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IOC’s provision of Samsung phones to North Korean athletes potentially violated UN sanctions

Providing North Korean athletes with Samsung Galaxy smartphones during the Paris 2024 Olympics could violate international sanctions on Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs, the...

North Korean defects over maritime border in Yellow Sea

A North Korean defector crossed the Northern Limit Line (NLL), the de facto maritime border in the Yellow Sea, South Korea's military said Thursday. According...

South Korea reveals Korean-Japanese repatriated under false promise of a ‘utopia’ in North Korea

On August 7, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Korea acknowledged that Korean-Japanese individuals were deceived by false propaganda, believing they could live...

Hyundai Motor to mass-produce ‘wearable robot’ exoskeleton in December

Hyundai Motor plans to begin mass-producing “wearable robots” this year. The Korean automaker said Wednesday that its domestic plants would begin the mass production of...

North Korea belatedly begins Olympic broadcasts after IOC agreement

North Korea began broadcasting the Paris 2024 Olympics ten days after the opening ceremony, having secured broadcast rights from the International Olympic Committee (IOC)...

North Korean officials and students punished for watching their own banned propaganda film ‘72 Hours’

North Korean authorities have reportedly punished several officials and students for secretly watching the abruptly canceled Korean War film “72 Hours.” According to Radio Free...

Kim Jong-un’s daughter Ju-ae reappears in public after over 80 days

Kim Ju-ae, the daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, made a rare public appearance for the first time in more than 80 days. This...

North Korea pirate broadcasts Olympic games in recorded and edited format

Nine days after the Paris 2024 Olympics’ opening ceremony, North Korea began airing partially recorded broadcasts, likely due to broadcasting rights issues. On July 6,...

Severe turbulence injures 14 on Korean Air flight to Mongolia

Fourteen people were injured on a Korean Air flight going to Mongolia’s capital city on Sunday after meeting turbulence so severe that the plane...

SK hynix secures $450M grants for $3.9B investment in Indiana

SK hynix will be given a subsidy of up to $450 million for its $3.9 billion chip-packaging facility in Indiana, the U.S. Department of...