DIRS.INFO The most relevant business & tech news

☆ North Korea's Kim Jong Un urges improved military capabilities for war
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-18 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged the country’s military to improve capabilities for fighting a war in a speech last week, state media KCNA said on Monday, after Pyongyang dispatched thousands of troops to Russia. The report came amid international criticism over rapidly developing military cooperation between North Korea and Russia. Washington, Seoul and Kyiv have said there are more than 10,000 North Korean soldiers in Russia to support its war against Ukraine, and some of them have engaged in combat in Kursk, near the Ukraine border. Biden’s administration has allowed Ukraine to use U.S.-made weapons to strike deep into Russia, sources told NBC News, marking a significant policy reversal and a response to Russia’s deployment of North Korean ground troops. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that North Korean troops had suffered casualties in combat with his country’s forces, and the first battles between them "open a new page in instability.”

Persons: Kim Jong Un, KCNA, Kim, ”, “, ” KCNA, Alexander Kozlov, Joe Biden, Yoon Suk Yeol, Shigeru Ishiba, Volodymyr Zelenskyy Organizations: Korean, Ukraine, National Resources and Ecology, South, Economic Cooperation, NBC Locations: Pyongyang, Russia, United States, South Korea, North Korea, Washington, Seoul, Kyiv, Kursk, Ukraine, Russian, Asia, Peru, Korean

☆ Kim Jong Un said to order mass production of suicide drones
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guided a test of suicide drones and ordered mass production of the aerial weapon, saying the introduction of such drones around the world requires an urgent update of military theory, state media said Friday. Kim “underscored the need to build a serial production system as early as possible and go into full-scale mass production,” state news agency KCNA said. Kim observed a test firing of what appear to be suicide drones alongside military officials at an undisclosed location. That has prompted South Korea to deploy weapons to shoot down North Korean drones. North Korea and Russia have recently ratified a comprehensive strategic partnership that their leaders signed in June, which includes a mutual defense pact.

Persons: Kim Jong, Kim, Kim “, KCNA, ” KCNA Organizations: South Korean, Ukraine, Russian Locations: Russia, Moscow, Ukraine, North Korea, Seoul, South Korea, Korea, frontlines

☆ North Korea’s Kim Jong Un calls South Korea a foreign, hostile country
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-18 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said South Korea is a foreign and hostile nation, state news agency KCNA reported Friday, with photos showing Kim conferring with high-ranking soldiers and poring over a map labeled “Seoul” at a command post. The reclusive state blasted road and rail links with South Korea this week. “This ‘two hostile countries’ rhetoric is, in the end, Kim Jong Un’s survival strategy ... Don’t interfere, live separately as a hostile country. On Friday, the top military commanders of South Korea and the United States held an annual Military Committee Meeting and expressed concern over security challenges stemming from North Korea’s threats. On Sunday, South Korea will begin annual large-scale military exercises called Hoguk to improve operational performance.

Persons: Kim Jong Un, KCNA, Kim, ” Kim, “, ” KCNA, ”, Yang Moo, Kim Jong Organizations: Seoul, 2nd Corps, North Korean, University of North Korean Studies, North, Joint Chiefs, Staff, Democratic People’s Locations: SEOUL, South Korea, North, North Korea, Seoul, colluding, Washington, U.S, Pyongyang, United States, Russia, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

☆ North Korea calls South Korea a ‘hostile state,’ indicating constitution change
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has designated South Korea a “hostile state,” its state media said Thursday, confirming that its national assembly had amended the constitution in line with leader Kim Jong Un’s vow to drop unification as a national goal. South Korea’s Unification Ministry, which handles ties with the North, said it “strongly condemns” the constitution change and South Korea’s characterization as a hostile state, and that it will not waver in its efforts toward peaceful reunification. North Korea has previously announced summaries of amendments after several days of delay. North Korea sharply intensified its hostile rhetoric in recent days, accusing the South of intruding on its airspace by flying drones and vowing retaliation. South Korea’s government has declined to say whether its military or civilians flew the alleged drones.

