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A balloon believed to have been sent by North Korea, carrying various objects including what appeared to be trash and excrement, is seen over a rice field at Cheorwon, South Korea, May 29, 2024. Yonhap via REUTERS/File Photo
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N Korea floats more rubbish-filled balloons over S Korean border

South Korea's military said North Korea was sending more balloons carrying "filth" across the heavily fortified border.

FILE PHOTO: US Army soldier Travis King appears in this unknown location, undated photo obtained by REUTERS/File Photo
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US soldier Travis King in US custody after expulsion from North Korea to China

FILE PHOTO: US Private Travis T. King (wearing a black shirt and black cap) is seen in this picture taken during a tour of the tightly controlled Joint Security Area (JSA) on the border between the two Koreas, at the truce village of Panmunjom, South Korea, July 18, 2023. Sarah Leslie/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
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North Korea to expel Travis King over illegal border crossing

FILE PHOTO: Passengers wait for their train in front of a TV broadcasting a news report on North Korea firing a ballistic missile off its east coast, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, July 12, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo
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ASEAN countries concerned over N Korea missile launches

A North Korean flag flutters at the propaganda village of Gijungdong in North Korea, in this picture taken near the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, South Korea, July 19, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/Pool
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North Korea denies media report it supplied munitions to Russia

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N Korea fires suspected ICBM, Seoul and Tokyo say

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N Korea fires 17 missiles, one close to S Korea

US Special Representative for the DPRK Ambassador Sung Kim, Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for Asian and Oceanian Affairs Funakoshi Takehiro, and South Korea's Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Kim Gunn pose for photographs before their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo, Japan September 7, 2022. Kazuhiro NOGI/Pool via REUTERS
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Japan, S Korea, US agree on tighter nuclear ties over N Korea threat

US army self-propelled Paladin tanks fire during a joint live-fire drills, known as Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) at a training field near the demilitarized zone separating two Koreas, in Pocheon, South Korea August 31, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
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US, S Korean troops practice war with eye on N Korea and 'near-peer' enemies

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin interacts at the ASEAN Plus Three Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia August 4, 2022. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
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S Korea, China foreign ministers discuss N Korea, K-pop ban

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends a news conference about Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the State Department in Washington, US, 17 March 2022. Saul Loeb/Pool via REUTERS
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Blinken says US, allies would respond 'quickly' to N Korea nuclear test

People watch a TV broadcasting a news report on the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in North Korea, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea on 17 May 2022. Photo: Reuters.
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N Korea Covid outbreak could have 'devastating' impact on human rights, UN says

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the State Emergency Epidemic Prevention Headquarters, as North Korea reports its first outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Pyongyang, North Korea, May 12, 2022, in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). Picture taken May 12, 2022. KCNA via REUTERS
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North Korea's Kim says Covid 'great turmoil' as 21 new deaths reported