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Netanyahu brings ‘killer pager’ to UN (VIDEO)

Israel used booby-trapped communication devices in a 2024 attack that killed dozens and maimed thousands in Lebanon ...

Pro-Palestinian protesters arrested outside UN during Netanyahu speech (VIDEOS)

Demonstrators blocked New York City streets as the Israeli prime minister addressed the General...

Why Germany is stuck with Friedrich Merz, for now

The CDU is collapsing in state elections, but removing the chancellor would require something...

Xi and Trump discuss AI cooperation (VIDEOS)

The leaders have addressed the technology as Washington and Beijing remain at odds over...

North Korean province launches student tracking app, but glitches pile up

North Korean education officials in South Hamgyong province have launched a student tracking app for high schools. Students can now borrow library books and...

Will the New Yalu River Bridge finally open? Border traders point to early October

Talk of a New Yalu River Bridge opening in early October 2026 is spreading rapidly along the China-North Korea border. Rising vehicle traffic and...

North Korea revises science and technology law, adds unpaid labor penalties

North Korea revised its science and technology law this year. The changes sharpen the criteria for choosing which new technologies enter production, and they...

Collapse at factory-run coal mine in North Hamgyong province injures worker

A coal mine collapse in North Korea’s North Hamgyong province on Sept. 12 seriously injured one worker. The accident highlights how production pressure is...

Diverted military morphine raises health fears for North Korean officer’s wife

A North Korean army officer has spent years diverting morphine meant for military medical facilities to his wife. A source inside the military told...

North Korea’s market rice prices fall as yuan exchange rate plunges

Rice prices in North Korea’s informal markets, known as jangmadang, continued falling in September 2026 after a stretch of national holidays boosted grain supplies...

Why is North Korea’s loyalty language to Kim Jong Un suddenly softer?

North Korea’s Ninth Party Congress in 2026 formally cemented Kim Jong Un’s status as the country’s supreme and unchallenged leader. Yet a recent destroyer...

Kim Ju Ae’s contrasting expressions offer clues to her succession training

South Korea’s National Intelligence Service briefed the National Assembly’s intelligence committee on Sept. 1. Kim Ju Ae, it said, is effectively at the stage...

Puppet speech crackdown gains new legal weight from North Korea’s constitution

North Korea’s 2026 constitutional amendment protecting Pyongyang Cultural Language has fueled a renewed puppet speech crackdown. Schools, workplaces and neighborhood organizations have stepped up...

North Korean county officials fail to sway parents of bullied disabled student

County education officials in Musan county in North Korea’s North Hamgyong province visited the home of a disabled student’s family this month, joining teachers...

South Korea’s unification education is asking the wrong question about peace

South Korea’s Ministry of Unification will hold its first Peace Wind Week starting Sept. 11, 2026, an 11-day series of public events, including a...

North Korea’s meth prices surge as drug trafficking crackdown intensifies

North Korea’s crackdown on drug trafficking has intensified sharply this year. The tightened enforcement has shrunk methamphetamine distribution networks, and it has driven prices...

As summer heat fades, North Korean people flock to parks in evenings

North Korean people are flocking to parks, squares and riverbanks in the evenings now that this summer’s punishing heat wave has finally broken. Many...

North Hamgyong pushes design contest on factories that already make clothes to order

North Hamgyong province has launched a consumer goods design competition for light industry factories across the region, but the mandate is drawing complaints from...

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