North Korea conducted tests on new engines for intermediate-range ballistic missiles, according to state media.

North Korea tests new solid-fuel engines to enhance strategic offensive capabilities | WION

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In a coordinated effort to combat North Korean cyber activities, the United States, South Korea, and Japan have agreed to establish a high-level consultative group.

US, S Korea, Japan band together to launch consultative group to counter N Korea's cyber threats

North Korea said on Friday (Nov 3) that it was shutting down some of its embassies to rearrange its diplomatic capacity efficiently. Earlier, media reports said North Korea had been poised to close as many as a dozen embassies in Hong Kong, Spain and several other places in Africa.

North Korea shutting its embassies to 'rearrange diplomatic capacity efficiently'

North Korea on Saturday (October 28) criticised USA condemnation its expanding ties with Russia as politicised and distorted saying it was "steadfast will" of Pyongyang that was behind its decision to expand ties.

North Korea defends ties with Russia, says US criticism 'distorted'

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Department of Justice officials have revealed that thousands of information technology workers who are contracting with US companies have secretly sent millions of dollars of their wages to North Korea for years.

Thousands of North Korean IT workers in US sent money home for ballistic missile programme

Israeli soldiers have reportedly found North Korea-made artillery from Hamas militants, indicating Pyongyang’s involvement in the illegal supply of weapons to militant groups as a way to fund its nuclear weapons programme.

Hamas used North Korea-made weapons in its attack against Israel: Report

Russia's foreign minister has pledged his full support to North Korea on a visit to Pyongyang where he called the US Policy towards the nuclear-armed state as dangerous. South Korean authorities have claimed that Hamas militants and North Korea were connected in various fields including arms deals, military tactics and training.

North Korea denies its weapons used by Hamas

Russian FM Sergei Lavrov meets North Korea's Kim Jong Un

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who embarked on his two-day official visit to North Korea on Wednesday (Oct 18), said that Moscow "highly values" Pyongyang's support for its Ukraine campaign, as the cooperation between both countries deepens.

Russia says it 'highly values' North Korea's support against Ukraine as Lavrov arrives in Pyongyang

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov is set for a two-day visit to North Korea starting Wednesday according to North Korean State media KCNA and Russia's foreign Ministry. Lavrov's visit comes a month after North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un made a rare trip to Russia.

Russia Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to visit North Korea on a 2-day trip

President Joe Biden is deepening the web of US partnerships in a determined signal to adversaries despite question marks on the political come back home. South Korea, the US and Japan have established a trilateral communication Hotline in another sign of progress in their three-way security cooperation. The Allies are keeping a tap on North Korea's evolving military threats and China's increasing assertiveness.

North Korea's evolving military threats; China's increasing assertiveness | World News | WION

North Korea accused the United States of inciting regional tensions with its nuclear programme with "nuclear supremacy" and claimed that Pyongyang's nuclear capabilities are part of a self-defensive move to avert a nuclear war.

North Korea accuses US of inciting tension with 'nuclear supremacy'

Lavrov to visit North Korea: Concerns over diplomatic exchanges between Russia, North Korea

US already has security alliances with Japan and South Korea

Russian ships linked to military transport networks have collected cargo from North Korea and delivered it to an apparent Russian military port on multiple occasions over the past two months, The Washington Post said in a report on Monday (Oct 16) citing satellite images.

North Korea might be sending arms to Russia for Ukraine war: Report

North Korea on Friday (Oct 13) slammed the visit of the USS Ronald Reagan, an American aircraft carrier, to a South Korean port. Pyongyang denounced the move as a significant escalation of preparations by the United States for a potential nuclear conflict.

North Korea slams US aircraft carrier visit to South Korean port, calls it 'undisguised provocation'

Train traffic between North Korea and Russia has spiked dramatically following a recent summit between Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin, indicating a "likely" transfer of arms, according to a new report by Washington-based analysts Beyond Parallel.

After Kim-Putin meet, train traffic between North Korea and Russia spikes

Satellite images reportedly show a dramatic surge in rail traffic along the North Korea-Russia border.

Has North Korea begun sending arms to Russia?

In a move to defy the United States North Korea has adopted a constitutional amendment to bolster and expand its nuclear force.

Kim Jong-Un pledges to accelerate production of nuclear arsenal

North Korea has made nuclear weapons status part of its constitution, state media reported on Thursday (Sep 28) quoting Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un. At a meeting of the State People's Assembly that was held Tuesday and Wednesday, Kim said that North Korea's nuclear force-building policy has been made permanent as the basic law of the state, which no one is allowed to flout.

North Korea changes constitution and declares itself a nuclear state

North Korea has adopted a constitutional amendment to enshrine its policy on nuclear force. This development comes in the backdrop of North Korea accelerating its advancement of nuclear and missile arsenal.

North Korea adopts constitutional amendment, Kim Jong-Un calls for modernising nukes | World DNA

The US soldier Travis King who crossed the border from South Korea to North Korea in July has now been freed by Pyongyang. The National Security advisor Jake Sullivan said in a statement that the US officials have secured the return of King from North Korea.

US soldier Travis King released by North Korea with help of Sweden & China

US Army Private Travis King has returned to a US military facility in Texas following his expulsion from North Korea, reported CNN. After his daring crossing of the heavily fortified border two months ago, King arrived at Kelly Field on a US military flight on Thursday (Sept 28).

Travis King: US soldier expelled from North Korea returns to Texas

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