Persons: Kim Jong, ” KCNA, KCNA, Kim, “, Yang Moo, ” Organizations: South, DPRK, ROK, Democratic People’s, Korea’s Unification Ministry, People’s Assembly, University of North Korean, North Korean, Getty Locations: SEOUL, South Korea, North Korea, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, South, Republic of Korea, “, Kaesong, Seoul, colluding, United States, North, AFP, Pyongyang

Seoul, South Korea CNN —North Korea blew up parts of two major roads connected to the southern part of the peninsula on Tuesday, South Korean authorities said, after Pyongyang warned it would take steps to completely cut off its territory from the South. South Korea's Defense MinistryOn Monday, South Korea said it had detected signs that North Korea was preparing to demolish roads that connect the two countries, warning that the explosions could occur imminently. The blasts come a few days after North Korea accused South Korea of flying propaganda-filled drones over its capital Pyongyang and threatened “retaliation,” in the latest tit-for-tat exchange following months of Pyongyang sending trash-laden balloons to the South. North and South Korea have been separated since the Korean War ended in 1953 with an armistice agreement. Since January, Pyongyang has fortified its border defenses, laying land mines, building anti-tank traps and removing railway infrastructure, according to the South Korean military.

Persons: Lee Sung, joon, Kim Jong, Kim, ” KCNA, KCNA, ”, Leif, Eric Easley, “ Kim Jong Un Organizations: South Korea CNN, Seoul’s, Chiefs of Staff, South Korean Defense Ministry, South Korean, South Korea's Defense Ministry, Korea's Defense, Defense Ministry, North, Korean People’s Army, DPRK, Democratic People’s, US, South, Ewha Womans University Locations: Seoul, South Korea, North Korea, Pyongyang, West, East, Korean, Korea, North, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Russia

Seoul, South Korea CNN —North Korea’s army said it will take the “substantial military step” of completely cutting off its territory from South Korea on Wednesday, after months of fortifying its heavily armed border. Since January, Pyongyang has fortified its border defenses, laying land mines, building anti-tank traps and removing railway infrastructure, according to the South Korean military. Over the past year, a US aircraft carrier, amphibious assault ships, long-range bombers and submarines have visited South Korea, drawing angry rebukes from Pyongyang. “North Korea’s threats, both real and rhetorical, reflect the regime survival strategy of a hereditary dictatorship.”North and South Korea have been separated since the Korean War ended in 1953 with an armistice agreement. In January, Kim said North Korea would no longer seek reconciliation and reunification with South Korea, calling inter-Korean relations “a relationship between two hostile countries and two belligerents at war,” KCNA reported at the time.

Persons: Kim Jong, Kim, ”, Hong Min, ” Hong, Yoon Suk Yeol, Leif, Eric Easley, “ Kim Jong Un, ” Easley, ” KCNA Organizations: South Korea CNN, North, South, DPRK, Staff, Korean People’s Army, Democratic People’s, South Korean, General Staff, US, Korea’s, Chiefs, Korea Institute for National Unification, CNN, Inter, Korean, Armed Forces, Ewha Womans University, North Korean, United Nations Command Locations: Seoul, South Korea, North Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Pyongyang, Hong, Russia, West

☆ North Korea's Kim Jong Un wants to speed up becoming a nuclear superpower
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country will speed up steps toward becoming a military superpower with nuclear weapons and would not rule out using them if it came under enemy attack, state news agency KCNA reported Tuesday. This does not preclude the use of nuclear weapons.”“Our footsteps towards becoming a military superpower and a nuclear power will accelerate,” he added. North Korea has for decades pursued a nuclear weapons program and is believed to have enough fissile materials to build dozens of the weapons. It has conducted six underground nuclear detonation tests. Last week, South Korea marked an annual armed forces day with a large military parade showcasing a ballistic missile capable of carrying a massive warhead and featuring a flypast of a U.S. strategic bomber.

Persons: Kim Jong Un, KCNA, Kim, Yoon Suk, “ Yoon Suk Yeol, ” KCNA, ”, Kim Jong Organizations: South, Republic, U.S, Kim Jong Un National Defense University Locations: Seoul, colluding, Washington, South Korea, North Korea, U.S

☆ North Korea leader Kim threatens to use nuclear weapons against the South if attacked
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-04 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country would not hesitate to use all available offensive forces including nuclear weapons if the enemy attempted to use force to encroach on its sovereignty, state news agency KCNA reported Friday. Kim criticized South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol for threatening to end the North Korean regime at a military day event on Tuesday, saying the comment showed which side was destroying regional security and peace. DPRK is short for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, North Korea’s official name. North Korea has for decades pursued a nuclear weapons program and is believed to have enough fissile materials to build dozens of such weapons. Kim said “the enemies’ threatening rhetoric, action, trick and attempt did not check the DPRK’s powerful military strength and will not take away our nuclear weapons forever,” KCNA reported.

