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Austin, South Korean Defense Chief Issue Stark Warning After Fresh North Korean Missile Barrage

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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his South Korean counterpart vowed Thursday that any nuclear attack from North Korea against the United States or South Korea would mean the end of the Kim Jong-un regime. The statement came hours after Pyongyang launched a fresh missile barrage that included a test of an intercontinental ballistic missile that has sent tensions soaring across the region.

Minister of National Defense Lee Jong-sup was in Washington on Thursday for previously scheduled high-level talks. Topping the agenda was the record number of launches by Pyongyang this week, including nearly two dozen missiles on Wednesday alone, the most in a single day. The North has said its latest display — which some see as a prelude to a nuclear weapons test — is in protest of U.S.-South Korean military exercises that it considers a threat to its security.

Pak Jong-chon, secretary of the Central Committee of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party, said in a statement that it was Washington and Seoul that were “shoving” the situation out of control with the decision to extend substantial military drills that kicked off Monday.

“The United States and South Korea will find that they have made a terrible mistake that cannot be reversed,” Mr. Pak said.

The joint U.S.-South Korean statement is “a strong warning” to North Korea, Mr. Lee told reporters during a joint press conference at the Pentagon. The two allies announced that the training exercises would not only continue but be extended beyond their scheduled closing date. (Read more from “Austin, South Korean Defense Chief Issue Stark Warning After Fresh North Korean Missile Barrage” HERE)

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China, Russia ‘Enabling North Korea’ and Kim’s Missile Tests: U.S. Envoy

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The top American envoy to the United Nations accused China and Russia of “enabling North Korea,” after Kim Jung Un oversaw his sixth missile test in 12 days without political reprisal on Wednesday.

“As the Security Council wrapped up a meeting on North Korea’s dangerous ballistic missile launches, we learned that Pyongyang launched two more missiles,” Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., said in a tweet.

“Make no mistake: the two Council members that are blocking us from taking action are enabling North Korea,” she said, referring to the Chinese and Russian delegations, which have vetoed efforts to toughen U.N. sanctions on the regime.

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North Korea Takes Action After VP Harris Makes MAJOR Gaffe During Overseas Trip

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North Korea fired its fourth ballistic missile in one week, following Vice President Kamala Harris making a mistake during her prepared remarks at the Korean Peninsula’s Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)

The missile was fired into the East Sea on Saturday, South Korea’s military told Yonhap. . .

The provocation comes after Harris said on Thursday that the United States has a “strong alliance” with “the Republic of North Korea.”

Harris intended to refer to the Republic of Korea, which is South Korea’s official name.

“I cannot state enough that the commitment of the United States to the defense of the Republic of Korea is iron-clad, and that we will do everything in our power to ensure that it has meaning in every way that the words suggest,” Harris said when visiting the DMZ. (Read more from “North Korea Takes Action After VP Harris Makes MAJOR Gaffe During Overseas Trip” HERE)

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North Korea Bans Tight Jeans, Dyed Hair, Other Trends With ‘Capitalist Flair’: Report

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Kim Jong Un’s regime is ramping up its crackdown on “decadent” Western fashion trends in North Korea, including dyed hair, tight jeans and piercings, according to a report.

Radio Free Asia says North Korea’s Socialist Patriot Youth League is now directing its repressive efforts at women in their 20s and 30s who wear long hair down to their waist, dye their locks brown, or don clothing emblazoned with large foreign letters.

An unnamed resident of the city of Hamhung told the US government-sponsored nonprofit news outlet that North Korea’s regime is also going after women who wear curve-hugging pants.

Those who are spotted wearing styles showing “capitalist flair” outdoors are forced to wait on the side of the road until a youth patrol is finished searching the area for other violators.

All the offenders are then taken to the Youth League’s office, where they must confess their crimes in writing, according to the report. They can only be released to their homes if someone brings them more appropriate clothing. (Read more from “North Korea Bans Tight Jeans, Dyed Hair, Other Trends With ‘Capitalist Flair’: Report” HERE)

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Kim Jong-Un’s Sister Threatens to Nuke South Korea

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Kim Yo-jong, the powerful and influential sister of communist North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, threatened to use nuclear weapons against South Korea on Tuesday after South Korean Defense Minister Suh Wook discussed his military’s ability to “accurately and swiftly” strike targets in the North.

Suh made his comments on Friday while attending a ceremony at the South Korean Army Missile Strategic Command base in Wonju.

“Currently, our military possesses large numbers and various types of missiles that have greatly improved in terms of ranges, accuracy and power, and it has capabilities to accurately and swiftly strike any targets in North Korea,” Suh told his troops.

Suh said South Korea has the ability to strike the “origin of any attack and its command and support facilities,” a comment widely interpreted as a warning to North Korea, which conducted a provocative missile test in late March. (Read more from “Kim Jong-Un’s Sister Threatens to Nuke South Korea” HERE)

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North Korea Puts US in Nuclear Crosshairs While Biden Has to Focus on Ukraine

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North Korea broke its self-imposed moratorium on long-range missile tests in spectacular fashion Thursday, successfully testing a monster intercontinental ballistic missile, believed to be the world’s largest mobile system capable of delivering multiple nuclear warheads. It was the first test of a long-range ICBM since 2017, when North Korea paused tests while pursuing a deal with former President Donald Trump.

