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Top military officers of Korea, U.S. to meet amid USFK role change speculation
Korea JoungAng Daily
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July 10, 2025
Published: 10 Jul. 2025, 13:14 Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Kim Myung-soo speaks to soldiers during a drill on July 4. [NEWS1] The top military officers of South Korea and the United States were set to meet in Seoul on Thursday to discuss...
Top Russian diplomat heading to North Korea after military deal
Straight Arrow News
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July 9, 2025
Russia’s top diplomat is scheduled to visit North Korea during the week of July 6. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s trip to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) highlights the growing ties between Russia and North Korea. Why...
South Korea's disgraced ex-president Yoon detained again
The Manila Times
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July 10, 2025
SEOUL — South Korea's disgraced ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol was detained for a second time Thursday over his declaration of martial law and held in a solitary cell pending investigations into accusations of insurrection. Yoon had plunged South...
US sanctions alleged North Korean IT sweatshop leader
The Register
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The US Treasury has imposed sanctions on 38-year-old Song Kum Hyok, a North Korean accused of attempting to hack the Treasury Department and posing as an IT worker to collect revenue and secret data for Pyongyang. According to the feds, Song is...
South Korea’s disgraced ex-president Yoon detained again over martial law
Borneo Post
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July 10, 2025
Yoon leaves the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul on July 9, 2025, before being driven to the Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang. — AFP photo SEOUL (July 10): South Korea’s disgraced ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol was detained for a second time...
Security studies professors publish new book on Iran/North Korea Alliance
Odessa American - Texas
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July 9, 2025
Dr. Anthony Celso (far left) and Dr. Bruce Bechtol (second from left) present their new book to the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea in Washington, D.C. (Courtesy Photo) SAN ANGELO Dr. Bruce Bechtol Jr. and Dr. Anthony Celso of the Angelo...
How Trump’s bombing of Iran with American firepower reverberates in China and North Korea
The Milwaukee Independent
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July 9, 2025
Beyond the attack’s immediate impact on helping bring the 12-day war to a close, experts say Trump’s decision to use force against another country also will certainly be reverberating in the Asia-Pacific, Washington’s priority theater. “Trump’s...
The Cybersecurity Threat Posed by Remote IT Workers from North Korea: How Should Companies Respond?
National Law Review
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July 9, 2025
On June 30, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a series of actions to disrupt schemes involving remote information technology (IT) workers from North Korea. To combat this cybersecurity threat, companies should: Strengthen...
What you need to know about investigations faced by South Korea’s former president Yoon
Politiko
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July 10, 2025
Since South Korea’s Constitutional Court ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol in April, he has lost presidential immunity and is vulnerable to additional charges on top of an ongoing criminal trial concerning his martial law declaration on December 3....
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol Re-Arrested
MENAFN
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July 9, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Seoul, July 10 (IANS) Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been re-arrested over last year's failed martial law bid that plunged the country into a political turmoil. Yoon was first arrested in January this year following...
“Natural” Opportunities for Dialogue with North Korea
Forbes
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Western rim of Heaven Lake in the caldera of the Changbaishan volcano on the border between China ... More and North Korea. A Chinese soldier takes a leisurely photo with his phone viewing the North Korean side of the border. Photo bySaleem H. Ali...
N. Korean defector to file lawsuits in S. Korea against Kim Jong-un over human rights crimes
Yonhap News Agency
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July 9, 2025
SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- A North Korean defector in South Korea plans to file a lawsuit and a criminal complaint against North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un over human rights violations this week, a civic group said Wednesday. The Database Center...
MURPHY'S LAW: Russian Corruption in Kursk
Strategy Page
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July 10, 2025: When Ukrainian forces invaded the Russian Kursk region on August 6, 2024, one of the Russian obstacles they encountered were rows of concrete dragons’ teeth. This proved to be a sham because the Russian contractor who built the...
Disgraced Korean ex-president Yoon detained again
Bangkok Post
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July 10, 2025
Judges in insurrection case concerned he might ‘destroy evidence’ PUBLISHED : 10 Jul 2025 at 09:45 SEOUL - South Korea’s disgraced ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol was detained for a second time Thursday over his declaration of martial law and held in a...
US Sanctions IT Worker Scheme Mastermind Generating Revenue For N Korean Regime
RTTNews
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July 9, 2025
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has imposed sanctions on the mastermind of an information technology worker scheme generating revenue for the North Korean Kim Regime. The Treasury alleges that Song Kum Hyok, who is a malicious cyber actor...
S Korea's disgraced ex-president Yoon detained, again, over martial law
KPVI - Idaho
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South Korea's disgraced ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol was detained for a second time Thursday over his declaration of martial law and held in a solitary cell pending investigations into accusations of insurrection. Yoon had plunged South Korea into a...
N. Korea elevates chemical weapons as strategic deterrent
Daily NK
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July 9, 2025
North Korea is elevating chemical weapons to serve as strategic weapons alongside nuclear weapons and systematically developing them as battlefield weapons in preparation for a full-scale war. Internal military documents reveal that chemical...
North Korea sends congratulatory message to new Palestinian foreign minister: KCNA
Korea JoungAng Daily
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July 9, 2025
Published: 09 Jul. 2025, 15:13 A Palestinian boy stands amid the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli strike at the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, Palestine on April 27. [AFP/YONHAP] North Korea's Foreign Minister Choe...
North Korean troops violated military demarcation line 11 times over last year, South's military says
Korea JoungAng Daily
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July 9, 2025
Published: 09 Jul. 2025, 14:55 Audio report: written by reporters, read by AI Explosions are seen as North Korea blows up the Gyeongui and Donghae Line railways and roads connecting the South and the North on Oct. 15, 2024. [YONHAP] North Korean...
Russian FM Lavrov to head to N. Korea for talks with close ally
Daily Sabah
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July 9, 2025
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is set to visit North Korea this weekend, marking the latest in a string of high-level trips by senior Moscow officials as the two nations strengthen their military cooperation. Pyongyang has emerged as one...