Today: September 16, 2024
Today: September 16, 2024

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Park, 1st Korean to play in MLB, throws ceremonial 1st pitch in Dodgers-Padres season opener

Former Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres pitcher Chan Ho Park threw the ceremonial first pitch ahead of the two teams’ season opening game in South Korea

Park, 1st Korean to play in MLB, throws ceremonial 1st pitch in Dodgers-Padres season opener
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South Korean president vows to expand mineral ties with Africa and send more development aid

South Korea's president says his country will expand development aid to Africa and pursue deeper cooperation with the region of 1.3 billion people on critical minerals and technology

South Korean president vows to expand mineral ties with Africa and send more development aid
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South Korea says North Korea is installing its own loudspeakers along the border

South Korea’s military says it’s detecting signs that North Korea is installing its own loudspeakers along their border, a day after the South blared anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts over its speakers for the first time in years

South Korea says North Korea is installing its own loudspeakers along the border
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South Korea resumes broadcasting anti-North Korea propaganda at border in response to trash balloons

South Korea has resumed anti-North Korean propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts in border areas in retaliation for the North sending over 1,000 balloons filled with trash and manure over the last couple of weeks

South Korea resumes broadcasting anti-North Korea propaganda at border in response to trash balloons
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North Korea sends hundreds more trash-carrying balloons to South Korea

South Korea’s military says North Korea launched more trash-carrying balloons toward South Korea, following a similar campaign earlier in the week as it continues to retaliate against activists flying anti-North Korean propaganda leaflets across the border

North Korea sends hundreds more trash-carrying balloons to South Korea
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North Korea flies trash balloons over the South as leader Kim doubles down on satellite ambitions

North Korea has flown hundreds of balloons carrying trash and manure toward South Korea

North Korea flies trash balloons over the South as leader Kim doubles down on satellite ambitions
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North Korean leader Kim leads rocket drills that simulate a nuclear counterattack against enemies

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised salvo launches of the country’s “super-large” multiple rocket launchers that simulated a nuclear counterattack against enemy targets, state media said Tuesday, adding to his belligerent testing activities and threats that have raised tensions in the region

North Korean leader Kim leads rocket drills that simulate a nuclear counterattack against enemies
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Envoy says US and allies are mulling options 'both inside and outside the UN' to monitor North Korea

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says America and its allies are discussing options “both inside and outside the U

Envoy says US and allies are mulling options 'both inside and outside the UN' to monitor North Korea
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North Korea is buying Chinese surveillance cameras in a push to tighten control, report says

A report from the website 38 North says that North Korea is putting surveillance cameras in schools and workplaces in a technology-driven push to monitor its population even more closely

North Korea is buying Chinese surveillance cameras in a push to tighten control, report says
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North Korea says it tested new solid-fuel intermediate-range missile with hypersonic warhead

North Korea says it tested another new hypersonic intermediate-range missile powered with solid propellants as it continues to expand its nuclear and missile program while tensions deepen with its neighbors and the United States

North Korea says it tested new solid-fuel intermediate-range missile with hypersonic warhead
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China releases South Korean soccer star after a nearly 1-year detention over bribery suspicions

A star South Korean soccer player who was detained and investigated in China for nearly a year over bribery allegations has been released and returned home

China releases South Korean soccer star after a nearly 1-year detention over bribery suspicions
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South Korean defense chief says North Korea has supplied 7,000 containers of munitions to Russia

North Korea has shipped around 7,000 containers filled with munitions and other military equipment to Russia since last year to help support its war in Ukraine

South Korean defense chief says North Korea has supplied 7,000 containers of munitions to Russia
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North Korean leader supervises missile test, warns of aggressive posture in sea boundary with South

North Korea state media says leader Kim Jong Un has supervised a test of new surface-to-sea missiles and warned that the country would take a more aggressive military posture in disputed sea boundaries with war-divided rival South Korea

North Korean leader supervises missile test, warns of aggressive posture in sea boundary with South
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North Korea's Kim says he has no desire for talks and repeats a threat to destroy South if provoked

North Korean media say leader Kim Jong Un has restated he has no desire for diplomacy with South Korea and that the North would annihilate its rival if provoked

North Korea's Kim says he has no desire for talks and repeats a threat to destroy South if provoked
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North Korea says it tested cruise missiles with 'super-large' warheads in its latest weapons display

North Korea said it has tested cruise missiles outfitted with new “super-large” warheads and a new type of anti-aircraft missile, extending a streak in weapons demonstrations that has rival South Korea worried

North Korea says it tested cruise missiles with 'super-large' warheads in its latest weapons display
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North Korean leader Kim calls for war readiness while inspecting construction of warships

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has reiterated his focus on strengthening his naval forces as he inspected the construction of new warships

North Korean leader Kim calls for war readiness while inspecting construction of warships
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North Korea says it tested long-range cruise missiles to sharpen attack capabilities

North Korea says it has conducted a test-firing of long-range cruise missiles with an aim to sharpen its counterattack and strategic strike capabilities

North Korea says it tested long-range cruise missiles to sharpen attack capabilities
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North Korean cruise missile tests add to country's provocative start to 2024

North Korea’s weekend test of new cruise missiles for submarine launches has added to its provocative start to 2024, as leader Kim Jong Un flaunts his growing nuclear arsenal and threatens nuclear conflict with Washington, Seoul and Tokyo

North Korean cruise missile tests add to country's provocative start to 2024
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North Korea says leader Kim supervised tests of cruise missiles designed to be fired from submarines

North Korean state media say leader Kim Jong Un has supervised test firings of new cruise missiles designed to be launched from submarines and also reviewed efforts to build a nuclear-powered submarine

North Korea says leader Kim supervised tests of cruise missiles designed to be fired from submarines
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North Korea says it tested a new cruise missile in the latest example of its expanding capabilities

North Korea says it has conducted its first flight test of a new cruise missile, as it expands its military capabilities in the face of tensions with the United States and neighbors

North Korea says it tested a new cruise missile in the latest example of its expanding capabilities
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North Korea stresses alignment with Russia against US and says Putin could visit at an early date

North Korea said Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his willingness to visit the North at an unspecified “early date” as the countries continue to align in the face of their separate, intensifying confrontations with the United States

North Korea stresses alignment with Russia against US and says Putin could visit at an early date
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North Korea says it tested a nuclear-capable underwater drone in response to rivals' naval drills

North Korea says it has tested a nuclear-capable underwater attack drone in response to a combined naval exercise by South Korea, the United States and Japan this week, as it continues to blame its rivals for raising tensions in the region

North Korea says it tested a nuclear-capable underwater drone in response to rivals' naval drills
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North Korea will no longer pursue reconciliation with South because of hostility, Kim Jong Un says

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said his country would no longer pursue reconciliation with South Korea and called for rewriting the North’s constitution to eliminate the idea of shared statehood between the war-divided countries

North Korea will no longer pursue reconciliation with South because of hostility, Kim Jong Un says
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North Korea says it tested a solid-fuel missile tipped with a hypersonic weapon

North Korea says it has flight-tested a new, solid-fuel intermediate-range missile tipped with a hypersonic warhead as it pursues more powerful, harder-to-detect weapons designed to strike remote U.S. targets in the region

North Korea says it tested a solid-fuel missile tipped with a hypersonic weapon
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North Korea fires a ballistic missile into the sea as South Korea and US step up deterrence plans

South Korea’s military says North Korea has fired a short-range ballistic missile in the sea in a possible display of defiance against the steps by Washington and Seoul to tighten nuclear deterrence against North Korean threats

North Korea fires a ballistic missile into the sea as South Korea and US step up deterrence plans

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