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February 2024 - North Korea Special Weapons News
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- KCNA Commentary Censures U.S. Power Politics KCNA 29 Feb 2024 -- Shortly ago, US Secretary of State Blinken stated that "if you're not at the table in the international system, you're going to be on the menu" at the Munich Security Conference (MSC), causing international sensation.
- Exclusive: Kim Jong Un is now 'Great Comrade,' no longer 'Great Leader' Radio Free Asia 29 Feb 2024 -- North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong Un has received a new title, "Great Comrade," signaling that the leadership wants to emphasize his achievements over his predecessors, father Kim Jong Il and grandfather Kim Il Sung, residents told Radio Free Asia.
- Russia hails Pyongyang for supporting its war against Ukraine Radio Free Asia 29 Feb 2024 -- Russia has expressed its gratitude to North Korea again for supporting its aggression against Ukraine in a show of solidarity as fresh claims of arms trading between the two authoritarian regimes emerged.
- For China, North Korea Is 'Card to Play' in Competition With US, Experts Say VOA 29 Feb 2024 -- Beijing is unlikely to help Washington disrupt military cooperation between North Korea and Russia because China sees that move as undermining itself while bolstering U.S. goals in Europe and Asia, analysts said.
- U.S. Semiconductor Firms, Having Outsourced Production Overseas, Struggle To Trace Evasion RFE/RL 28 Feb 2024 -- U.S. semiconductor firms must strengthen oversight of their foreign partners and work more closely with the government and investigative groups, a group of experts told the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, saying the outsourcing of production overseas has made tracking chip sales more difficult, enabling sanctions evasion by Russia and other adversaries.
- North Korean Missiles Used by Russia Against Ukraine Are Products of Sanction Loopholes VOA 27 Feb 2024 -- The discovery of a North Korean missile in Ukraine that had more than 200 components from U.S. and European companies revealed loopholes that North Korea uses to evade sanctions, said analysts.
- Reckless Moves of U.S. and Ukraine under Fire KCNA 26 Feb 2024 -- Ro Ju Hyon, an international affairs analyst of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, issued the following article titled "The outdated sanctions racket and unexpected behavior will only invite ridicule":
- N Korea reduces Cuba coverage as its ally enhances ties with South Radio Free Asia 26 Feb 2024 -- North Korean state-run media outlets have minimized their coverage of Cuba after the longtime ally since the Cold War established diplomatic ties with South Korea on Feb. 14.
- Ground-breaking Ceremony for Third-stage 10 000 Flats Construction Project Held in Hwasong Area Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Attends Ground-breaking Ceremony KCNA 24 Feb 2024 -- A grandiose construction project has been launched once again, demonstrating the correct implementation of the construction of 50 000 flats in Pyongyang Municipality being powerfully accelerated by the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) as the most important task to turn Pyongyang, the capital city of the great DPRK, into an ideal city where the people's well-being and civilization of socialism are in full bloom and into the most beautiful city in the world where the might of a powerful country and its signal development are reflected.
- KCNA Commentary Dubs U.S. "Peaceful Effort" "Crocodile's Tears" KCNA 23 Feb 2024 -- The UN Security Council on Feb. 20 put a resolution reflecting the world public opinion to resolutely check Israel's massacre of Palestinians to a vote, but only the U.S. exercised the veto to make the vote finally end in a failure.
- North Korea assumes control of border industrial zone Radio Free Asia 23 Feb 2024 -- North Korea is using factories and equipment in the shuttered inter-Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex to develop a new industrial base in the city, independent of South Korea, government officials in the North told Radio Free Asia.
- U.S. Senior Official for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Pak's Video Conference with People's Republic of China (PRC) Special Representative on Korean Peninsula Affairs Liu US Dept. of State 23 Feb 2024 -- U.S. Senior Official for the DPRK Dr. Jung Pak held a videoconference on February 21 with PRC Special Representative on Korean Peninsula Affairs Liu Xiaoming to discuss the DPRK's increasingly destabilizing and escalatory behavior and its deepening military cooperation with Russia.
- N Korea attempts to hack Russian foreign ministry: report Radio Free Asia 22 Feb 2024 -- North Korea's cyber-espionage efforts have been directed at infiltrating the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, according to a German cybersecurity firm, which has discovered a malware sample concealed within a backdoored software installer for Moscow.
