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Topic: North Korea

‘North Korea’s first spy satellite Malligyong-1 is alive, can manoeuvre,’ says space expert

By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's first spy satellite is "alive," a Netherlands-based space expert said on Tuesday, after detecting changes in its orbit that suggest Pyongyang is

North Korean Assembly votes to end all economic ties with South Korea

Declaring South Korea as its enemy, the Supreme People’s Assembly also voted to abolish a special law on Mount Kumgang tourism project, a symbol of cooperation between the two nations.

Tensions spike as Seoul claims North Korea fired cruise missiles off its west coast

According to South Korea's Joint Chief of Staff, the country is closely monitoring North Korea's activities in the region, while the missiles are being analysed.

North Korean teens get 12 years of hard labour for watching K-pop

The video footage, released by an organisation that works with North Korean defectors, shows two 16-year-olds in Pyongyang convicted of watching South Korean movies & music videos

N Korea fires 200 artillery rounds near maritime border, S Korea island residents take shelter

The firing by North Korea caused no civilian or military damage in the South, South Korea’s military has told the media.

Russia used missiles sourced from North Korean for strikes in Ukraine, says White House

National security spokesperson John Kirby says United States will raise the issue with the United Nations Security Council.

Kim Jong Un says North Korea has ruled out possibility of unification with South Korea

In speech ahead of New Year, he said US policy is making war inevitable, ordered military to prepare to 'pacify entire territory of South Korea', with nuclear bombs if necessary.

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un orders military to ‘accelerate’ war preparations, reports Al Jazeera

According to KCNA, Kim also stated that ‘military situation’ on Korean peninsula had become ‘extreme’ as result of ‘unprecedented’ confrontations between North Korea and the US.

North Korea meets Russia delegation for talks on boosting economic cooperation, says KCNA

The meeting comes as South Korea’s spy agency said on Tuesday there had been signs that North Korea was moving to deploy workers to Russia, according to the Yonhap news agency.

North Korea determined to launch more spy satellites soon, says news agency KCNA

Satellites will be modeled after Malligyong-1 satellite that Pyongyang launched in November, which govts in US, South Korea and Japan said violated UN Security Council resolutions.

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SIR drive isn’t NRC-CAA—it can exclude millions of genuine voters, not just Muslims

India is a country where access to documents and digital systems is still uneven. Election Commission's SIR must not turn into a hostile exercise.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.