North Korea slams US and allies for spreading 'false information' over IT workers SEOUL, August 4 (AJP) - North Korea on Tuesday criticized a joint alert issued by about a dozen countries including Japan, South Korea, and the U.S. over its alleged illegal earning of foreign currency through computer and technology workers, dismissing it as "false information." In a statement carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), a spokesperson for North Korea's Foreign Ministry said the alert by the U.S. and its allied countries was a August 4, 2026

North Korea denounces NATO fuel network overhaul as war preparation SEOUL, August 01 (AJP) - North Korea on Saturday denounced NATO’s plan to modernize its military fuel supply network as an “unprecedented” act of war preparation, accusing the transatlantic alliance of expanding its military reach beyond Europe. The criticism came after NATO approved a 27 billion euro ($31 billion) program to modernize its fuel storage and distribution infrastructure, including pipelines and new facilities in the alliance’s eastern and southe August 1, 2026

North Korea says peninsula conflict matter of time SEOUL, July 31 (AJP) - North Korea declared Friday that armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula is no longer a question of whether but of when, denouncing a personnel buildup at the US military command in Japan as proof that Washington is preparing for war in the region. The statement came days after Lt. Gen. Stephen Jost, commander of US Forces Japan, disclosed in an interview with Japan's Asahi Shimbun published Saturday that his headquarters had added 215 personnel over the July 31, 2026

US Treasury overhauls sanctions list, removes outdated North Korean entity SEOUL, July 28 (AJP) - A North Korean firm linked to the country's nuclear and missile development programs was among those removed and consolidated as part of the U.S. Treasury Department's effort to modernize its sanctions lists, the department said on Monday. The department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said it "removed 84 individuals and entities and improved identifying information for 22 list entries to facilitate compliance." OFAC said i July 28, 2026

Russia preparing to receive 30,000 more North Korean troops, Zelensky says SEOUL, July 26 (AJP) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday that Russia is preparing to deploy another 30,000 North Korean troops to support its war in Ukraine, warning that the deepening military partnership poses a growing security threat beyond Europe. In his nightly address posted on X, Zelensky said Moscow had been preparing since June to receive the additional North Korean forces in Russia's Voronezh region, which borders northeastern Ukraine. "Rus July 26, 2026

North Korea's new DMZ roads seen as border-control project, not invasion route SEOUL, July 22 (AJP) - North Korea's expanding network of tactical roads, fences and bridges along the Demilitarized Zone is aimed at turning the armistice line into a de facto state border and tightening domestic control rather than preparing for an invasion, North Korea experts said Wednesday. The construction reflects Pyongyang's shift away from decades of pursuing peaceful reunification toward treating South Korea as a permanently separate hostile state, they said. Sa July 22, 2026

North Korean FM returns from Russia amid growing bilateral ties SEOUL, July 22 (AJP) - North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui has returned home from Russia, state media reported on Wednesday. After wrapping up her four-day trip to Moscow, Choe arrived in Pyongyang the previous day and was greeted by Vladimir Topekha, charge d'affaires ad interim of the Russian Embassy in Pyongyang, according to North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). During the trip, Choe held talks with her Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov and July 22, 2026

Putin greets N. Korean foreign minister amid Kim's return visit rumor SEOUL, July 20 (AJP) -Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked North Korea’s leadership and people for helping Moscow in its war against Ukraine and declared that the battlefield exploits of North Korean soldiers would “always be remembered in Russia” during a Kremlin meeting with Pyongyang’s top diplomat. Putin met visiting North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui on Sunday, with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and presidential aide Yuri Ushakov at July 20, 2026

North Korea condemns 'warmonger' South over RIMPAC role SEOUL, July 17 (AJP) - North Korea denounced South Korea's leading role in the U.S.-led Rim of the Pacific naval exercise, branding Seoul a "puppet warmonger" and warning of "proportional" countermeasures against the drill's participants. In a commentary carried by the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Friday, Pyongyang cast the biennial exercise as a rehearsal for war that was dragging the Pacific into dangerous turbulence, and said regional July 17, 2026

China's high-ranking official set to visit North Korea this week SEOUL, July 14 (AJP) - Wang Huning, one of the Chinese Communist Party's top leaders, is set to visit to Pyongyang this week, North Korean state media reported on Tuesday. According to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), a Chinese delegation led by Wang will visit Pyongyang for a three-day visit starting Wednesday. However, KCNA did not provide details on the purpose of the delegation's visit. The visit is believed to be the Chinese No. 4-ranked lea July 14, 2026