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Communist North Korea has no rightful place in Wyoming, the state’s Republican secretary of state said following the discovery of three business entities with ties to the hermit nation. “The communist, authoritarian Kim Jong Un regime has no place in Wyoming,” Secretary of State Chuck Gray said in a statement this week. “Our office worked quickly and expeditiously to begin …

North Korea launched suspected short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Friday, South Korea’s military said, a day after the U.S. and South Korea conducted a joint military exercise. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missiles were fired from North Korea’s east coast Wonsan region and traveled about 185 miles before landing in the waters between the …

The Justice Department announced Thursday multiple arrests in a series of complex stolen identity theft cases that officials say are part of a wide-ranging scheme that generates enormous proceeds for the North Korean government, including for its weapons program. The conspiracy involves thousands of North Korean information technology workers who prosecutors say are dispatched by the government to live abroad …

The warning light on the Korean peninsula is blinking red. American defense leaders are finding our nation unprepared for North Korea’s growing military capabilities and its strategic alignment with Russia and China. Choosing to ignore the issue, as the Biden administration has done, is no longer an option. Pyongyang has taken advantage of recent events, like the war in Ukraine, …

The senior U.S. official for North Korea discussed the country with her Chinese counterpart in Tokyo on Thursday, and expressed concerns about the forcible repatriation of North Koreans from China, the U.S. State Department said. The discussions between Jung Pak and China’s Special Representative on Korean Peninsula Affairs Liu Xiaoming followed a visit to Beijing last month by U.S. Secretary …

Ukrainian state prosecutors say they have examined debris from 21 of around 50 North Korean ballistic missiles launched by Russia between late December and late February, as they seek to assess the threat from Moscow’s cooperation with Pyongyang. In previously unreported details of an investigation under way into the missiles, the office of Ukraine’s top prosecutor, Andriy Kostin, also told …

Australia has protested to Beijing that a Chinese fighter jet endangered an Australian navy helicopter with flares in international waters, officials said Monday. The incident occurred on Saturday as the Australian air warfare destroyer HMAS Hobart was enforcing United Nations Security Council sanctions against North Korea in international waters in the Yellow Sea, the Defense Department said in a statement. …

A song that praises North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has gone viral on TikTok. “Let’s sing Kim Jong Un, the great leader,” the song called “Friendly Father”says, according to BBC News. “Let’s brag about Kim Jong Un, our friendly father.” “Is this a single or where can I get the whole album,” one TikToker joked.Another said, “It’s so dystopian …

The increase in China’s defense spending is concerning given its economy is “failing”, the head of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters in Tokyo, Admiral John Aquilino said China’s economy had been battered by turmoil in its real estate sector and asserted that its official growth rates were “not real”. He also said China was spending …

North Korea’s missile test on Monday was in fact a drill to test nuclear force preparedness, according to local media. The incident raised alarms around the region after several short-range ballistic missiles were launched near Pyongyang and flew approximately 185 miles before falling in the waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan. The drill’s main purpose, however, was to “demonstrate …