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Russia Launches Monthly Direct Flights to North Korea

On Sunday evening, the first flight departs in a new direct line between Russia and North Korea. The flight from Moscow to Pyongyang takes about eight hours and tickets can be purchased for just over 5,000 kronor, according to the airline Nordwind Airlines' website.

Russia Launches Monthly Direct Flights to North Korea

Kim Jong Un Urges North Korean Military to Prepare for Real War

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un urged his military to be ready "for real war" as he oversaw a military exercise, reported the North Korean state media on Thursday. .

Kim Jong Un Urges North Korean Military to Prepare for Real War

Kim Jong-Un Calls North Korea Warship Launch Accident a Criminal Act

A "serious accident" has happened in North Korea during the launch of a new warship, reports state media in the closed country. Parts of the 5,000-ton heavy destroyer's bottom are said to have been crushed during the launch ceremony in the port city of Chongjin, which was witnessed by dictator Kim Jong-Un in person.

Kim Jong-Un Calls North Korea Warship Launch Accident a Criminal Act

Kim Sends North Korean Workers to Russia Amid Labor Shortage

Russia has received both weapons and soldiers from North Korea. Now the dictatorship is also sending thousands of workers to help their friends in Moscow.

Kim Sends North Korean Workers to Russia Amid Labor Shortage

Zelensky Calls Latest Meeting with Trump the Most Substantial

The latest meeting between Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyj and the US's Donald Trump was the most substantial, according to Zelenskyj. The Ukrainian believes that Trump has changed his view on things – and they are said to have discussed sanctions.

Zelensky Calls Latest Meeting with Trump the Most Substantial

North Korea Confirms Involvement in Russia-Ukraine War

North Korea is part of the war between Russia and Ukraine, the country confirms after many ifs and buts. Russia's President Putin thanks his "Korean friends" for help in the battles in Kursk.

North Korea Confirms Involvement in Russia-Ukraine War

Sweden's Role in Trump's North Korea Diplomacy Efforts

The Trump administration has quietly held discussions and consulted external experts to potentially resume dialogue with North Korea, according to a high-ranking American official and three other sources for Axios. .

Sweden's Role in Trump's North Korea Diplomacy Efforts

Kim Jong-Un's Sister Dismisses Nuclear Disarmament as Fantasy

Those who believe that North Korea would abandon its nuclear weapons are daydreaming, according to the influential sister of the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un. .

Kim Jong-Un's Sister Dismisses Nuclear Disarmament as Fantasy

Russian Security Council Chair Shoygu Meets Kim Jong-Un in North Korea

Russia's former Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu is visiting North Korea, reports the state-controlled news agency Tass on Thursday night. .

Russian Security Council Chair Shoygu Meets Kim Jong-Un in North Korea

Russia's Sergey Shoygu Meets Kim Jong-Un in North Korea

Russia's former Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu is visiting North Korea, reports the state-controlled news agency Tass on Thursday night. .

Russia's Sergey Shoygu Meets Kim Jong-Un in North Korea

Kim shows off nuclear submarine - "threat to the USA"

North Korea has for the first time shown off a nuclear-powered submarine under construction. .

Kim shows off nuclear submarine - "threat to the USA"

North Korea's sailors were not allowed to go ashore for ten years

Verbal and physical abuse – and sometimes as much as a decade without being able to set foot on land. In defiance of the UN's sanctions, North Koreans are subjected to forced labor and severe human rights violations on board Chinese vessels, according to a report.

North Korea's sailors were not allowed to go ashore for ten years

Trump's New World Order: Might Makes Right

Donald Trump's USA is threatening to take over territories, severing ties to UN agencies, shutting out negotiating partners and intimidating with punitive tariffs. Much suggests that we are heading into a new, transactional world order where the strong have advantages.

Trump's New World Order: Might Makes Right

Trump's New World Order: Might is Right

Donald Trump's USA is threatening to take over territories, severing ties to UN agencies and intimidating with punitive tariffs. Much suggests that we are heading into a new, transactional world order where the strong have advantages.

Trump's New World Order: Might is Right

Reports: Kim and Putin Bet on New Drones

North Korea is likely to start mass-producing new types of drones in cooperation with Russia this year, according to several sources for Japanese NHK. .

Reports: Kim and Putin Bet on New Drones

North Korea test-fired more rockets

North Korea has test-fired a strategic cruise missile, reports the state news agency KCNA. Dictator Kim Jong-Un oversaw Saturday's weapons test.

North Korea test-fired more rockets

Trump to contact Kim Jong-Un again

Donald Trump is going to extend a hand to North Korea's dictator Kim Jong-Un again. This is what the newly elected president says in an interview with [Fox News](https://www.

Trump to contact Kim Jong-Un again

North Korea's soldiers are ridiculed for outdated tactics

The North Korean soldiers in the Ukraine war are deemed to lack understanding of modern warfare and are inexperienced – but they learn quickly. This is a new level of threat, says Andrij Jusov from Ukraine's military intelligence service.

North Korea's soldiers are ridiculed for outdated tactics

Kim: New Robot System to Deter Neighboring Countries

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un claims that the country's new hypersonic missile system, which was test-fired on Monday, will deter "rival countries" in the Pacific. The test firing was carried out during US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to South Korea.

Kim: New Robot System to Deter Neighboring Countries

Ukraine has launched a counteroffensive in Russia

Ukraine is now launching a surprising counteroffensive in Russian Kursk, according to Russia. The information appears to be confirmed, albeit vaguely, by Ukrainian statements.

Ukraine has launched a counteroffensive in Russia

Kim Jong-Un wants to attract tourists with new beach resort

North Korea's dictator Kim Jong-Un has with pride and admiration inspected a newly built tourist resort by the sea, reports the state news agency KCNA. .

Kim Jong-Un wants to attract tourists with new beach resort

Kim Jong-Un praises Putin: "Dearest friend"

North Korea's dictator Kim Jong-Un praises Russia's President Vladimir Putin in a New Year's letter – and calls him "his dearest friend". .

Kim Jong-Un praises Putin: "Dearest friend"

Ukraine: 3,000 North Koreans killed or injured

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyj claims that over 3,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed or injured in Kursk. .

Ukraine: 3,000 North Koreans killed or injured

Putin's gift to Kim: A lion and two bears

Russia's president Vladimir Putin has donated a long range of more or less exotic animals to North Korea. The gift is "a sign of the friendship between Moscow and Pyongyang", according to Russian authorities.

Putin's gift to Kim: A lion and two bears