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(MENAFN) Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov has held high-level talks in Pyongyang with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, focusing on expanding and formalizing military cooperation between the two countries, according to statements from the...

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(MENAFN) South Korea issued an urgent call Tuesday for coordinated international pressure on North Korea's nuclear ambitions, warning that Pyongyang poses the gravest threat to the world's nuclear containment framework, media reported.

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(MENAFN) South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung has called on North Korea to engage with Seoul’s renewed diplomatic outreach, warning that instability linked to conflicts in the Middle East could add to broader regional uncertainties, according to...

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(MENAFN) Russia’s defense chief held a meeting on Sunday with North Korea’s leader in Pyongyang, where both sides explored ways to expand and formalize their military partnership.

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(MENAFN) South Korea has called for urgent and coordinated international action to address North Korea’s nuclear program, warning that it poses what it considers the most serious challenge to the global nonproliferation system, according to a news...

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(MENAFN) South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has urged North Korea to respond to what he described as Seoul’s sincere efforts toward peace, while cautioning that instability stemming from the Middle East should not extend to the Korean Peninsula,...

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(MENAFN) Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov arrived in North Korea on Sunday for an official working visit.

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(MENAFN) Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov held high-level talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang on Sunday, with both sides signaling a deepening and formalized defense partnership stretching into the next decade.

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(MENAFN) North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held talks Friday with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Pyongyang, a state-run news agency reported Saturday, with both sides underlining the importance of deepening bilateral cooperation.

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(MENAFN) North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for expanded cooperation with China during a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Pyongyang, according to state media reports.

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(MENAFN) Russia’s Defense Minister Andrei Belousov has arrived in North Korea on a working visit, according to reports citing the Russian Defense Ministry.

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(MENAFN) North Korea launched another unidentified ballistic missile into the East Sea on Wednesday, following a series of short-range missile launches earlier the same day, according to South Korean reports.

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(MENAFN) North Korea announced on Thursday that it has carried out a test of a tactical ballistic missile fitted with a cluster munition warhead, asserting that the weapon can inflict severe damage over targeted zones, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) North Korea on Monday welcomed South Korean President Lee Jae Myung’s rare expression of regret over a series of drone incursions from the South.

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(MENAFN) Moscow and Pyongyang have moved to strengthen their security apparatus partnership, announcing expanded cooperation in law enforcement following high-level ministerial talks held in the North Korean capital, state media reported...

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(MENAFN) Russia and North Korea have inaugurated road traffic across a newly completed bridge over the Tumen River, marking the first direct road connection between the two countries.

U.S. House Committee on Armed Services

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL) delivered the following opening statement at a hearing on the U.S. Military Posture and National Security Challenges in the Indo-Pacific Region.

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(MENAFN) North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un doubled down Tuesday on his country's nuclear ambitions, declaring its weapons status immutable while formally designating South Korea as Pyongyang's foremost adversary, state media announced....

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(MENAFN) North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un declared that his country will not alter its position as a nuclear-armed state, emphasizing that this status "will never change," according to reports released Tuesday.

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(MENAFN) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Pyongyang on Thursday, kicking off a two-day visit aimed at deepening bilateral ties — the first such trip by a Chinese foreign minister in six years — amid swirling speculation over a potential...