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North Korea expelled American soldier Travis King, who crossed into the country two months ago complaining of ill-treatment while in the US Army, CBS News reported. State-controlled media said King confessed to illegally entering the country through neighboring South Korea on July 18. On early Thursday...

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August 28, 2023

Walking Out

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The mother of an American serviceman who sprinted across the border to North Korea last month recently said her 23-year-old son, Travis King, would never seek refuge in the totalitarian country known as the Hermit Kingdom, reported the Army Times. North Korean officials, meanwhile, wrote the...

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July 19, 2023

Univited Guest

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North Korea detained a US soldier who crossed into the country from South Korea on Tuesday, an incident that comes amid heightened tensions over Pyongyang’s nuclear program, NBC News reported Tuesday. The US-led United Nations Command said the American national, who was being sent back to...

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June 01, 2023

Deflated

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North Korea failed to launch its first spy satellite, the country announced Wednesday, dealing a blow to the nuclear-armed state’s efforts to strengthen its military capabilities amid ongoing tensions with the United States and its neighbors, NBC News reported. The Chollima-1 rocket carrying the Malligyong-1 spy...

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October 11, 2022

Pushing and Pulling

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North Korea recently fired an intercontinental ballistic missile over Japan, one of five such launches in the region over a week-long period despite the crippling sanctions against the autocratic Asian country. The missile fell harmlessly into the Pacific Ocean, the Japan Times reported. But Japanese...

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September 12, 2022

Officially Nuclear

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North Korea passed new legislation in recent days asserting the country’s status as a nuclear state, with leader Kim Jong Un announcing that the country would never abandon its nuclear weapons, the Wall Street Journal reported. The new law – approved by the country’s rubber-stamp parliament...

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May 24, 2022

The Jig is Up

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For more than two years, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un insisted that the coronavirus had not pierced his country's population, even as health experts and media worldwide found evidence that the illness had spread throughout the globe. Recently, however, Kim admitted that Covid-19 has reached...

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May 13, 2022

Alone with a Virus

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North Korea confirmed its first Covid-19 cases Thursday, two years after the isolated nation had insisted it was virus-free, NBC News reported. State-controlled media said that test samples collected this week showed that an unspecified number of people were infected with the omicron variant of the...

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March 25, 2022

Upping the Ante

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North Korea tested an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Thursday, the first major weapons test by the country in more than four years, the Wall Street Journal reported. Data from the Japanese and South Korean military showed that the missile reached an altitude of more than 3,700...

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