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Images released by state media showed Kim peering through the scope of a sniper rifle on a visit to special forces. Photo: STR/KCNA VIA KNS/AFP
Asia

North Korea's Kim fires new sniper rifle while visiting troops

Such units are among the thousands of troops that South Korea's spy agency says Pyongyang has deployed to Russia to support Moscow's war against Ukraine

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the training base of the special operations armed forces of the Korea's Army, at an undisclosed location, in North Korea, in this handout picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on October 4, 2024. KCNA via REUTERS
Asia

North Korea leader Kim threatens nuclear response if sovereignty breached, KCNA says

FILE PHOTO: A North Korean flag fluttering on top of a 160-metre tower in North Korea's propaganda village of Gijungdong is seen through a pair of binoculars installed at the village hall of Tae Sung freedom village near the Military Demarcation Line (MDL), inside the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, South Korea, April 24, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
World+Biz

North Korea criticises US human rights envoy as 'wicked, mudslinging'

A handout photo dated February 1, 2023 shows South Korean and U.S. Air Forces conducting a combined air training with South Korean F-35A fighters, US B-1B strategic bombers, and F-22 and F-35B fighters participating in the skies over the West Sea, in South Korea. South Korean Defense Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
World+Biz

North Korea says US drills have pushed situation to 'extreme red-line': KCNA

A newly developed anti-aircraft missile is seen during a test conducted by the Academy of Defence Science, in this undated photo released on 1 October 2021 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA via REUTERS
World+Biz

North Korea accuses UN of double standards over missile tests, warns of consequences

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un applauds at the 8th Congress of the Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this photo supplied by North Korea's Central News Agency (KCNA) on January 11, 2021.KCNA/via REUTERS
Politics

North Korea says leader Kim elected as general secretary of ruling party: KCNA

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks on the first day of the 8th Congress of the Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this photo supplied by North Korea's Central News Agency (KCNA) on January 6, 2021. KCNA/via REUTERS
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North Korea's Kim calls US 'our biggest enemy' in challenge to Biden