Persons: Kim Jong Un, KCNA, Kim, Yoon Suk, Yoon “, ” KCNA, “, Yoon, ”, ” Yoon Organizations: South, Democratic People’s Locations: SEOUL, South Korea, North, DPRK, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Korea, U.S, Pyongyang

☆ North Korea says it tested new ballistic missiles with super-large warhead
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea tested new tactical ballistic missiles using super-large warheads and modified cruise missiles on Wednesday as leader Kim Jong Un called for stronger conventional weapons and nuclear capabilities, state news agency KCNA reported. The account followed the firing of multiple short-range ballistic missiles on Wednesday reported by the South Korean military, which was the second time the North test-launched missiles in a week. Last week, North Korea also unveiled a uranium enrichment facility, in its first such public report. Wednesday’s tests involved the new tactical ballistic Hwasongpho-11-Da-4.5 missile, KCNA said, indicating it was part of a series of short-range ballistic missiles it had been developing. The allies say the drills are defensive in nature and aimed at maintaining readiness against any North Korean aggression.

Persons: Kim Jong, KCNA, Kim, ” KCNA, Shin Seung, Shin, ”, Kim Jong Un Organizations: South Korean, Korea Institute for Defense, Getty Images Kyiv Locations: SEOUL, South Korea, North Korea, South, Seoul . North Korea, Russia, Ukraine, North Korean, Moscow, Pyongyang, U.S

CNN —Thousands of North Koreans chanting “welcome Putin” lined Pyongyang’s wide boulevards waving Russian and North Korean flags and bouquets of flowers Wednesday as Russian President Vladimir Putin kicked off his first visit to North Korea in 24 years. Putin and Kim presented their delegations and stood together as the Russian national anthem played before the two leaders rode standing shoulder to shoulder in an open-top limousine as they smiled and waved to the crowds. The two autocrats are expected to ink a new strategic partnership agreement in a stark signal of their expanding relations. Kim beamed visibly as he greeted Putin at the airport in the early hours, video footage of the Russian leader’s arrival showed. The pair then rode together to the Kumsusan State Guest House where Putin is staying, according to North Korean state-run news agency KCNA.

Persons: “, Putin, Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un, Kim Il, Kim, ” KCNA, Pyongyang’s’s Organizations: CNN, West, Kumsusan, House Locations: North Korea, Russian, Pyongyang, Moscow, Ukraine, Korean, Russia, Seoul, Washington, South Korea

☆ Kim Ki Nam: North Korean propaganda chief who served all three leaders dies
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Kim Ki Nam, one of the longest-serving North Korean officials who served all three generations of its leaders cementing their political legitimacy and heading the propaganda apparatus for the dynastic state, has died, official media said on Wednesday. North Korea leader Kim Jong Un visited the bier of Kim at 2 a.m. on Wednesday to pay tribute “with bitter grief over the loss of a veteran revolutionary who had remained boundlessly loyal” to the country until the very end, it said. Kim died on Tuesday at the age of 94, official KCNA news agency said. Kim exerted tremendous influence on policy and personnel and was a key architect of the ruling Workers’ Party’s political foundation, according to North Korea expert Michael Madden at the Stimson Center. He was particularly close to Kim Jong-il, the father of the current leader who died in 2011, and was believed to be his “drinking buddy,” Madden said citing sources.

Persons: CNN — Kim Ki Nam, Kim Jong Un, Kim, ”, “, ” KCNA, Kim Dae, Kim Il, Michael Madden, Kim Jong, ” Madden Organizations: CNN, North Korean, North, South, Stimson Locations: North Korea, Pyongyang, Korea

Some experts say Kim may seek to further dial up pressure in an election year in South Korea and the United States. He also accused South Korea of frequently violating what he decried as North Korean territorial waters with its maritime patrols and interdiction of third-party ships. He ordered his navy to strengthen its defense posture in waters near the South Korean border islands of Baekryeong and Yeonpyeong, where a North Korean artillery bombardment killed four people in 2010. North Korea insists upon a boundary that encroaches deeply into waters currently controlled by South Korea. Following a separate, year-end political conference at which Kim accused South Korea of hostility, North Korea in early January fired hundreds of artillery rounds on three consecutive days near the western sea boundary with South Korea.

