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North Korea Fires Projectile for Sixth Time This Month
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North Korea Fires Projectile for Sixth Time This Month

On Thursday, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported, North Korea fired two projectiles into the sea east of the country. This month, it would be the sixth time that the country has fired a projectile.   The South Korean military says it is likely that two ballistic missiles are involved. North Korea's firing of these missiles violates UN Security Council resolutions. On January 14 and 17, the country is believed to have also fired ballistic missiles. On January 5 and 11, hypersonic missiles were fired. Last Tuesday, the country fired a cruise missile. Unlike ballistic missile testing, cruise missile testing is not covered by United Nations sanctions on North Korea. Since 2019, the country has not carried out that many rockets launch in a short period of time. As a result, negot...
China Offers Big Reward for Helping Find Escaped Prisoner Who Previously Fled North Korea
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China Offers Big Reward for Helping Find Escaped Prisoner Who Previously Fled North Korea

North Korean Zhu Xianjian entered China illegally in 2013. Three years later, he was sentenced to 11 years in prison for illegally crossing the border and for theft. Since then, he has been in prison in the northeastern city of Jilin.   Monday evening, around 6 p.m. local time, he managed to climb over a shed and escape while the other inmates were working in the yard. That can be seen in images from the surveillance camera that are circulating on social media. The man climbs onto the roof and then uses a rope to damage the electric fence, it seems. In other images, you can see him jumping off the wall and running away. After the escape, the police launched a manhunt in the area. The cops ring at every door to make sure he isn't hiding there. Many roads have also been closed to nea...
Emaciated Kim Jong-Un: Food Shortage Threatens North Korea
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Emaciated Kim Jong-Un: Food Shortage Threatens North Korea

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un warns his people of food shortages and famine. A severe typhoon would cause a failed grain harvest, but the consequences of the corona pandemic and the closed borders with China may also be responsible for a shortage of food.   Kim Jong-Un also looks a lot thinner compared to a few months ago. In a rather unusual warning, North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un speaks of a "tense" food situation in his country due to major flooding after a typhoon, the corona pandemic and international sanctions. The country's difficult economic situation is well known, but Kim's now openly mentioning the food shortage is highly unusual. Kim called on the Central Committee of his ruling Workers' Party to make eliminating that food shortage "a top priority": "The population'...
Muscular Language at the Celebration of Chinese Aid North Korea
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Muscular Language at the Celebration of Chinese Aid North Korea

China will never let its sovereignty, security or development interests undermine. Chinese President Xi Jinping said this in a speech in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Friday.   Xi spoke at the 70th anniversary of the deployment of Chinese troops to the Korean Peninsula during the war in 1950-1953. Beijing helped North Korea fight South Korea, backed by the US and the UN. "Let the world know that the Chinese people are now organized and not to be trifled with," Xi quoted the founder of the People's Republic, Mao. In October 1950, Chinese troops crossed the Green River that forms the border with North Korea. The Chinese soldiers received close air support from Russian aircraft. In all, Beijing sent 2 million soldiers to the peninsula. The war ended in a truce in 1953 w...
Journalists Visited North Korea Nuclear Test Location
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Journalists Visited North Korea Nuclear Test Location

Journalists Visited North Korea Nuclear Test Location. A group of foreign journalists went to a remote area in North Korea to witness the dismantling of a nuclear test site. At the last moment, eight reporters from South Korea also received permission to travel to Punggye-Ri.   The journalists boarded the train for the first part of the journey, whose windows are blinded. They were told not to open the windows during the trip, writes Town News. The American, British, Chinese and Russian journalists gathered in the North Korean port city of Wönsan last night. A South Korean government plane flew its journalists to the town this morning. The group will witness a formal closing ceremony of the test location, which takes place tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, depending on the weath...