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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks while he inspects military factories, as he urges ramp-up in shell production to meet modern warfare demands, at an unknown location in North Korea, June 13, 2025. Photo: KCNA via REUTERS/File Photo
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US will strike North Korea if South attacked with nukes: South's spy chief nominee

Lee Jong-seok made the comment during a nomination hearing in answer to a question if he believed Washington would strike the North and put Americans at risk from a country even if Pyongyang has...

A satellite image shows a North Korean warship covered with a blue tarp after an accident that occurred during its launch at the shipyard in Chongjin, North Korea, May 23, 2025. Photo: 2025 Planet Labs PBC/Handout via REUTERS
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North Korea detains officials over warship accident: state media

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is cheered by military pilots during a visit to an airfield in this photo released by the Korean Central News Agency, May 16, 2025. Photo: KCNA via REUTERS
Asia

North Korea's Kim Jong Un oversees air drills, calls for stepped-up war preparation

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un touches tank armour as he tours a military equipment facility at an unspecified location in North Korea, in this image released May 4, 2025 by the Korean Central News Agency. Photo: KCNA via REUTERS
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North Korea's Kim visits tank factory, touts progress in Korean-style tanks

An aerial view during a ceremony for launching a "new multipurpose destroyer," as per state media KCNA's reports, in Nampo, North Korea, in this handout picture released on April 26, 2025, by the Korean Central News Agency. Photo: KCNA via REUTERS
Asia

North Korea unveils new 'Kim Jong Un style' 5,000-tonne warship

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

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un sits in his vehicle after arriving at a railway station in Dong Dang, Vietnam, at the border with China, February 26, 2019. Photo: REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo
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North Korea's Kim calls for building modern army to brace for war

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the Ministry of National Defense on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Army in Pyongyang, North Korea in this picture released on February 9, 2024 by the Korean Central News Agency. Photo: KCNA via REUTERS/File Photo
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North Korea's Kim Jong Un visits missile bases, cites US nuclear threat

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects the headquarters of the 2nd Corps of North Korean army, October 17, 2024, in this photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency. Photo: KCNA via REUTERS
Asia

North Korea's Kim Jong Un calls South Korea a foreign, hostile country

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un addresses the Supreme People's Assembly, North Korea's parliament, which passed a law officially enshrining its nuclear weapons policies, in Pyongyang, North Korea, September 8, 2022 in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA via REUTERS
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North Korea's Kim Jong Un wants to speed up becoming a nuclear superpower

A view of a plenary meeting of the Standing Committee of the North Korean parliament, the Supreme People's Assembly (SPA), in Pyongyang, North Korea, September 15, 2024, in this photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency. Photo: KCNA via REUTERS
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North Korea's parliament to convene session to discuss constitutional amendment

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, meets with a delegation led by Sergei Shoigu, Secretary of the Security Council of Russia, in this photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency September 14, 2024. Photo: KCNA via REUTERS
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North Korea's Kim meets Russia's Shoigu, vows more cooperation: KCNA

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a ceremonial event to mark the delivery of new tactical ballistic missiles to his country's troops at an undisclosed location in North Korea, August 4, 2024 in this photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency. Photo: KCNA via REUTERS
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North Korea's Kim Jong Un says country to increase number of nuclear weapons: KCNA