In total, around $30m was seized as part of the digital raid – the first time ever that cryptocurrency stolen by the reclusive nation has been taken back, according to Chainalysis. Around $618m was …
Kim Jong Un says North Korea will never give up its nukes and pledges to maintain first-strike capacity
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stressed that his country will never abandon the nuclear weapons it needs to counter the United States, which he accused of pushing to weaken the …
Japan, U.S. Eyeing Summit Around Sept 20 on China, North Korea Issues – Kyodo
Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida welcomes U.S. President Joe Biden at the entrance hall of the Prime Minister’s Office of Japan in Tokyo, Japan, May 24, 2022. Zhang Xiaoyu/Pool via REUTERS/File …
South Korea proposes meeting with North on family reunions
South Korea’s new government on Thursday proposed a meeting with North Korea to discuss a resumption of reunions of families separated since the 1950-53 Korean War, despite long-strained ties between …
North Korea Declares Itself a Nuclear Weapons State
According to the official news agency KCNA, North Korea has approved a law declaring itself to be a nuclear weapons state.
North Korea adopts more aggressive nuclear position
The law, passed by North Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament on Thursday, declares the country to be a nuclear weapons state and rules out any future talks of denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. The …
Daily round-up, Sep 9: Queen Elizabeth II dies; North Korea enshrines nuclear weapons policies; SIA plane diverted over technical issue
World leaders paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, following her death on Thursday (Sep 8) aged 96, after 70 years on the throne. On her death, her eldest son …
$30m in cryptocurrencies retrieved from North Korea’s ‘nuclear funding programme’
Sum is only a fraction of hundreds of millions siphoned in breach of ‘Axie Infinity’ online video game this year.
New North Korea law outlines nuclear arms use, including preemptive strikes
North Korea has officially enshrined the right to use preemptive nuclear strikes to protect itself in a new law that leader Kim Jong Un said makes its nuclear status “irreversible” and bars …
Daily round-up, Sep 9: Queen Elizabeth II dies; North Korea enshrines nuclear weapons policies; SIA plane diverted after technical difficulties
World leaders paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, following her death on Thursday (Sep 8) aged 96, after 70 years on the throne. On her death, her eldest son …