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Kim Yo Jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, warned of "gruesome" consequences for South Korean defectors who send balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang leaflets and other items across the border.

North Korean leader’s sister warns of ‘gruesome’ price for leaflets, balloons from South

- Advertisement - In response to North Korea’s recent release of trash-filled balloons, South Korea has resumed its loudspeaker broadcasts along the border. Reports indicate that residents in the border areas of North Korea’s Kangwon Province are secretly pleased with this development. On July 24, a South Korean...

Border residents in North Korea secretly welcome South Korea’s loudspeaker broadcasts

Reuters

(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected on Sunday flooded areas near the country's border with China after 5,000 people were affected, state media KCNA said on Monday.

North Korea's Kim Jong Un inspects flooded areas near China border, KCNA says

SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un received Russian vice minister of defence Aleksey Krivoruchko and discussed the importance of the two countries' militaries to unite more firmly to defend world peace and justice, KCNA news agency said on Friday.

North Korea leader Kim discusses military cooperation with Russian official, KCNA says

Business Insider

According to South Korean news outlets, around 30 middle schoolers were publicly shot last week in North Korea for watching South Korean shows.

North Korea executed 30 teenagers for watching South Korean dramas: reports

War History Online

Still held captive, the USS Pueblo (AGER-2) sits moored in Pyongyang, North Korea. It was captured by the country's military in January 1968.

One American Warship Has Been Held Hostage By North Korea Since the Vietnam War

North Korean soldiers have reportedly departed for Russia following reports that the Asian nation will deploy troops in Ukraine to aid Moscow’s forces. An elite military training delegation led by the head of a prestigious military academy in Pyongyang left earlier this week for a “visit” to Russia, according to a report by Reuters.

N. Korean Soldiers Depart for Russia Amid Ukraine War: Report

The Independent

The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called South Korea’s front-line live-fire drills “suicidal hysteria” as she threatened unspecified military steps.The warning by Kim Yo Jong came after South Korea performed firing exercises in its tense land and sea borders with North Korea in the past two weeks. The exercises were the first of their kind since South Korea suspended a 2018 agreement with the North aimed easing front-line military tensions in June.“The question is why the enemy kicked off such war drills near the border, suicidal hysteria, for which they will have to sustain terrible disaster,”...

Powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim hits out at South Korea’s ‘suicidal hysteria’

New York City, NY

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Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

A report said North Korea may send troops to aid Russia in Ukraine. If true, it would be due to their numbers not effectiveness, experts told BI.

North Korean troops could be sent to Ukraine due to their sheer numbers, not their effectiveness, experts say

This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. Rare video footage obtained by Radio Free Asia shows North Korean residents digging up a stream and panning for gold. Kim Il-hyuk, who recently fled North Korea and resettled in South Korea, shot the footage in...

Rare video footage from North Korea shows people panning for gold

Chicago, IL

Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

Savannah, GA

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Daily Coffee Press

Newly returned indictments in the Southern District of Georgia include felony charges for illegal firearms possession and drug distribution, while additional defendants have been sentenced to federal prison or await further proceedings after pleading guilty to federal gun charges.

Federal Charges in Southern GA: Indictments and Sentences for Firearms and Drug Offenses

South Carolina State

Explore Beaufort SC

The mantis shrimp is one tough customer. Beautiful and deadly are two words you don’t typically use to describe shrimp, but the mantis shrimp is definitely in a class of its own; earning a reputation as the ‘savage boxer of the sea’ and one of the most fearsome creatures in the ocean. And, they're right at home here in South Carolina.

Savage Boxer of the Sea: The Deadly Beauty of Mantis Shrimp

Yazoo County, MS

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Mississippi News Group

YAZOO COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) - A shocking incident has led to the arrest of two individuals on charges of statutory rape, as reported by the Yazoo County Sheriff's Department. According to Sheriff Jeremy McCoy, the incident unfolded following a call received by Yazoo County deputies on July 5 at approximately 6:20 a.m. The call indicated that a 13-year-old girl was in a vehicle with a 20-year-old man. Deputies promptly responded to the scene and encountered both individuals along with the girl's parents.

Former Deputy of Yazoo County Charged with Rape of a 13-year-old

Virginia State

Ronkonkoma, NY

The New York Post reveals that two men who died in a plane crash at MacArthur Airport were from Virginia. The men had been visiting friends in Long Island and were returning home when the tragedy occurred.

Life partners from Virginia have been identified as the victims of a New York plane crash

Alameda, CA

Alameda Post

The unthinkable has happened. Again. A gunman has taken multiple lives. The difference this time? It happened here, in Alameda. We are an island, both physically and psychologically. I spend a lot of time explaining to people that our focus is Alameda, and Alameda alone, so our coverage doesn’t usually include stories as horrific as this one.

It Happened Again. Here.

New York Post

The mystery of what actually goes on behind the illusive North Korean border has fascinated the globe ever since it detached and went rogue in the 1950s.

Sometimes, stories of life on the ground seep through the cracks of Kim Jong-un’s authoritarian information wall. We have heard gut-churning tales of starvation, secret prisons and the draconian social law that has silenced potential dissidents for over 70 years.

Travel to the North has become an increasingly intimidating prospect in the years following the tragic Otto Warmbier incident, where the US student was presumably poisoned after allegedly ripping a propaganda poster off a wall.



That small crime...

Visitor who angered North Korean officials reveals the things NOT to do in the hermit kingdom

SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has regained weight and is suffering from obesity-related health problems including high blood pressure and diabetes, and his officials are looking for new medicines abroad to treat them, South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers on Monday. The 40-year-old Kim,...

North Korean officials looking for medicines for Kim's obesity-related health problems, Seoul says

NBC News

Russian and Chinese nuclear-capable strategic bombers patrolled near the U.S. state of Alaska in the North Pacific and Arctic on Thursday, the two countries said, a move that prompted the United States and Canada to scramble fighter jets. Russian Tu-95MS “Bear” strategic bombers and Chinese Xi’an H-6 strategic bombers took...

Russian and Chinese nuclear-capable bombers patrol near U.S.

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5,000 rescued from flooding in North Korea, state media says

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — More than 5,000 people isolated by flooding in northwestern North Korea were rescued by airlift and other evacuation work after heavy...

5,000 rescued from flooding in North Korea, state media says

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