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Russian airliner to launch direct flights to Pyongyang
SEOUL, July 15 (AJP) - A direct flight linking Pyongyang and Moscow will be launched later this month, Russia's Transport Ministry said Monday. According to the ministry, Russian carrier Nordwind Airlines will offer the first-ever direct passenger flights to Pyongyang twice a week starting in late July, connecting the two countries' capitals. The non-stop route, which takes about eight hours, was approved last week by Russia's aviation authorities following a request
July 15, 2025 -
N. Korean leader meets Russian foreign minister, reaffirms deepening ties with Moscow
SEOUL, July 13 (AJP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un held talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday in Wonsan, reinforcing a growing partnership between Pyongyang and Moscow amid heightened global tensions, Pyongyang's state media the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Sunday. Lavrov's visit, which followed the second foreign ministerial strategic dialogue between the two countries, was marked by a show of unity on key international and region
July 13, 2025 -
North Korea hails historic treaty in bid to mend ties with China
SEOUL, July 11 (AJP) - North Korea will continue to strengthen its ties with China, the state-run Rodong Sinmun reported on Friday, as two countries marked the anniversary of a treaty signed decades ago. Coinciding with the 64th anniversary of the treaty signed on July 11, 1961, by North Korean regime founder Kim Il-sung and then-Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai, the daily hailed the treaty for laying the groundwork to strengthen "strategic cooperation" between Pyongyang and Bei
July 11, 2025 -
North Korea to offer AI-related courses at universities
SEOUL, July 9 (AJP) - North Korea is expected to embrace new technologies with universities likely to offer courses related to artificial intelligence (AI). The move was part of an educational reform discussed at a recent two-day Workers' Party gathering which was held late last month and attended by leader Kim Jong-un, the state-run Rodong Sinmun reported on Wednesday. The daily further explained that universities have reorganized their study programs by consolidating depart
July 9, 2025 -
Kim Jong-un visits mausoleum on his grandfather's death anniversary
SEOUL, July 8 (AJP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited the mausoleum of his grandfather and regime founder Kim Il-sung to mark the 31st anniversary of his death, state media reported on Tuesday. Kim junior visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang around midnight, accompanied by senior party officials, according to the country's state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). He "paid high tribute to the statues of the great leaders" and made "a d
July 8, 2025 -
South Korea to repatriate six North Koreans rescued at sea
SEOUL, July 7 (AJP) - Six North Koreans who were rescued after drifting into South Korean waters earlier this year are expected to be repatriated to North Korea soon. The Ministry of Unification here said on Monday that it plans to send them back to the North as early as this week, as they have expressed their willingness to return to their country. "They have expressed their strong desire to return to North Korea, so we decided to repatriate them promptly from a humanitaria
July 7, 2025 -
N. Korea steps up tribute efforts ahead of Kim Il-sung's 31st death anniversary
SEOUL, July 07 (AJP) - North Korea is ramping up memorial activities ahead of the 31st anniversary of founding leader Kim Il-sung's death on July 8, with state media reinforcing his legacy and ideological vision. In a two-page article titled "Only for the people, relying on the people," published by the ruling Workers' Party newspaper Rodong Sinmun on Monday, Kim was hailed as a "peerless great man" whose life was guided by the principle of Iminwi Cheon,
July 7, 2025 -
North Korea denounces Quad's demand for denuclearization
SEOUL, July 4 (AJP) - North Korea on Friday slammed the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue or Quad over its "coercive" demand for the isolated country's complete denuclearization, calling it a "provocation" that infringes on its sovereignty. The state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) accused the informal alliance, which was formed among Australia, India, Japan and the U.S. to counter China's growing influence in the Indo-Pacific region, of "reckl
July 4, 2025 -
N. Korea reaffirms nuclear status and blasts S. Korea and US for joint drills
SEOUL, July 3 (AJP) - North Korea issued a sharp rebuke on Thursday to the United States over joint military exercises with South Korea and the deployment of strategic assets in the region, calling them “provocative acts” that aggravate tensions on the Korean Peninsula. In an editorial carried by the state-run Rodong Sinmun, Pyongyang claimed that the U.S. has “repeatedly staged acts of provocation” through combined military drills since the end of the Kore
July 3, 2025
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Hanwha Q Cells joins US petition to curb solar panel imports from Chinese-controlled firms
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US Senate defense bill aims to preserve troop presence in South Korea
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Kim Hye-soon becomes first Asian poet to win German literature prize
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Prominent Korean AI researcher departs OpenAI to join Meta
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