- Abduction Issue May Preclude Resumption of Japan-North Korea Talks VOA 22 Feb 2024 -- For a possible summit between Pyongyang and Tokyo to be successful, it would have to address the issues of abduction and North Korea's nuclear weapons and missile programs, said analysts.
- North Korea bans more than 100 patriotic songs that refer to reunification Radio Free Asia 21 Feb 2024 -- North Korea has banned more than 100 patriotic songs because they refer to reunification with the South - the latest step making it clear that unifying the divided peninsula is no longer a priority for Pyongyang, generating confusion among residents.
- Seoul's Ties With Havana Seen as Setback for Pyongyang VOA 20 Feb 2024 -- Seoul's newly forged diplomatic ties with Havana are a diplomatic setback for North Korea, which views Cuba as a brother country, according to analysts.
- N Korean leader receives a luxurious car gift from Putin: state media Radio Free Asia 20 Feb 2024 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has presented North Korean leader Kim Jong Un with a Russian-made passenger car, according to the North Korean media, the latest sign of the enhanced ties between the two nations.
- Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Receives Gift from Russian President KCNA 20 Feb 2024 -- Kim Jong Un , president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), was presented with a car made in Russia for his personal use by Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, president of the Russian Federation.
- Head of WPK Delegation Meets Russian Party Leader KCNA 18 Feb 2024 -- Kim Su Gil, alternate member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and chief secretary of the Pyongyang Municipal Committee of the WPK who is heading the WPK delegation on a visit to Russia, Friday met with Dmitri Anatoliyevich Medvedev, president of the United Russia Party.
- DPRK: Ten Years After the UN Commission of Inquiry Final Report US Dept. of State 17 Feb 2024 -- Today marks the 10th anniversary of the release of the final report of the UN Commission of Inquiry on the human rights situation in the DPRK.
- North Korea Teases Potential Thaw in Japan Relations VOA 16 Feb 2024 -- At the beginning of the year, as western Japan reeled from an earthquake that killed more than 200 people and damaged tens of thousands of homes, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida a message of "sympathy and condolences."
- Kim Jong Un's Sister Talks of 'New Future' Between North Korea and Japan VOA 15 Feb 2024 -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister, Kim Yo Jong, expressed an optimistic perspective on future relations between North Korea and Japan, even implying that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida would one day visit Pyongyang, according to the state-run Korean Central News Agency.
- Press Statement of Vice Department Director of C.C., WPK Kim Yo Jong KCNA 15 Feb 2024 -- Kim Yo Jong, vice department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, issued the following press statement on February 15:
- Pyongyang 'open to enhancing ties with Japan': N Korean leader's sister Radio Free Asia 15 Feb 2024 -- The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Thursday said the hermit state is open to enhancing its ties with Japan, even suggesting the possibility of inviting the Japanese Prime Minister to Pyongyang.
- North Korea Test-Fired New-Type Surface-to-Sea Missile Padasuri-6 - State Media Sputnik 15 Feb 2024 -- North Korea on Wednesday test-fired the new-type surface-to-sea missile Padasuri-6, which will be equipped by the country's navy, North Korean state-run news agency KCNA reported.
- US Sees No 'Imminent' War by North Korea Despite Dangerous Activities VOA 15 Feb 2024 -- The United States does not see signs of an "imminent" war by North Korea despite "incredibly dangerous" activities in recent months and its refusal to engage in diplomatic talks with the U.S., a top U.S. official told reporters Thursday.
- N Korea peddles illicit gambling sites to South's criminal ring Radio Free Asia 15 Feb 2024 -- A North Korean information technology group has created illegal online gambling websites and sold them to a South Korean cybercrime ring, the South's National Intelligence Service revealed.
- Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Supervises Test-fire of Surface-to-sea Missile Padasuri-6 KCNA 15 Feb 2024 -- Kim Jong Un , general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, supervised the evaluation test-fire of new-type surface-to-sea missile Padasuri-6 to be equipped by the navy on the morning of February 14.
- Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Inspects Major Munitions Factory KCNA 15 Feb 2024 -- Kim Jong Un , general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, gave field guidance to a major munitions factory.