Persons: Kim Jong Un, Kim, KCNA Organizations: North, Korean Central News Agency, Command, Supreme People’s Assembly, Washington Locations: SEOUL, South Korea, Wonsan, United States, Korea, Baekryeong, Korean, U.S, North Korea, Russia, Ukraine, Moscow, Beijing

☆ Russia’s Putin to visit North Korea soon, state media says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Brad Lendon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Seoul, South Korea CNN —Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to visit Kim Jong Un soon, North Korean state media reported Sunday, the latest sign of increasing cooperation between the two authoritarian leaders as war rages in Ukraine and military tensions increase in East Asia. Putin thanked Kim for an invitation to visit Pyongyang and pledged to go there “at an early date,” the report from the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the dates for Putin’s visit to North Korea were still being discussed through diplomatic channels and would be announced later, Russian state-run news agency TASS reported. During that visit, Kim praised Russia for standing up to “hegemonic forces” with its war in Ukraine, while Putin signaled a willingness to assist North Korea in developing its space and satellite programs. According to the US Defense Department, Russia has twice in the past month fired North Korean-made missiles at targets in Ukraine.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un, Putin, Kim, Dmitry Peskov, Choe Son Hui, Sergey Lavrov, ” KCNA, Kim Jong, ” Organizations: South Korea CNN —, Korean Central News Agency, North Korean Foreign, Russian, TASS, CNN, North Korean, US Defense Department, South, US, People’s Assembly Locations: Seoul, South Korea, North Korean, Ukraine, East Asia, Pyongyang, North Korea, Russian, Moscow, Northeast Asia, Russia, Korea, United States

☆ North Korea’s Kim vows to dismantle father’s unification arch as he declares South Korea ‘principal enemy’
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Brad Lendon | Gawon Bae | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The Kim family, beginning with Kim Il Sung, has ruled North Korea since its post-World War II founding in 1948. It symbolizes the efforts of Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung to set guidelines for uniting North and South Korea. South Korea not backing offOn Tuesday, South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol said his government will not be cowed by Kim’s latest threats. “If North Korea provokes, we will punish them multiple times as hard,” Yoon said at a Cabinet meeting in Seoul. Yoon, who has taken a much harder line on North Korea than his predecessors, said the South’s quarrel was with the Kim regime, not the people of North Korea.

Persons: Kim Jong Un, ”, Kim, Kim Jong Il, Kim Il, Kim Il Sung, “, Kim Jong, Jeong Eun, National Reunification ’ …, ’, ” Kim, KCNA, Leif, Eric Easley, “ Kim, ” KCNA, Yoon Suk Yeol, ” Yoon, Yoon Organizations: South Korea CNN — North, People’s Assembly, North Korean, Korea Institute for National Unification, National Reunification, Ehwa University, Democratic People’s, North, CNN, National Economic Cooperation Bureau, Kumgangsan, Tourism Administration, ROK, DPRK, United Nations, NLL Locations: Seoul, South Korea, Pyongyang, North Korea, North, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, DPRK, North Korea’s, Republic of Korea, Korean, Korea, South

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Monday claimed it flight-tested a new solid-fuel intermediate-range missile tipped with a hypersonic warhead as it pursues more powerful, harder-to-detect weapons designed to strike remote U.S. targets in the region. There are also concerns about an alleged arms cooperation between North Korea and Russia as they align in the face of separate, intensifying confrontations with Washington. The Biden administration said it has evidence that missiles provided by North Korea to Russia had been used in the war in Ukraine. In a joint statement last week, the U.S., South Korea and their partners said the missile transfer supports Russia’s war of aggression and provides North Korea with valuable technical and military insights. North Korea earlier this month fired a barrage of artillery shells near the disputed western sea boundary with South Korea, prompting the South to conduct similar firing exercises in the area.

