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Kim Jong Un’s sister says Trump must accept North Korea as a nuclear weapons state
The Independent
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July 29, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Trump exodus. Travellers of all kinds avoiding the US, going elsewhere
Michael West Media
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August 1, 2025
Australian visitors to the US in June were down 11% on the previous year, following a similar collapse in visitors from other countries of nearly 12% in March. Andrew Gardiner reports. When corporates and academics cut back in uncertain times,...
Judge makes bombshell ruling after Trump assassination attempt suspect tries to unseal 'classified national security' documents
Daily Mail
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August 4, 2025
A federal judge has barred the man accused of trying to kill President Donald Trump at his Florida golf club last year from accessing documents related to his own arrest because they would compromise national security. Ryan Routh, 59, who is...
World News | North Korea Says Kim-Trump Ties 'not Bad' but It's Not Giving Up Its Nuclear Weapons
Latestly
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July 29, 2025
Seoul, Jul 29 (AP) The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dismissed the US's intent to resume diplomacy on North Korea's denuclearisation, as she urged Washington to accept her country as a nuclear weapons state and find a new...
To put Iran on ice, the U.S. must freeze out China
WorldNetDaily
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August 3, 2025
A Chinese fighter pilot gazes outside his cockpit. Iran, known as the head of the octopus for its terrorism proliferation, may be getting a lifeline from the country known as the dragon—China. Beijing has reportedly offered Iran air defense assets...
Pyongyang naengmyeon lovers left in the cold: Woo Lae Ok closes for renovations
Korea JoungAng Daily
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July 30, 2025
Published: 30 Jul. 2025, 21:28 One of Seoul’s four most famous naengmyeon (cold buckwheat noodles) establishments, Woo Lae Ok [JOONGANG ILBO] One of Seoul’s four most famous naengmyeon (cold buckwheat noodles) establishments, Woo Lae Ok, has...
Russia's resources minister visits N. Korea on 1st direct Moscow-Pyongyang flight
Yonhap News Agency
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July 29, 2025
SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- Russia's natural resources minister has visited North Korea for a meeting on trade and technology cooperation, traveling aboard the first flight of the resumed direct air route between Moscow and Pyongyang, state media...
First visitors to North Korea’s ‘Benidorm’ describe having ‘phones bugged’ and being ‘followed everywhere’
LAD Bible
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Reviews of North Korea's new beach resort have rolled in after the coastal tourist area welcomed its first visitors. Wonsan Kalma - which has been dubbed Kim Jong-Un's answer to Benidorm - opened its doors earlier this month to Russian...
Russia launches first commercial passenger flights to North Korea in decades
Euronews
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July 28, 2025
By Euronews Travel with AP Published on 28/07/2025 - 10:57 GMT+2 Russia on Sunday opened a regular air link between Moscow and Pyongyang, a move reflecting increasingly close ties between the two countries. The first flight operated by...
Russia begins direct flights to North Korea
Alexa.ng
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Russia began direct commercial flights to North Korea on Sunday, July 27, marking a new phase in the strengthening ties between the two countries amid Russia’s ongoing offensive in Ukraine. The first flight from Moscow to Pyongyang, operated by...
The Empire’s Strategic Failure: How the US-Israeli Assault on Iran Accelerated Imperial Decline
Hampton Institute
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August 3, 2025
The US-Israeli attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities, while achieving short-term tactical gains, paradoxically accelerate the very proliferation they claim to prevent through three reinforcing mechanisms. First, by targeting peaceful facilities...
Russia Considers Direct Flight Route to N. Korea’s Tourist City of Wonsan
Sada Elbalad
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July 28, 2025
Mon 28 Jul 2025 | 01:48 PM Russian President Vladimir Putin Russian Minister of Natural Resources and Environment and Co-Chair of the Russia–North Korea Cooperation Committee, Alexander Kozlov, announced on Sunday that Russia is considering...
Mobile Phones in North Korea — A World of Surveillance and Control
NK Insider
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July 28, 2025
Kim Yumi speaking about mobile phone usage in North Korea (Photo: Screenshot from YouTube @kimyumiTV) Today we’d like to share a video by Kim Yumi, a North Korean defector and speaker at the 2025 Oslo Freedom Forum, titled “North Korea’s Mobile...
Russia and North Korea Launch First Direct Flight, Boosting Ties in Travel and Security
Novinite
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The growing partnership between Russia and North Korea has reached a new milestone with the launch of the first direct flight connecting Moscow and Pyongyang. This inaugural flight by the Russian carrier Nordwind Airlines departed from...
Russia Launches First Commercial Flight to North Korea in Decades
The Moscow Times
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July 28, 2025
A Russian passenger jet landed in North Korea’s capital on Monday, according to flight tracking data, marking the first commercial flight in decades between the two allied countries. The Moscow-to-Pyongyang service by Nordwind Airlines comes as...
Europe and US doors shut, North Korean air hostesses welcome Russian guests after medical check as Moscow resumes Pyongyang flight
The Economic Times
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July 28, 2025
Russia has begun direct flights to North Korea as Moscow faces increasing travel restrictions from the West and Pyongyang seeks to revive its tourism industry post-pandemic. The first Moscow-to-Pyongyang flight, operated by Russia’s Nordwind...
Russia launches first direct flights to N. Korea amid deepening wartime alliance
Malay Mail
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July 28, 2025
MOSCOW, July 28 — Russia on Sunday began direct commercial flights to North Korea, in a further sign of closer ties with its Asian ally helping its offensive in Ukraine. The first Moscow-Pyongyang flight, operated by Russia’s Nordwind Airlines,...
Chinese envoy joins North Korean event for war holiday after skipping last year
NK News
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July 28, 2025
China’s ambassador attended North Korean festivities to mark the 72nd anniversary of the end of the Korean War on Sunday, according to NK News analysis of state media, in a contrast with his absence from high-profile celebrations last year....
Russia starts direct flights between Moscow and North Korea
1News
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Russia opened a regular air link between Moscow and North Koreas capital Pyogyang, a move reflecting increasingly close ties between the two countries. The first flight operated by Russian carrier Nordwind took off from Moscow's Sheremetyevo...
A Russian airline that used to ferry passengers to Europe is now flying to North Korea instead
Insider
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July 28, 2025
Nordwind Airlines, a Russian carrier that previously serviced routes to Europe, is now flying its country's first direct flight from Moscow to Pyongyang in decades. The new eight-hour Boeing 777 flight, which launched on Sunday, comes as Russia...