- North Korea Launches Several Cruise Missiles From East Coast - Reports Sputnik 14 Feb 2024 -- North Korea fired several cruise missiles off its east coast toward the Sea of Japan early on Wednesday, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported, citing the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).
- China's Economic Woes May Give US Chance to Pressure North Korea, Some Experts Say VOA 14 Feb 2024 -- Some Asia experts are calling for tough new economic sanctions on China, arguing that the nation's economic downturn makes it particularly vulnerable to pressure to crack down on North Korea's ability to make and launder money for its nuclear weapons and missile programs.
- North Korea fires cruise missiles off its east coast Radio Free Asia 13 Feb 2024 -- North Korea fired several cruise missiles into the sea Wednesday, Yonhap News reported, citing the South Korean military. It's the fifth cruise missile launch this year, as Pyongyang ratchets up the military pressure on Seoul in response to January's military exercises between South Korea, the United States and Japan .
- Even With Trump, Kim Jong Un May Spurn Talks, Analysts Warn VOA 13 Feb 2024 -- Six months after the collapse of their 2019 summit in Hanoi, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a letter to then U.S. President Donald Trump conveying a sense of personal betrayal.
- DPRK Premier Inspects Various Sectors KCNA 13 Feb 2024 -- Premier Kim Tok Hun, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and vice-president of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK, inspected various sectors of South and North Hwanghae provinces.
- Controllable Shells for Multiple Rocket Launcher Newly Developed in DPRK KCNA 12 Feb 2024 -- The Academy of Defence Science of the DPRK succeeded in developing new controllable shell and ballistic control system for multiple rocket launcher.
- Enlarged Plenary Meeting of Cabinet Committee of WPK Held KCNA 10 Feb 2024 -- An enlarged plenary meeting of the Cabinet Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) took place on Friday to thoroughly implement the Regional Development 20×10 Policy of the Party.
- N Korean leader shuns talks with South, threatens 'annihilation' Radio Free Asia 09 Feb 2024 -- The North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said this week that cutting ties with Seoul allows North Korea to "strike and destroy the South," according to Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency.
- These false eyelashes are 'Made in China,' wink wink Radio Free Asia 09 Feb 2024 -- They stick on the eyelids and provide more volume than mascara ever could. False eyelashes are big business. But consumers who buy them may be indirectly funding North Korea's missile program.
- Speech Made by Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un on Congratulatory Visit to Ministry of National Defence KCNA 09 Feb 2024 -- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un paid a congratulatory visit to the DPRK Ministry of National Defence on the occasion of the 76th founding anniversary of the Korean People's Army (KPA) and made a significant speech to congratulate the officers and men of the heroic KPA.
- Banquet Given to Celebrate 76th Founding Anniversary of KPA KCNA 09 Feb 2024 -- A banquet was given on February 8 on the occasion of the 76th founding anniversary of the heroic Korean People's Army (KPA).
- Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Pays Congratulatory Visit to Ministry of National Defence on Day of Army Founding KCNA 09 Feb 2024 -- The DPRK significantly celebrates the founding anniversary of the heroic Korean People's Army (KPA) which has glorified its noble name as the staunch defender of the cause of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and genuine people's army for over 70 years, defending the lifeline of Juche revolution which won victory after victory under the leadership of the great Party and firmly supporting the invincibility and mightiness of our state.
- KPA Founding Anniversary Marked KCNA 09 Feb 2024 -- Leading newspapers of the DPRK on Thursday dedicate editorials to the 76th founding anniversary of the Korean People's Army (KPA).
- South Korea releases top secret survey of North Korean escapees Radio Free Asia 08 Feb 2024 -- An exhaustive, 10-year survey of 6,351 North Korean escapees about their former lives in the isolated country paints a bleak picture: Food and energy are both scarcer, and government surveillance and crackdowns are stricter.
- North Korea ends all economic cooperation with South: state media Radio Free Asia 08 Feb 2024 -- Seoul is not considering reciprocal actions towards North Korea's recent decision to annul all economic agreements with South Korea, as no swift impact on inter-Korean relations is expected, government sources in the South said.
- 30th Plenary Meeting of 14th SPA Standing Committee of DPRK Held KCNA 08 Feb 2024 -- The 30th Plenary Meeting of the 14th Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) of the DPRK took place at the Mansudae Assembly Hall on Feb. 7.