Persons: KCNA, Kim Jong Un, ” KCNA, Kim, Choe Sun Hui, Sergey Lavrov, Biden, Yoon Suk Yeol, Donald Trump, Trump Organizations: South, Korean Central News Agency, North, Korea’s, Chiefs, Staff, U.S, Russian Locations: SEOUL, South Korea, North Korea, North, Korean, Pyongyang, Guam, Japan, Pacific, United States, Seoul, Tokyo, Russia, Washington, North Korean, U.S, Korea, Ukraine

☆ North Korea to deploy ‘new’ weapons on border with South Korea
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Brad Lendon | Gawon Bae | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Seoul, South Korea CNN —North Korea said Thursday it will deploy new military hardware along the military demarcation line that separates it from the South after Seoul partially pulled back from a 2018 agreement designed to ease tensions along the border, state-run media reported. In response to the North Korean buildup, the US and South Korea – along with Japan – have stepped-up their military cooperation via exercises and deployments that Pyongyang sees as a threat. Earlier this week North Korea denounced the US for its potential sales of advanced missiles to Japan and military equipment to South Korea, calling it “a dangerous act” in a report from KCNA. North Korea said it was “obvious” who the offensive military equipment would be aimed at and used against. Pyongyang also said that South Korea will be held “wholly accountable” for clashes that may break out between the two Koreas.

Persons: Moon Jae, Kim Jong, Kim, “, ” KCNA Organizations: South Korea CNN, Inter, Korean, South, South Korea –, North Korea’s Defense Ministry, ROK Locations: Seoul, South Korea, Korea, North Korea, Pyongyang, Panmunjom, Washington, Japan, KCNA . North Korea, Republic of Korea

Neither South Korea, the United States nor Japan, all of which are experiencing increasing military tensions with North Korea, could confirm the satellite had made it into orbit. But South Korea called the launch a “clear violation” of a UN Security Council resolution that prohibits North Korea from using ballistic missile technology. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un celebrates Tuesday night's satellite launch with workers in an image provided by state-run media. Japanese Defense Minister Hiroyuki Miyazawa said his country was still trying to determine whether North Korea’s satellite had reached orbit. In that meeting, Putin signaled a willingness to assist North Korea in developing its space and satellite program.

Persons: “, ”, Kim Jong Un, Fumio Kishida, Hiroyuki Miyazawa, KCNA, Kim Song, ” KCNA, Carl Schuster, Ankit, “ They’re, Leif, Eric Easley, Shin Won, sik, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Panda, “ Let’s Organizations: South Korea CNN, Korean Central News Agency, UN, Korean, Japan’s, US, Pyongyang’s, Japanese, Council, North Korean, North, Korea’s National Aerospace Development, Analysts, Pacific Command’s Joint Intelligence, Carnegie Endowment, International, Ewha University, Korea’s Defense Locations: Seoul, South Korea, North Korea, Korea, United States, Japan, Japan’s Okinawa, Japanese, Pyongyang, East China, KCNA . North Korea, Russian, Russia, Koreans

Prior to the trip, US officials warned that North Korea could provide Russia with weaponry to aid its stuttering invasion of Ukraine, and in return receive help with its own nuclear weapons and missile program. During the meeting, Putin accepted Kim’s invitation to visit North Korea, according to the Kremlin. It said Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is also set also visit North Korea in October. Push for denuclearizationThe latest constitutional amendment follows a similar move last year at an SPA meeting, where North Korea passed a bill declaring the country a nuclear weapons state. North Korea’s last nuclear test, its sixth so far, took place in 2017 amid escalating threats from Pyongyang and Washington.

Persons: Kim Jong, Kim Jong Un, Kim, ” KCNA, Andrei Lankov, “ doesn’t, ” “, ” Lankov, “, Kim Song, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Sergey Lavrov, denuclearization –, Donald Trump, Kim –, Trump, North Korea –, David, ”, Joe Biden Organizations: South Korea CNN, Korean Central News Agency, North Korea’s, People’s Assembly, Kookmin University, North, United Nations, UN, Assembly, Trump Locations: Seoul, South Korea, Korea, United States, Japan, North, North Korea, Pyongyang, West, Moscow, Russia, Ukraine, Washington, Maryland, North Korean

