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N. Korea slams Lee as hypocrite with 'denuclearization paranoia'
The Korea Times
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August 27, 2025
North Korea on Wednesday denounced President Lee Jae Myung's remarks on denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula made during his visit to the United States, saying he is a hypocrite seized by a "denuclearization paranoia." The North's criticism...
'North Korea is blushing': Cabinet official stuns with show of 'abject servility'
Raw Story
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August 27, 2025
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez‑DeRemer is facing backlash over her "sycophantic" remarks made to President Donald Trump during a cabinet meeting on Tuesday. “Mr. President, I invite you to see your big beautiful face on a banner in front of the...
N. Korea replaces uranium plant staff after satellite images reveal environmental harm
News.Az
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Photo credit: dailynk.com Officials at a uranium refinery in Pyongsan, North Hwanghae Province, were recently replaced after international concerns were raised over environmental damage. This followed satellite imagery from June showing...
North Korea’s currency crisis drives unprecedented price inflation
Daily NK
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August 26, 2025
North Korean markets are experiencing severe price inflation as the U.S. dollar continues strengthening against the local currency, creating economic hardship across the country. Multiple sources inside North Korea report the dollar crossed 40,000...
(2nd LD) N. Korea slams Lee as hypocrite with 'denuclearization paranoia'
Yonhap News Agency
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August 27, 2025
(ATTN: UPDATES throughout; RECASTS headline, lead para) By Kim Soo-yeon SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Wednesday denounced President Lee Jae Myung's remarks on denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula made during his visit to the United...
Trump’s Cabinet Meeting Goes Full ‘North Korea’ With Presidential Brown Nosing
The Daily Beast
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August 26, 2025
President Donald Trump’s personally appointed sycophants were not so subtle in their sucking up to him during a cabinet meeting on Tuesday afternoon. In an introduction described as being akin to North Korean state TV, Labor Secretary Lori...
(LEAD) Pyongyang slams Lee for having 'delusion' about denuclearization of N. Korea
Yonhap News Agency
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August 26, 2025
(ATTN: UPDATES with more details throughout) By Kim Soo-yeon SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Wednesday denounced President Lee Jae Myung for being delusional about denuclearization of the North, stressing that the country will never give...
CNN anchor dismisses DC’s murder-free streak under Trump’s crime crackdown with North Korea comparison
Fox News
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August 26, 2025
CNN anchor Audie Cornish suggested on Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s Washington, D.C., crime crackdown makes him look like a North Korean dictator. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! CNN anchor Audie Cornish suggested on Tuesday...
'North Korea is blushing': Trump official ripped for 'abject servility' during meeting
AlterNet
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August 26, 2025
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez‑DeRemer is facing backlash over her "sycophantic" remarks made to President Donald Trump during a cabinet meeting Tuesday. “Mr. President, I invite you to see your big beautiful face on a banner in front of the...
Trump wants to meet N Korea’s Kim this year
Daily Star
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August 26, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he wanted to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this year and was open to further trade talks with South Korea even as he lobbed new criticisms at the visiting Asian ally. "I'd like to meet him this...
Trump willing to meet North Korea’s Kim Jong Un
Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation
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August 26, 2025
By Jessie Yeung, Gawon Bae, Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is willing to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, he told his South Korean counterpart during a meeting on Monday, where they discussed peace in the Korean...
Trump says he's willing to meet with North Korea's Kim Jong Un
6 ABC Action News
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August 26, 2025
President Donald Trump is willing to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, he told his South Korean counterpart during a meeting on Monday where they discussed peace in the Korean Peninsula and Pyongyang's nuclear weapon capabilities. South...
Seoul will struggle to find currency for Pyongyang talks
The Interpreter
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August 27, 2025
During White House talks with US President Donald Trump this week, South Korea’s Lee Jae-myung expressed hope that Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un might agree to meet once again. In the few months since Lee’s inauguration in June, his...
N. Korea replaces uranium plant officials after satellite images expose environmental damage
Daily NK
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August 26, 2025
Officials at a uranium refinery in Pyongsan, North Hwanghae province, were recently replaced after the international community raised concerns about environmental damage following satellite images that revealed contaminated wastewater flowing from...
Making Your Business Cyber Secure
JD Supra - California
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August 26, 2025
One key lesson from the ongoing ransomware epidemic is clear: threat actors don’t discriminate. It doesn’t matter who you are or what your business does — if they see an opening, they’ll exploit it, ready or not. Despite increased attention from...
North Korea cracks down on illegal housing sales as real estate market booms
Daily NK
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August 26, 2025
North Korean authorities have issued an internal directive targeting widespread illegal real estate transactions after discovering rampant home sales across the country. A source in North Hamgyong province told Daily NK recently that the...
'No Murders in North Korea, Either'—CNN's Cornish Smears Trump's DC Success
NewsBusters
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August 26, 2025
DC under Trump = Pyongyang on the Potomac! That was the absurd analogy that CNN This Morning host Audie Cornish tried to make on Tuesday's show. Reacting to the news that there have been no murders in the capital for 12 days running under Trump's...
South Korea Prosecutes Six U.S. Citizens for Sending Rice and Bibles Toward Oppressed North Koreans
The Gateway Pundit
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August 26, 2025
Credit: Staff Sgt. Ken Scar South Korea has formally referred six American citizens to prosecutors for the “crime” of sending rice, dollar bills, and Bibles to starving and oppressed North Koreans. On June 27, 2025, six Americans, aged between 20...
‘Big progress’ with North Korea possible if South Korea works with US, Trump says
Hankyoreh
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August 26, 2025
President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea speaks to US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Aug. 25, 2025. (Yonhap) Monday’s summit between South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and US President Donald Trump took place in a cordial atmosphere...
My COVID experience in North Korea (Part 4)
NK Insider
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August 26, 2025
Image/Korean Central TV I will now share what it was like when I first learned about COVID, how we tried to get treatment, whether vaccines or medicine were available, and how we managed to obtain them. Most people naturally assume that when you...