Australia’s big move on North Korea

Australia has deployed a warship on a sanctions enforcement mission against North Korea. HMAS Sydney will patrol areas where the hermit state is suspected of illegal trading in violation of UN sanctions aimed at stopping it from acquiring nuclear weapons. …

Australian warship deployed to impose UN sanctions on North Korea

An Australian warship has been deployed to impose United Nations Security Council (UNSC) sanctions on North Korea. HMAS Sydney left in late March and will be deployed for three months to sail in nearby seas off Japan and enforce sanctions against North …

North Korea upgrades naval office to strategic combat agency

North Korea has begun reorganizing its Naval Hydrographic Office into a combat-oriented strategic operations agency following orders from leader Kim Jong Un to strengthen naval power. The North Korean Naval Hydrographic Office collects, analyzes and …

ROK activists launch leaflets toward North Korea calling for abductees’ return

A South Korean civic group representing families of North Korean abduction victims has launched balloons carrying thousands of leaflets toward the DPRK, after border residents and officials blocked several previous attempts due to concerns about …

Australia deploys warship in sanctions enforcement mission against North Korea

Russia and North Korea turn their war alliance into a propaganda tool

The scene is part of a new wave of propaganda that both North Korea and Russia are producing to exalt their partnership, which has deepened as Pyongyang has sent about 15,000 soldiers to support Russia’s war in Ukraine since last year. The footage featured …

UN To Host First High-Level Meeting On North Korea's Human Rights Violations

(MENAFN- IANS) Seoul, May 12 (IANS) The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) will hold its first high-level meeting next week over human rights abuses and violations by North Korea, diplomatic and civic group sources said Monday.In a circulated letter, …

The North Korean IT worker scheme infiltrated an American election campaign website

Kim Jong Un, North Korea's leader, reacts while watching an honor guard before his departure to North Korea at the railway station in Vladivostok, Russia, on Friday, April 26, 2019. Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Deploying North Korean Special Forces to Japan: A Potential Game Changer in the Korean Crisis

Since the signing of the Korean Armistice in 1953, North Korea’s steadfast political objective has been to reunify the two Koreas through force. In response to this persistent threat, the United States and South Korea established a mutual defense treaty in …

North Korean Government Engages in Illegal Wildlife Trade

The report, published in Biological Conservation, found that although North Korea has a regulatory system of protected areas and protected species, these are regularly breached by people hunting and trapping wild animals for personal consumption or black …