☆ Travis King: North Korea has decided to 'expel' US soldier, state media reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Gawon Bae | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —North Korea has decided “to expel” US Army Private Travis King, who crossed into the North from South Korea during a tour of the joint security area in July, state media KCNA reported on Wednesday. “The relevant organ of the DPRK decided to expel Travis King, a soldier of the U.S. Army who illegally intruded into the territory of the DPRK, under the law of the Republic,” KCNA said. King crossed the military demarcation line from South Korea into North Korea in July during a tour of the Joint Security Area inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ). King, a junior enlisted soldier assigned to US Forces Korea, had faced assault charges in South Korea and was due to return to Fort Bliss, Texas, and be removed from the military just one day before he crossed into North Korea, CNN previously reported. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said last month that it “would not be out of character” for North Korea to use US soldier Travis King as a propaganda tool or bargaining chip.

Persons: Travis King, ” KCNA, King “, King, Fort, “, John Kirby, ”, ” Kirby, CNN’s Jake Tapper Organizations: CNN, ”, DPRK, U.S . Army, Joint Security, US Forces Korea, ., National Security Locations: Korea, South Korea, Republic, North Korea, Fort Bliss , Texas, DPRK

Russia’s RIA Novosti state news agency released a video of Kim dressed in a black suit and accompanied by his top officials arriving at the university on Russky Island. U.S. and South Korean officials have said North Korea could provide badly needed munitions for Moscow’s war on Ukraine in exchange for sophisticated Russian weapons technology that would advance Kim’s nuclear ambitions. Kim and Shoigu later traveled to Vladivostok, where they inspected the Admiral Shaposhnikov frigate. Russia’s navy commander, Adm. Nikolai Yevmenov, briefed Kim on the ship’s capabilities and weapons, which include long-range Kalibr cruise missiles that Russian warships have regularly fired at targets in Ukraine. Later Saturday, Kim visited a local theater to watch Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty ballet performance.

Persons: Kim Jong Un, Kim’s, Sergei Shoigu, Kim, Vladimir Putin’s, Oleg Kozhemyako, Putin, Sergei Kobylash, Shoigu, Shaposhnikov, Adm, Nikolai Yevmenov, ” KCNA, Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s, KCNA Organizations: Eastern Federal University, Russian, Korean Central News Agency, RIA, West, MiG Locations: SEOUL, South Korea, Vladivostok, Moscow, Ukraine, RIA Novosti, Russky, Russia’s Primorye, West ., North Korea, Komsomolsk, Russian, Shoigu, Russia, Korean, Pyongyang, United States, Soviet Union

☆ Russia gives Kim Jong Un an inside look at its warplanes
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Yoonjung Seo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Seoul, South Korea CNN —Kim Jong Un was “deeply impressed” by a visit to a Russian aircraft manufacturing plant on Friday, according to North Korean state media. The stop was Kim’s latest on a tour of Russia that follows his meeting with President Vladimir Putin earlier this week, at which the North Korean leader appeared to endorse Moscow’s war on Ukraine. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits an aircraft manufacturing plant in the city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur in Russia on September 15, 2023. It said the two toured the airfield and Kim was shown the Russian aircraft Tu-160, Tu-95MS and Tu-22M3. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits an aircraft manufacturing plant in the city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur in Russia on September 15, 2023.

Persons: South Korea CNN — Kim Jong, “, ”, Kim, Yuri, KCNA, Vladimir Putin, Su, Kim’s, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un, Kim “, ” KCNA, Sergei Shoigu, Putin, Denis Manturov Organizations: South Korea CNN, Aviation, Korean Central News Agency, North, KCNA, RIA Novosti, Russian Defense, RIA, Shoigu, . North, Reuters Mutual, Vostochny, North Korea “ Locations: Seoul, South Korea, Russian, Korean, Russia, Ukraine, Moscow, Pyongyang, Komsomolsk, Vladivostok, North Korea, –, Amur Region

☆ North Korea says it launched new ‘tactical nuclear attack’ submarine
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Hamdi Alkhshali | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —North Korea launched a new “Korean-style tactical nuclear attack submarine” on Wednesday, according to the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), during a ceremony attended the country’s leader Kim Jong Un. The new submarine “will perform its combat mission as one of core underwater offensive means of the naval force of the DPRK,” Kim said during the ceremony according to KCNA. The submarine, named “Hero Kim Kun Ok,” would herald “the beginning of a new chapter for bolstering up the naval force of the DPRK,” KCNA reported. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends what state media report was a launching ceremony for a new tactical nuclear attack submarine in North Korea. North Korea is set to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the country’s founding on September 9.

