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World News | Kim Jong Un's Sister Dismisses US Intent to Resume Diplomacy on North Korea Denuclearization
Seoul, Jul 29 (AP) The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dismissed US intent to resume diplomacy on North Korea's denuclearization, saying Tuesday the North flatly opposes any attempt to deny its position as a nuclear weapons...

Miranda Devine: Trump nailed the biggest trade deal in American history and proved everyone wrong – again!
When President Trump nailed the biggest deal in history on Sunday with the European Union on trade, you could almost hear the sound of egg splattering all over the faces of experts across the Atlantic. Economists, Democrats and Never-Trumpers have...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vows to win anti-US battle
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country would achieve victory in "anti-imperalist, anti-U.S." battles, as the country marked the anniversary of the Korean War armistice, state media reported on Sunday. Kim "affirmed that our state and its...

US Woman Gets Eight Years for Part in $17m North Korean Scheme
An Arizonan woman has been handed a jail term of over eight years for helping North Korean IT workers defraud over 300 US companies. Christina Chapman 50, of Litchfield Park, Arizona, had pleaded guilty in February 2025 to conspiracy to commit...
Shoigu’s Pyongyang Visits Suggest Turbulence in Putin’s Security Council
Executive Summary: Russian President Vladimir Putin tasked Secretary of the Russian Security Council Sergei Shoigu with strengthening the military-political alliance between Russia and the North Korea, sparking rumors of his potential appointment...

Arizona Woman Gets 8-Year Sentence for Aiding North Korean Spies in U.S. Corporate Infiltration
Christina Marie Chapman ran a “laptop farm” from her home, enabling North Korean IT operatives to secure remote jobs at hundreds of American companies. By yourNEWS Media Newsroom Christina Marie Chapman, a 50-year-old Arizona resident, has been...

Mobile Phones in North Korea — A World of Surveillance and Control
Kim Yumi speaking about mobile phone usage in North Korea (Photo: Screenshot from YouTube @kimyumiTV) Today we’d like to share a video by Kim Yumi, a North Korean defector and speaker at the 2025 Oslo Freedom Forum, titled “North Korea’s Mobile...

UK must drop conditions for Palestine recognition
Keir Starmer is coming under pressure to recognise Palestine without his scheduled delay until December as insider described the decision making process as a formality. With more than half the public now hostile to Israel's conduct of the war, the...

How Scrubbing Your Social Media Could Backfire–And Even Hurt Your Job Prospects
For college students looking for jobs or internships, the standard advice about social media has been this: Build up your professional profile on LinkedIn, but scrub other social media accounts (the ones displaying your political opinions or party...

Arizona woman sentenced in North Korea tech-worker scheme
(CNN, KYMA/KECY) - A woman in Arizona has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison for a complex international tech scheme. According to the Department of Justice, Christina Chapman operated a laptop farm from her home. Chapman helped...

Corporate Offices Targeted In Deadly NYC Shooting
This is a published version of Forbes’ Careers Newsletter. Click here to subscribe and get it in your inbox every Tuesday. New York City Mayor Eric Adams said the now-deceased shooting suspect likely targeted the NFL’s ... More office in...

Russia, North Korea continue to boost logistics ties
PYONGYANG, July 28 /TASS/. Moscow and Pyongyang continue work to boost logistics ties in all areas, said Russian Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology Alexander Kozlov, who co-chairs a Russia-North Korea intergovernmental commission on trade,...

FM Cho meets U.S. senators, White House officials after tariff deal
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Cho Hyun has met U.S. senators and White House officials to discuss alliance and security issues, including North Korea's nuclear program, his ministry said Saturday, after the two countries reached a...

Inter-Korean Ties Face Bumpy Roads As North Korea Snubs Lee's Overtures
(MENAFN- IANS) Seoul, July 28 (IANS) North Korea on Monday rejected the South Korean new liberal, Lee Jae Myung administration's overtures, to resume dialogue and improve relations, casting a cloud over Seoul's plans to ease tensions and build...

Arizona Woman Sentenced for Helping North Korean IT Workers by Operating Laptop Farm
An Arizona woman received a significant federal prison sentence for orchestrating a sophisticated cybercrime operation that enabled North Korean Information Technology (IT) workers to infiltrate hundreds of American companies while generating...

Russia’s Nordwind Airlines launches nonstop flights between Moscow, North Korea
Russian airline Nordwind Airlines launched a new nonstop service between Moscow Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO) and the North Korean capital Pyongyang (FNJ) on July 27, 2025. Nordwind Airlines has deployed a Boeing 777-200ER fitted with...

FM Cho meets US senators, White House officials after tariff deal
Foreign Minister Cho Hyun has met US senators and White House officials to discuss alliance and security issues, including North Korea's nuclear program, his ministry said Saturday, after the two countries reached a tariff deal this week. Cho met...

Europe and US doors shut, North Korean air hostesses welcome Russian guests after medical check as Moscow resumes Pyongyang flight
Russia has begun direct flights to North Korea as Moscow faces increasing travel restrictions from the West and Pyongyang seeks to revive its tourism industry post-pandemic. The first Moscow-to-Pyongyang flight, operated by Russia’s Nordwind...

Russia launches first commercial passenger flights to North Korea in decades
By Euronews Travel with AP Published on 28/07/2025 - 10:57 GMT+2 Russia on Sunday opened a regular air link between Moscow and Pyongyang, a move reflecting increasingly close ties between the two countries. The first flight operated by...

Falsified weights spark daily confrontations in N. Korea’s markets
Tensions have grown between buyers and sellers in North Korea’s markets as more merchants falsify the weight of their goods. “In Hamhung’s Sapo Market and other major markets in the city recently, more vegetable buyers are complaining that they’re...