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North Korea: Kim announces new military goals for 2023

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Kim also established objectives for strengthening self-defense in 2023. He outlined the foreign policy tenets and the strategy for combating the enemy. Scores of ballistic missiles were launched by Pyongyang this year. On the second day of a crucial Workers’ Party meeting, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presented new military objectives for his nation … Read more

North Korea allegedly fires artillery pieces into the sea

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North Korea tested suspected artillery pieces into the sea, according to the South Korean military. It fires days after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for increased defensive capabilities to deal with external threats. The Joint Chiefs of Staff stated it intercepted several flight paths suspected to be North Korean artillery. North Korea tested … Read more

North Korea would ‘preemptively’ deploy nuclear weapons if required, Kim says

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned again and again that if threatened, the North would use its nuclear weapons first, as he hailed his senior military officers for conducting a large military display in Pyongyang this week. According to the North’s official Korean Central News Agency, Kim stated his “firm intent” to continue developing … Read more

Kim Jong Un thanked South Korea’s President Moon in letter for efforts to mend ties

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has exchanged letters with South Korea’s outgoing President Moon Jae-in and thanked Moon for his efforts to improve relations, state media KCNA reported on Friday (April 22). Moon sent a letter on Wednesday and promised continued efforts to help lay the foundation for unification based on the joint declarations … Read more

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un finally appears in public

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un finally appears in public

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has come out in public for the first time in 20 days. According to the North Korean news agency, Kim Jong-un cut the ribbon at the inauguration of a fertilizer factory. People present at the opening “broke into thunderous cheers of hurrah” as the leader came on Friday. Several senior … Read more