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Hackers likely helped North Korea build hypersonic missile: UN report

Hackers likely helped North Korea build hypersonic missile: UN report

Draft report says DPRK may have obtained technical know-how for advanced weapon through cyberattack

Hackers likely helped North Korea build hypersonic missile: UN report
Nils Weisensee
Nils Weisensee February 8, 2022
Kim Jong Un’s private beach used to launch missiles last month: Analysis
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Kim Jong Un’s private beach used to launch missiles last month: Analysis

Revelation raises new questions over whether North Korean leader concealed presence at late-January missile tests

Kim Jong Un’s private beach used to launch missiles last month: Analysis
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko February 8, 2022
Cryptic figures and stagnant projects: North Korea announces 2022 budget plans

Cryptic figures and stagnant projects: North Korea announces 2022 budget plans

Supreme People’s Assembly maintains high defense spending levels while boosting pandemic budget

Cryptic figures and stagnant projects: North Korea announces 2022 budget plans
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko February 8, 2022
Russia’s UN ambassador slams new US sanctions against North Korea

Russia’s UN ambassador slams new US sanctions against North Korea

Dmitry Polyanskiy says sanctions create ‘toxic atmosphere’ and discourage cooperation with Pyongyang

Russia’s UN ambassador slams new US sanctions against North Korea
Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer February 8, 2022
North Korea fired cruise missiles from luxury hotel last month: Analysis
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North Korea fired cruise missiles from luxury hotel last month: Analysis

Kim Jong Un also rode horse on private beach next to hotel for new propaganda film, NK Pro has found

North Korea fired cruise missiles from luxury hotel last month: Analysis
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko February 7, 2022
Fueled by Kim Jong Un’s ‘love’: North Korea hails satellite launch anniversary

Fueled by Kim Jong Un’s ‘love’: North Korea hails satellite launch anniversary

State-run radio says DPRK will ‘surprise the world’ with its aerospace development in the future

Fueled by Kim Jong Un’s ‘love’: North Korea hails satellite launch anniversary
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim February 7, 2022
Top Sri Lankan official admits to arms deal with North Korea, then backtracks

Top Sri Lankan official admits to arms deal with North Korea, then backtracks

Reported deal using black market money during island’s bloody civil war may have violated sanctions, experts say

Top Sri Lankan official admits to arms deal with North Korea, then backtracks
Ethan Jewell
Ethan Jewell February 7, 2022
Biden has done ‘nothing’ to denuclearize North Korea, John Bolton says

Biden has done ‘nothing’ to denuclearize North Korea, John Bolton says

In interview with NK News, former national security advisor and foreign policy hawk says ‘diplomatic option’ has failed

Biden has done ‘nothing’ to denuclearize North Korea, John Bolton says
Chaewon Chung
Chaewon Chung February 7, 2022
UNSC members say ‘silence’ risks normalizing North Korean missile tests

UNSC members say ‘silence’ risks normalizing North Korean missile tests

Latest UN Security Council meeting produces no new sanctions as Washington pushes to increase pressure on Pyongyang

UNSC members say ‘silence’ risks normalizing North Korean missile tests
Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer February 7, 2022
US, ROK, Japanese diplomats to convene meeting on North Korean nuclear threats

US, ROK, Japanese diplomats to convene meeting on North Korean nuclear threats

Washington recently said it will take steps to reassure allies following record-setting month of DPRK missile tests

US, ROK, Japanese diplomats to convene meeting on North Korean nuclear threats
Chaewon Chung
Chaewon Chung February 5, 2022