a military parade in the capital, Pyongyang, marking a major war anniversary with a show of defiance against the United States

Al Jazeera

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un meets Russian defence chief, showcases missiles

Sergei Shoigu’s visit comes as North is marking anniversary of armistice that ended fighting in the 1950-53 Korean War.

The Independent UK

Rival Koreas mark armistice anniversary in two different ways that highlight rising tensions

The truce that stopped the bloodshed in the Korean War turns 70 on Thursday and the two Koreas are marking the anniversary in starkly different ways, underscoring their deepening nuclear tensions

Zenger

North Korea Holds Mass Rallies Calling For Revenge Against U.S.

North Koreans rally for 'war of revenge' against U.S. as Kim Jong-un marks 73 years of Korean War

The Independent UK

North Korea is a land of stories that don't often get told. Here are some that did

With a U.S. soldier crossing the border into North Korea at the border town of Panmunjom and in custody this week, talk turns to the nation itself — a country that is known for its suspicion of outsiders but also rejects frequent descriptions of it as reclusive.

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