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Luxury brands, including Chanel, spotted at North Korea’s department store despite UN sanctions

North Korea’s Daesong Department Store, located in Pyongyang’s Munsu Street, is reportedly stocking a range of high-end international brands, according to social media posts...

Russia accused of burning faces of dead North Korean soldiers to hide identities

With the U.S. and South Korean governments officially confirming North Korean soldiers’ involvement in the Ukraine war, reports have emerged from Ukraine claiming that...

South Korea sanctions individuals, entities involved in North-Russia military cooperation

Seoul announced sanctions on Monday against 11 individuals and 15 institutions, including North Korean generals involved in North Korea’s troop deployment to Russia. This move...

U.S. confirms North Korean combat deaths in Russia-Ukraine war for the first time

The U.S. government has confirmed for the first time that North Korean soldiers have died while fighting for Russia in Ukraine. During a press briefing...

Russia-North Korea train resumes, stirring laborer and soldier transfer speculation

The regular passenger train service between Russia and North Korea, which had been suspended for nearly four years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, resumed...

U.S. sanctions top North Korean military officials, entities tied to Russia and WMD

The United States has announced new sanctions targeting high-ranking North Korean military officials and entities linked to Russia’s war in Ukraine and North Korea’s...

Kyiv releases footage of alleged North Korean casualties in Ukraine

The Ukrainian military released footage allegedly showing the bodies of dead North Korean and Russian soldiers on Sunday, following an earlier report by a...

South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol impeached

The National Assembly voted Saturday to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol, suspending him from authority following a botched martial law declaration on Dec. 3...

Trump calls North Korea’s role in Ukraine war a ‘complicating factor’

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has said that Pyongyang's involvement in Russia's war in Ukraine is a "very complicating" factor, while boasting about his personal...

U.S. keeps North Korea on list of state sponsors of terrorism

The United States has kept North Korea on its list of state sponsors of terrorism, an annual State Department report showed Thursday, noting the...