- DPRK Foreign Ministry Researcher on Porous "Missile Information-sharing System" KCNA 08 Feb 2024 -- Kim Sol Hwa, a researcher of the Institute for Japan Studies under the DPRK Foreign Ministry, issued the following article "A porous umbrella called 'missile information-sharing system' will never prevent the hail of fire from pouring down":
- Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Gives Field Guidance to Regional Industrial Factories in Kimhwa County KCNA 08 Feb 2024 -- Kim Jong Un , general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, gave field guidance to the regional industrial factories in Kimhwa County on February 7.
- Future Generation of DPRK Grows up Healthily Thanks to WPK's Loving Care: Rodong Sinmun KCNA 07 Feb 2024 -- The bright faces of children growing up with nothing to envy in the world under the special loving care of the Workers' Party of Korea serve as the inexhaustible strength giving vitality to the socialist country and the driving force of the advance promising the brighter future, says Rodong Sinmun Wednesday in an article.
- UN should update North Korea rights report: experts Radio Free Asia 07 Feb 2024 -- The United Nations should update its landmark 2014 report about human rights abuses taking place in North Korea to account for the reign of Kim Jong Un, according to a panel of experts speaking on the 10-year anniversary of the report's release on Wednesday.
- Defence continues to support United Nations sanctions against North Korea Australia DOD 07 Feb 2024 -- Defence has deployed one Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft as part of Operation Argos to enforce United Nations Security Council (UNSC) sanctions against the rogue nuclear state.
- US-North Korea Arms Control Talks or Denuclearization? Analysts Are Divided VOA 06 Feb 2024 -- As Pyongyang continues to enhance its nuclear and missile programs while refusing to engage with Washington, analysts are divided on whether the U.S. should continue pursuing denuclearization or consider possible arms control options.
- China always supports DPRK, ROK in improving ties: FM spokesperson People's Daily 06 Feb 2024 -- China always supports the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the Republic of Korea (ROK) in improving their relations and called on relevant parties to jointly safeguard peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said here Monday.
- Puppet ROK Is at Stake: KCNA Commentary KCNA 05 Feb 2024 -- The military gangsters of the puppet Republic of Korea (ROK) are running amok more franticly in warlike acts.
- China reaffirms support for inter-Korean ties amid peninsula tensions Radio Free Asia 05 Feb 2024 -- China has reaffirmed its stance that it would consistently support the improvement of inter-Korean relations amid rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
- North Korea raps Japan plan to buy US cruise missiles IRNA 04 Feb 2024 -- North Korea has criticized Tokyo for its intentions to purchase Tomahawk cruise missiles from the United States, describing Japan the worst threatening country in the region.
- Japan's Deployment of Long-range Missiles Is Suicidal Act: DPRK Foreign Ministry Researcher KCNA 03 Feb 2024 -- Kim Sol Hwa, a researcher of the Institute for Japan Studies under the DPRK Foreign Ministry, issued the following article "A suicidal act of jumping into fire with brushwood":
- MA Spokesman on Cruise Missile Super-large Warhead Power Test and New-type Anti-aircraft Missile Test-fire KCNA 03 Feb 2024 -- The DPRK Missile Administration (MA) conducted a cruise missile super-large warhead power test and a new-type anti-aircraft missile test-fire in the West Sea of Korea on February 2.
- Report: North Korea conducts test of multiple 'strategic' missiles Press TV 02 Feb 2024 -- North Korea has fired multiple "strategic" cruise missiles, possibly nuclear-type, into the sea off the country's west coast, the fourth time in just over a week Pyongyang has launched such missiles.
- Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Gives Field Guidance to Nampho Dockyard KCNA 02 Feb 2024 -- Kim Jong Un , general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, gave field guidance to the Nampho Dockyard.
- Analysts: Russia-North Korea Military Ties Pose Dilemma for China VOA 01 Feb 2024 -- China, dismayed by North Korea's deepening military cooperation with Russia, could try to keep that relationship from disrupting regional stability for its own benefit rather than Washington's, according to analysts.
- 'Russia does not violate int'l obligations with Iran, North Korea ties' IRNA 01 Feb 2024 -- Russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has hailed her country's growing ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran and North Korea, saying these don't violate Moscow's international obligations.
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