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Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un. Photo: Sputnik / Vladimir Smirnov / Pool via Reuters

North Korea ratifies defence treaty with Russia

Pact seals deepening security cooperation between the nations as North Korea becomes one of most vocal backers of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

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Letters | Hong Kong’s working class deserve world-class medical care

Opinion | South Korea may find itself stranded as North Korea’s sole adversary

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My Take | How North Korea’s troop deployment to Russia is changing attitudes in China

The Chinese public who once derided North Korea as a ‘neighbourhood hooligan’ is now hailing its decision to help Russia in the Ukraine war.

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North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in Pyongyang in June. Photo: Pool via AP

Opinion | US-China war diplomacy vital as North Korea complicates Ukraine fray

The scale and speed of Pyongyang’s reported troop deployment to Russia strongly suggests premeditation. The US and China must act to prevent escalation.

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Trump’s victory is ‘good news’ for North Korea. But will Kim denuclearise?

Trump and Kim met twice in Singapore in 2018 and Hanoi in 2019 but the summits failed to yield a commitment by Pyongyang to denuclearise.

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How rise of Kim Jong-un’s daughter raises questions on North Korea’s leadership

Kim Jong-un’s daughter is emerging in the public eye, but her future leadership role in North Korea remains a mystery.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his daughter Ju-ae visit the Central Cadres Training School of the Workers’ Party of Korea last month. Photo: KCNA via KNS/AFP

US accuses Russia and China of ‘shamelessly’ shielding North Korea

UN ambassadors trade barbs over North Korea’s test-launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile last week.

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US nuclear bomber joins drills with S. Korea, Japan after Pyongyang missile test

South Korea’s military said the drills showed the resolve of the ROK and the US to strengthen their deterrence against North Korea.

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Opinion | North Korea’s missile test days before US election sends powerful message

No isolated act of aggression, the missile test was a calculated show of a strengthened alliance and a preview of mounting challenges.

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This picture taken and released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on October 31 shows the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile during a test-fire conducted by the Missile Administration at an undisclosed location in North Korea. Photo: KCNA via KNS/ AFP

North Korea says South’s president has raised risk of nuclear war

A white paper from Pyongyang lays the blame for tensions squarely with South Korea’s president.

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People visit the Mansu Hill to lay flowers to the bronze statues of former North Korean leaders Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il in Pyongyang. File photo: AP

North Korea says record test was new Hwasong-19 ICBM

North Korea lauded the Hwasong-19 that was test-fired Thursday as ‘the world’s strongest strategic missile’.

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Amid Ukraine war tensions, Pyongyang’s ICBM test may be sign of things to come

Missile test is Pyongyang’s way of showing its deepening ‘nuclear alliance’ with Russia and a message to the US ahead of the election, analysts say.

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North Korea’s Kim says longest ICBM test is a warning to enemies

Missile on Thursday recorded a flight time of 87 minutes, longer than the last ICBM test launch in December 2023.

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A test-launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile at an undisclosed location in North Korea. Photo: KCNA via AFP

China and Russia reaffirm close ties in Andrey Rudenko-Wang Yi talks

Rudenko discusses the war in Ukraine and the Korean peninsula with Chinese officials but authorities offer no details.

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Russian deputy foreign minister Andrey Rudenko and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi hold talks in Beijing on Wednesday. Photo: Xinhua

Empty ambassador chair highlights complications in China-South Korea relations

While Seoul this month announced its new envoy to Beijing, China has been without an ambassador to South Korea for over 3 months.

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Opinion | How the next US president can ensure America’s leadership role in Asia

American policy, dominated by strategic competition with China, must be shaped to more closely match Asia’s value to the US.

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Opinion | North Korean intervention in Ukraine is the last thing the world needs

Pyongyang sending troops to fight in Ukraine would signal North Korea’s evolution from an isolated pariah state to a tangible threat to international security.

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Illustration: Craig Stephens

Opinion | Ukraine and Gaza wars offer a lesson on the merits of nuclear weapons

Nuclear arms on both sides of tensions can prevent escalations into outright war, as has been the case in South Asia.

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Opinion | What North Korea’s Kim Jong-un is really up to

North Korea’s true aim is not to take military action against the South but rather to create tensions to its own advantage.

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US election winner might find North Korea ‘most dangerous flashpoint’ with China

Kim Jong-un’s ratcheting up of nuclear tensions may leave China in a no-win situation as he seeks to pile pressure on the next president.

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Illustration: Henry Wong

Opinion | Time for cool-headed Asean diplomacy on the heated Korean peninsula

Given that efforts by the US, China, Russia and Japan have not worked, it may be useful for Asean and Indonesia to step in.

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People at Seoul Railway Station in South Korea watch a television broadcast of North Korea blowing up parts of inter-Korean roads on October 15. Photo: AP

North Korean troops in Russia readying for combat in Ukraine war, Seoul says

Seoul will respond to the ‘grave security threat’ with all available means, the presidential office said in a statement.

South Korea’s nuclear fuel goal stirs fears of atomic weapons development

Seoul’s envoy to Washington, Cho Hyun-dong, has urged the US to allow South Korea to run reprocessing facilities for spent nuclear fuel.

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Kim Jong-un’s sister warns South Korea of ‘horrible disaster’

Kim Yo-jong was reacting to reports of drones over Pyongyang allegedly sent by South Korea.

Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, warned South Korea against sending drones across the border to the North. File photo: AP

My Take | Japan’s Ishiba to focus on security ties with South Korea to counter Pyongyang

Shigeru Ishiba’s ‘progressive’ views on thorny historical issues have raised hopes that ties between Japan and South Korea could improve.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (middle) oversees a launch of a ballistic missile at an undisclosed place in North Korea. The threat from North Korea is expected to be a key focus in Shigeru Ishiba’s engagement with Yoon Suk-yeol. Photo: AP

North Korea ‘becoming a military superpower’, Kim Jong-un claims

Despite escalating tensions, supreme leader Kim insisted he had no intention of attacking South Korea – unless provoked.

South Korean leader says North Korea wants US attention by showing off nuclear might

Yoon is also on a three-nation tour of Southeast Asia and says North Korea’s weapons programme will be on the agenda.

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9 September, 2024
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