News - PRK
4 articles tagged PRK, newest first
2026-09-03
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│ North Korea ruling party revisions bolster │
│ Kim Jong Un's control, report says │
│ large - Reuters - wire/independent [PRK] │
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│ Workers' Party charter revisions strip │
│ references to peaceful unification and │
│ cement Kim Jong Un as sole leader with │
│ further centralized party control. │
│ Consolidation of this kind reduces │
│ near-term factional risk while removing │
│ every remaining institutional check, which │
│ raises long-horizon transition risk. The │
│ underlying charter text is a DPRK │
│ self-report refracted through independent │
│ analysis, so confidence stays very low. │
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│ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/ │
│ 2026-09-03/north-korea-ruling-party-revisio │
│ ns-bolster-kim-jong-uns-control-report-says │
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2026-08-11
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│ North Korea fires second ballistic missile │
│ in five days │
│ medium - Stars and Stripes - │
│ unknown/unknown [PRK,JPN] │
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│ Pyongyang resumed ballistic-missile testing │
│ after a four-month pause with SRBM launches │
│ Aug 7 and Aug 11 from Wonsan (the second │
│ reaching ~56mi altitude and ~430mi range, │
│ landing outside Japan's EEZ), preceded by │
│ Kim Yo Jong's Aug 5 warning over Japan's │
│ militarization and timed ahead of Ulchi │
│ Freedom Shield. Pattern resumption, │
│ wire-sourced; confidence up. │
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│ https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacif │
│ ic/2026-08-11/north-korea-ballistic-missile │
│ -launch-22523371.html │
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2026-07-20
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│ North Korea's Choe Son Hui travels to │
│ Moscow to meet Putin │
│ medium - NK News - unknown/independent │
│ [PRK,RUS] │
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│ FM Choe Son Hui met Putin in Moscow July 20 │
│ pledging continued support for Russia's │
│ Ukraine campaign (a Russian military jet │
│ landed in Pyongyang the same day), while H1 │
│ DPRK-China trade grew y/y. The China + │
│ Russia dual-track lifeline is intact and │
│ strengthening. Held North Korea sanctions │
│ at the -10 floor and conflict at -8. │
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│ https://www.nknews.org/ │
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2026-07-11
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│ North Korea fires salvo of around 10 │
│ ballistic missiles toward East Sea: JCS │
│ medium - NK News - unknown/independent │
│ [PRK,KOR,JPN] │
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│ North Korea fired ~10 ballistic missiles │
│ toward the East Sea July 11, its first │
│ ballistic test since January per South │
│ Korea's JCS, days after weapons tests for │
│ the new destroyer Kang Kon slated for │
│ September commissioning. North Korea │
│ conflict held at -8 with confidence up │
│ (pattern resumed, not broken). │
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│ https://www.nknews.org/2026/07/north-korea- │
│ fires-salvo-of-around-10-ballistic-missiles │
│ -toward-east-sea-jcs/ │
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