North Korea

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    North Korea says it is sending soldiers to joint border sites

    North Korea has said it will send soldiers to closed inter-Korean co-operation sites in its territory and reinstall guard posts and resume military exercises at frontline areas, nullifying deals reached with South Korea two years ago. The

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    Kim Jong Un’s sister threatens South Korea with military action

    The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has threatened military action against South Korea as she attacked Seoul over declining bilateral relations and its inability to stop activists from dropping anti-Pyongyang leaflets across

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    Conflicting reports over the health status of Kim Jong-un

    Kim Jong-un is in a vegetative state after a failed heart operation, according to Japanese media. The magazine Shukan Gendai reported that Kim collapsed during a recent visit to a rural part of North Korea and a Chinese medic sent as part of a

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    Kim Jong Un rides white horse in propaganda stunt directed at US

    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un mounted a white horse in an evocative propaganda stunt as his own deadline for US movement on nuclear talks is nearing. The images in his country's official media showed a bespectacled Mr Kim, wearing a long,

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    North Korea fires projectiles, rejects South Korea's 'senseless' dialogue pledge

    North Korea launched at least two projectiles into the sea on Friday, South Korea's military said, shortly after Pyongyang described South Korea's president as "impudent" and vowed that inter-Korean talks are over. The North

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    New press secretary Stephanie Grisham bruised during ‘brawl’

    Incoming White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham was left with bruises following a scuffle between reporters and Kim Jong Un's security in North Korea on Sunday. The melee took place as members of the US press pool tried to enter a

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    Top North Korean official reappears days after purge report

    A senior North Korean official who had been reported as purged over the failed nuclear summit with Washington has been shown in state media enjoying a concert near leader Kim Jong Un. North Korean publications on Monday showed Kim Yong Chol

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