News North Korea Finance: North Korea says it will launch its first-ever military spy satellite to monitor U.S. drills
Pyongyang plans to launch a satellite with the aim to track "dangerous" actions by the U.S., pointing to its recent joint military drills taking with South Korea.
News North Korea Finance: Japan, South Korea finance ministers to hold next meeting on June 29
SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki and South Korean Finance Minister Choo Kyung-ho will meet on June 29 in Tokyo for the next bilateral meeting, almost two months after the first talk between the two countries' financial leaders in seven years. Japan's top financial diplomat Masato Kanda and South Korea's Deputy Minister for International Affairs Kim Seong-wook met
News North Korea Finance: (LEAD) Yoon calls for more efforts to crack down on N. Korea financing nuclear, missile programs
(LEAD) anti-proliferation-forum SEOGWIPO, South Korea, May 30 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday urged strengthened cooperation to crack down on illegal financing by North Korea to advance ...
News North Korea Finance: South Korea defence chief: some countries ignoring N.Korea's unlawful behaviour
South Korea's defence minister said on Saturday that some countries were "ignoring North Korea's unlawful behavior". "This creates holes in sanctions against North Korea passed at the U.N. Security Council," Defence Minister Lee Jong-sup said during a speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Asia's top security summit. China and Russia on Friday ignored a U.S. call for the U.N. Security Council to unite in condemning North Korea for a recent attempted satellite launch and instead blamed Washington for raising tensions on the Korean peninsula.
News North Korea Finance: Analysis: How North Korea could use a Pacific 'firing range' to perfect its missiles
If North Korea follows through on its threat to turn the Pacific Ocean into a "firing range", it would allow the isolated and nuclear-armed state to make technical advances in addition to signalling its military resolve, analysts said.
News North Korea Finance: Trump defends Kim Jong Un after recent missile tests, and says he has a right to feel threatened by US military drills in South Korea
Former President Donald Trump has long heaped praise on North Korea's brutal dictator Kim Jon Un, while castigating regional ally South Korea.
News North Korea Finance: US says UN Security Council silence on North Korea is dangerous
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States proposed on Monday that the U.N. Security Council condemn North Korea's ballistic missile launches and encourage Pyongyang to engage in diplomacy, warning that the 15-member body's failure to respond had become dangerous. China and Russia oppose any further action by the Security Council, arguing that putting further pressure on
News North Korea Finance: North Korea fires ballistic missile, warns of turning Pacific into 'firing range'
North Korea's ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs are banned under U.N. Security Council resolutions, but Pyongyang says its weapons development is necessary to counter 'hostile policies' by Washington and its allies.
News North Korea Finance: North Korea's Kim launches housing and greenhouse projects amid economic woes
SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has broken ground on a large greenhouse project and the development of 10,000 apartments, state media reported on Thursday, highlighting the construction projects amid foreign suspicion of food shortages. Neighbouring South Korea said on Wednesday that a food crisis appeared to be worsening in the North, and the South's DongA Ibo newspaper reported
News North Korea Finance: North Korean leader Kim's daughter appears at sports event, state media reports
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong and his daughter watched a sports event attended by government officials on Friday, according to state media, the first time the girl has been seen at a non-military event. The daughter, often described by state media as Kim’s “beloved child" or "respected child" has been seen alongside her father Kim at military events including earlier this month.
News North Korea Finance: Live News: South Korea, US to hold nuclear drills next week amid growing threats from North Korea
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News North Korea Finance: Norway seizes record $5.8 million of crypto stolen by North Korea
By Elizabeth Howcroft and James Pearson LONDON (Reuters) - Norway has seized a record $5.8 million worth of cryptocurrency that was stolen by North Korean hackers last year, Norwegian police said in a statement on Thursday. North Korean hackers stole $625 million in March 2022 from a blockchain project linked to the crypto-based game Axie Infinity. The heist was one of the largest of its kind on
News North Korea Finance: Norway finds a way to recover crypto North Korea pinched in Axie heist
The Norwegian National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime (Økokrim) has called the seizure among the largest ever money seizures – and the largest-ever ...
News North Korea Finance: Fact Check: Did North Korea Display Most Nuclear Weapons Ever at Parade?
North Korea's nuclear weapon capability has long been a source of pride for the country, with estimates by analysts suggesting that it has 40 to 50 warheads in its arsenal. Much like its neighbor to ...
News North Korea Finance: North Korea orders residents with same name as Kim Jong Un's daughter to change it: report
North Korea historically has banned people from using the same names as its leaders, the South China Morning Post reports. The news agency said North Korean media in November introduced Kim Ju-ae as ...
News North Korea Finance: South Korea Imposes Sanctions On North Korean Individuals And Groups Over Crypto Theft
In an announcement on Feb. 10, the South Korean government said it has introduced sanctions as means to counter illegal cyber activities, which are among the main sources of North Korea to finance its ...
News North Korea Finance: Money for missiles: Crypto heists pay for North Korea’s nukes
North Korea's parade of 11 intercontinental ballistic missiles through the streets of Pyongyang this week put on display a force that analysts say is capable of overwhelming the systems the U.S. military has put up to defend the homeland.
News North Korea Finance: North Korea keeps up missile barrage with suspected ICBM
North Korea continued its barrage of weapons tests on Thursday, firing at least three missiles including a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile that forced the Japanese government to issue evacuation alerts and temporarily halt trains.
