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## North Korea


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* ![North Korea flag with nuclear warning symbol and missiles](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte87bad5758b9f0a9/698a5955b21a9c0caa50a484/north-korea-nuclear-test-warning.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 29, 2024  
## [North Korea May Test Nuclear Missile Around U.S. Election, South Warns](https://time.com/7004795/north-korea-test-nuclear-missile-us-election/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Bloomberg
* ![A man watches a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a train station in Seoul on June 26, 2024.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta73f106f318c2794/698a581dd07533c2aee70eb6/north-korea-missile-launch.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 26, 2024  
## [North Korea Missile Launch Fails After Russia Pact](https://time.com/6991952/north-korea-missile-launch-fail/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Bloomberg
* ![A balloon presumably sent by North Korea, is seen in a paddy field in Incheon, South Korea, on June 10, 2024.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8085496e73817b37/698a581647ca3818213bdacd/north-korea-balloon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
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## [South Korea Warns of Parasites as North Sends More Trash Balloons](https://time.com/6991474/north-south-korea-trash-balloons-parasites/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Bloomberg
* ![NKOREA-RUSSIA-DIPLOMACY](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbb631abdbb76d248/698a57f316d884219bc3ec33/GettyImages-2157679005.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 18, 2024  
## [‘Fiery Friendship’: Putin, Kim Sign Mutual Defense Pact](https://time.com/6989692/russia-north-korea-putin-trip/)  
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by Anna Gordon and Koh Ewe  
* ![Shin Wonsik, South Korea's defense minister, at the ministry's office in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday, June 14, 2024.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9e675fd42e7d88c/698a57cdcabb1d6e37e543c7/south-korea-defense-minister-shin-wonsik.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 14, 2024  
## [North Korea Sent Russia Millions of Artillery Shells: South Korea](https://time.com/6988568/north-korea-russia-artillery-shell-south-korea-defense-minister/)  
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by Bloomberg
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## [Kim Ki Nam, North Korea’s Propaganda Mastermind, Dies at 94](https://time.com/6975832/kim-ki-nam-north-korea-propaganda-death/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Bloomberg
* ![North Korea Missile Blinken](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta914e0d6afb3d2ad/698a54eb09208f061241cf24/north-korea-missile-blinken.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 18, 2024  
## [North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Tests](https://time.com/6958029/north-korea-ballistic-missile-test-blinken/)  
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by Anna Gordon
* ![TOPSHOT-RUSSIA-NKOREA-POLITICS-DIPLOMACY](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt18bb36b6e069e9a2/698a48e1db2987b2fb26a408/Kim-Jong-Un-Putin-North-Korea-Russia-Weapons.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
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## [DPRK and Russia Accelerate Exchange of Weapons and Resources](https://time.com/6835478/north-korea-speed-up-weapons-shipment-russia/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Bloomberg
* ![Workers rest outside the Kim Jong Suk textile factory during a guided tour for visiting foreign media, in Pyongyang on Sept. 7, 2018.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35652c7efdcfbe84/698a4899e6e84a6f902b16d8/north-korea-workers.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
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[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Bloomberg  
* ![Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov \(not seen\) meets North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang, North Korea.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt860c915bd99f817f/698a43ea096a943d196ae813/kim-jong-un.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 16, 2024  
## [North Korea Drops Official Reunification Goal With South](https://time.com/6555991/north-korea-drops-reunification-policy/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
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[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Bloomberg
* ![A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying South Korea's ANASIS-II military communications satellite launched from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on July 20, 2020.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt09ef97a3b9c85b8b/698a4211096a942e736ae4d3/south-korea-satellite.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 8, 2023  
## [How the Koreas’ Race to Launch a Spy Satellite Has Ramifications Beyond the Peninsula](https://time.com/6332806/korea-north-south-spy-satellite-us-russia/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Chad de Guzman
* ![This pool image distributed by Sputnik agency shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visiting the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur region on Sept. 13, 2023.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0e4aca72eba9f760/698a40ce47ca3801c93bb2c4/kim-jong-un.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 28, 2023  
## [North Korea Amends Constitution to Enshrine Permanent Growth of Nuclear Arsenal](https://time.com/6318150/north-korea-exponential-growth-arsenal-constitution/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Bloomberg
* ![North Korea leader Kim Jong Un is welcomed by Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of Russia Alexander Kozlov after arriving at Vladivostok by armored train to attend a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin \(not seen\) in Vladivostok, Russia, on Sept. 12.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef3f6417c41c9203/698a4052929fad1d3cbfa297/kim-jong-un-vladivostok.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 11, 2023  
## [Why Kim Jong Un's Russia Trip Is a Sign of Putin's Weakness](https://time.com/6312609/north-korea-kim-russia-putin-meeting/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Anna Gordon

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