According to North Korea’s state-run Korean Central News Agency, the new “super-large” Hwasong-17, first displayed at a military parade in 2017, was launched on what was basically a straight up and down trajectory, reaching a height of 6,248 kilometers (3,880 miles) before landing 1,090 kilometers (680 miles) in waters between North Korea and Japan.

Experts say, fired at a standard trajectory, the missile would be capable of traveling 15,000 kilometers (9,320 miles), which puts the entire U.S. mainland, including the capital Washington, D.C., in range.

“The new strategic weapon of the DPRK will clearly show the might of our strategic force to the whole world once again,” said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who personally gave the launch order, according to KCNA. “The success in the development of the new-type intercontinental ballistic missile,” Kim said, “is a great demonstration of the might of our self-reliant defense industry which has increased and developed with our driving force.” . . .

The surprise test prompted an immediate denunciation from Washington and a flurry of urgent phone calls from U.S. officials to their South Korea and Japanese counterparts. (Read more from “North Korea Puts US in Nuclear Crosshairs While Biden Has to Focus on Ukraine” HERE)

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Report: North Korea Executed 7 People for Watching, Selling K-Pop Videos

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North Korea has reportedly executed at least seven people in the past decade for watching or selling K-pop videos.

The disturbing revelation was documented in a new report from a South Korean-based human rights group that was reviewed by Fox News.

Titled “Mapping Killings Under Kim Jong-Un,” the lengthy report by the Transitional Justice Working Group uncovered at least seven executions in the Hermit Kingdom dating back to 2012 connected to the indulgence of K-pop.

The executions were reportedly sometimes done in public as a warning sign to others – and relatives of those put to death were often forced to witness the deadly punishments.

The alleged executions under Kim’s reign were mapped out with the help of 638 defectors who cooperated with the report’s authors. (Read more from “Report: North Korea Executed 7 People for Watching, Selling K-Pop Videos” HERE)

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Report: North Korea to Face Food Shortage Through 2025

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North Korea’s totalitarian government has told its people to tighten their belts — literally — for at least another three-plus years before Pyongyang plans on reopening the country’s land border with China, Radio Free Asia reported this week.

“Two weeks ago, they told the neighborhood watch unit meeting that our food emergency would continue until 2025,” a resident of the city of Sinuiju, near the China border, was quoted as telling the outlet. “Authorities emphasized that the possibility of reopening customs between North Korea and China before 2025 was very slim.”

North Korean authorities closed the border with China, its largest trading partner, in January of last year in a bid to stop the spread of COVID-19. The move exacerbated inflation and food shortages caused in recent years by ongoing US-led sanctions as well as typhoon-induced flooding.

“Some of the residents are saying that the situation right now is so serious they don’t know if they can even survive the coming winter,” the Sinuiju resident went on. “They say that telling us to endure hardship until 2025 is the same as telling us to starve to death.” (Read more from “Report: North Korea to Face Food Shortage Through 2025” HERE)

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North Korea Says It Launched Ballistic Missile From Submarine, U.N. Security Council To Hold Emergency Meeting (VIDEO)

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The U.N. Security Council has reportedly called for an emergency meeting to take place after North Korea says that it successfully launched a ballistic missile from a submarine.

“North Korea test-fired a new, smaller ballistic missile from a submarine, state media confirmed on Wednesday, a move that analysts said could be aimed at more quickly fielding an operational missile submarine,” Reuters reported. “The statement from state media came a day after South Korea’s military reported that it believed North Korea had fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) off its east coast, the latest in a string of North Korean missile tests.”

CBS Evening News host Norah O’Donnell reported that the U.N. Security Council had called for an emergency meeting over the incident.

“The U.N. Security Council has just announced that it will hold an emergency meeting after North Korea launched a new ballistic missile,” O’Donnell said. “These are the first pictures of what the North Koreans say is a missile being launched from a submarine, which would be a major advance for the country’s military.”

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North Korea Defector Says ‘Even North Korea Is Not This Nuts’ After Attending Ivy League University (VIDEO)

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As American educational institutions continue to be called into question, a North Korean defector fears the United States’ future “is as bleak as North Korea” after she attended one of the country’s most prestigious universities. . .

One of several hundred North Korean defectors settled in the United States, Park, 27, transferred to Columbia University from a South Korean university in 2016 and was deeply disturbed by what she found.

“I expected that I was paying this fortune, all this time and energy, to learn how to think. But they are forcing you to think the way they want you to think,” Park said in an interview with Fox News. “I realized, wow, this is insane. I thought America was different but I saw so many similarities to what I saw in North Korea that I started worrying.” . . .

“English is my third language. I learned it as an adult. I sometimes still say ‘he’ or ‘she’ by mistake and now they are going to ask me to call them ‘they’? How the heck do I incorporate that into my sentences?” . . .

“Even North Korea is not this nuts,” she admitted. “North Korea was pretty crazy, but not this crazy.”

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