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North Korea unveils new ICBM at military parade, Kim opposes hegemony
Kyodo News, Published on 11/10/2025
» SEOUL — North Korea unveiled a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at a military parade held Friday night for its ruling party's 80th anniversary, with leader Kim Jong Un voicing opposition to hegemony, official media said.
Global premiere of Korean series 'Good Boy in Thailand
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 29/05/2025
» Prime Video will host a global premiere in Bangkok for the highly anticipated Korean series "Good Boy" on May 31, featuring lead cast members Park Bo-gum, Kim So-hyun and Lee Sang-yi.
Breaking the silence over North Korea
Oped, Published on 29/05/2025
» Speaking out to break the information barrier inside the North Korean dictatorship is in itself nothing new, and usually quickly forgotten. North Korean exiles, friendly governments, and humanitarian organisations periodically raise the oft-forsaken banner of human rights, only to be confronted by realpolitik through another round of North Korean missile launches or nuclear proliferation.
Light Shop crowned 2024's biggest K-series on Disney+ Hotstar
Life, Published on 31/12/2024
» Light Shop, the latest series from Moving creator Kangfull, has enjoyed record-breaking success since debuting earlier this month, becoming the biggest Korean original premiere on Disney+ globally in 2024, based on 12 days of views.
8,000 North Korean troops likely to fight Ukraine
Kyodo News, Published on 01/11/2024
» WASHINGTON - The United States foreign and defence secretaries said Thursday that North Korean soldiers in Russia are expected to enter combat against Ukrainian forces "in the coming days."
NK troops sent to the Ukraine: cannon fodder?
Oped, Published on 24/10/2024
» The rumours were true. The apparent dispatch of elite North Korean military units to fight alongside Russian troops in Ukraine appears at first surprising but actually is quite logical given the historic and comradely ties between Pyongyang and Moscow. After all, North Korea's isolated Kim Jong-un regime has forged increasingly close ties with Vladimir Putin's Russia and the cash-strapped North Koreans have shipped more than eight million 122mm and 152mm artillery shells to Russia during in the past year.
New movies out this week: Sept 5-11
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 05/09/2024
» New releases that hit cinemas in Thailand this week.
Xi, Putin score wins as more Asia leaders aim to join Brics
Bloomberg News, Published on 21/06/2024
» SINGAPORE - As Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese Premier Li Qiang wrapped up separate meetings in Southeast Asia this week, the two partners in the Brics economic bloc encountered a region keen to join a group seen as a hedge against Western-led institutions.
Putin and Kim sign partnership pact
Published on 19/06/2024
» Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have signed a comprehensive strategic partnership pact in Pyongyang, the Interfax news agency in Moscow reported on Wednesday.
Kim Jong Un tests rockets to strike Seoul, perhaps sell to Putin
Bloomberg News, Published on 26/04/2024
» SEOUL - North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un oversaw tests of a new North Korean rocket system that could bolster his ability to attack Seoul and it may become a weapon he attempts to sell to Russia for use in its assault on Ukraine.