Persons: Kim Jong Un, ” Kim, Kim Kun, “, ” KCNA, KCNA Organizations: CNN, Korean Central News Agency, DPRK, Democratic People’s, US, South Korean, North Locations: Korea, KCNA, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, North Korea, United States, South Korea, Seoul

It cited a “written drill order” issued by the military commission that stressed the “importance” of the North Korean exercise. A picture released by North Korea on September 3, 2023, shows what it says is a simulated "tactical nuclear attack" drill . “The nuclear force of [North Korea] will bolster its responsible combat counteraction posture in every way to deter war and preserve peace and stability,” it added. A picture released by North Korea on September 3, 2023, shows what it says is a simulated "tactical nuclear attack" drill . KCNA/ReutersThis week South Korea and the US began annual joint military drills aimed at improving their response to threats from Pyongyang.

Persons: ”, ” KCNA, KCNA, …, hasn’t Organizations: CNN, Sunday, Central Military Commission of, Workers ’ Party of Korea, North, Reuters, South, US, . South Locations: Korea, United States, South Korea, ‘ Republic, North Korea, China, Pyongyang, Seoul

Seoul, South Korea CNN —North Korea’s “firm support” for Russia’s war in Ukraine emboldens the two countries’ determination to cope with Western nations, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a speech to North Korean officials on Thursday, according to a report in North Korean state media. The 1950-1953 Korean War was one of the first international conflicts of the Cold War era. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets with Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu in Pyongyang, North Korea, on July 28, 2023. A missile displayed during a military parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Korean War armistice in Pyongyang, on July 27, 2023. KCNA/ReutersAs the parade went on below, North Korea flew versions of a new “strategic reconnaissance drone and the multi-purpose attack drone” overhead, according to KCNA.

Persons: ”, Vladimir Putin, Putin, ” Putin, “, ” KCNA, Kim Jong Un, Sergei Shoigu, Kim Il, Kang Sun Nam, KCNA, Li Hongzhong, Kim Jong, Kim, Shoigu, Kim Song Nam, North Korea “, Leif, Eric Easley, Easley Organizations: South Korea CNN, Ukraine emboldens, “, Korean Central News Agency, North Korean, Russia's, KCNA, Reuters, Analysts, North Korean Defense, North Korean Army Forces, Russian, Communist Party Politburo, North, Chinese Communist Party, Reuters Analysts, Ewha Womans University Locations: Seoul, South Korea, Ukraine, Western, Russian, North Korean, Korea, Russia, “ Solidarity, North Korea, Pyongyang, United States, KCNA, China, Beijing

☆ Senior North Korean Official Kim Yo Jong says a military reconnaissance satellite will soon enter orbit
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Yoonjung Seo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Kim Yo Jong, senior North Korean official and sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said a North Korean military reconnaissance satellite will soon enter space orbit and begin its mission, according to state news agency KCNA on Thursday local time. Kim defended Wednesday’s failed launch and North Korea’s right to self-defense, saying that if North Korea’s satellite launch is to be condemned, all the countries that have already launched thousands of satellites, including the US, should be condemned, referring to it as a group of gangsters, in the statement. North Korea is well aware of “the protracted nature of the confrontation with the US” and will make all efforts to “bolster up war deterrence in all-inclusive direction,” KCNA statement said. The statement added that North Korea will “never remain an onlooker” when the US and its actors continue its “rash acts of infringing upon our sovereign right.”Earlier on Wednesday, North Korea’s attempt to put a military reconnaissance satellite in space failed when the second stage of the rocket malfunctioned, KCNA said. The report said “the reliability and stability of the new engine system” was “low” and the fuel used “unstable,” leading to the mission’s failure.

Persons: CNN — Kim Yo Jong, Kim Jong Un, KCNA, Kim, Wednesday’s, ”, “, ” KCNA Organizations: CNN, North Korean, North, US, South Korean Joint Chiefs, Staff Locations: North Korean, Korea, Eocheong

Search resuls for: "” KCNA"

25 mentions found