North Korea has secret military base that may pose threat to east Asia and US, new report says

The 'undeclared' Sinpung-dong missile operating base is just 27km from the border with China, report by US thinktank says…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/21/north-korea-secret-military-base

US woman jailed over North Korea remote-work scam

Chapman was participating in the North Korean government's scheme to deploy thousands of "highly skilled IT workers" by stealing identities to make it look like they were in the US or other countries. They have collected millions of dollars to boost the government's nuclear weapons development, according to the US justice department and court records…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/03/ninety-laptops-millions-of-dollars-us-woman-jailed-for-role-in-north-korea-remote-work-scam 

 

Defectors offer insight into mindset of North Korean soldiers fighting in Ukraine

"When North Korean workers, who have lived their entire lives trapped in a restrictive system, experience life abroad, they come to see North Korea as nothing short of a prison," Ahn said. "Once they realize what freedom could mean, it's hard to imagine they wouldn't consider breaking free to live a freer life." 

In addition to finding freedom, they could provide the U.S. and others with valuable intelligence regarding the North Korean military's strategies and capabilities, which are often exaggerated by the North Korean government…

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/north-korea-ukraine-soldiers-defectors-russia-rcna187547

 

Suicides, new tactics and propaganda iPads: details from captured North Koreans expose new foe in Ukraine

Discovery of two injured servicemen sent from Pyongyang and disguised as Russian fighters blows apart myth that Zelenskyy's fight is solely with Moscow…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/18/suicides-new-tactics-and-propaganda-ipads-details-from-captured-north-koreans-expose-new-foe-in-ukraine

 

North Korean escapee explains what life there is really like | Minutes With

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JoTQjCJws2A

 

Trump's biggest lie could spark WW3 on day one, w Stephen Fry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oetJLtMpZm4

Russia to deploy 10,000 North Korean troops against Ukraine within ‘weeks’, Pentagon says

Addition of North Korean soldiers will stoke regional tensions and further stretch Ukraine's weary army in the almost three-year war…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/29/russia-north-korean-troops-ukraine-war

Putin to Visit North Korea and Meet With Kim Jong-un - The New York Times

Seeking more weapons for the war in Ukraine, the Russian president plans to return to the country on Tuesday for the first time in nearly a quarter-century...

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/17/world/asia/russia-north-korea-putin-kim.html

The Vladimir Putin-Kim Jong-un summit: five things we learned

Meeting in Russia's Far East could mean worrying weapons developments in Ukraine and the North Korean leader's military ambitions..

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/15/vladimir-putin-kim-jong-un-summit-russia-north-korea-meeting-five-things

Trump Had Hidden $19.8 Million Loan From North Korea-Linked Company As President: Report | HuffPost Latest News

The debt would have sparked conflict of interest concerns over an American president's indebtedness to a foreign operation vulnerable to influence by North Korea's rogue government. Trump often gushed about his close relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un...

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-loan-north-korea-daewoo_n_638d77ede4b0214ec980b57c

John Bolton said he planned coups. The global outcry was swift. - The Washington Post

…Bolton has been supportive of coups in the past. 

 In a 2008 interview with Al Jazeera, he said coups can sometimes be "a necessary way to advance American interest" and defended the 1953 overthrow of the democratically elected leader of Iran, Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, orchestrated by the Central Intelligence Agency. 

 "I think the U.S. should have that capability," Bolton said, referring to Iran and North Korea as two areas that the United States should focus on toppling hostile regimes…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/07/13/john-bolton-coup-backlash/

North Korea Missile Launches: What's Going On? (Union of Concerned Scientists, Got Science? podcast #132)

Nuclear nonproliferation expert Dr. Jeffrey Lewis breaks down why North Korea appears to be ramping up its missile tests, and what this means for our geopolitics.

Interview: 

https://soundcloud.com/gotscience/ep-132-north-korea-missile-launches-whats-going-on

Got Science? · Ep. 132: North Korea Missile Launches: What's Going On?

Trump advisers hesitated to give military options and warned adversaries over fears he might start a war - CNNPolitics

Amid escalating tensions with both North Korea and Iran, President Donald Trump's advisers hesitated to give him military options fearing the President might accidentally take the US to war and deliberately informed their counterparts in both countries that they did not know what the President would do next, multiple former administration officials tell me. https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/06/politics/trump-advisers-fears-military-options/index.html

Trump Summits Gave North Korea de Facto Nuclear Status: Ban Ki-moon | TIME

Former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that Kim Jong Un played to President Donald Trump’s “ego and penchant for pageantry” during their three one-on-one high-profile summits in 2018 and 2019, and that the North Korean leader “seems to have succeeded in acquiring de facto nuclear state status.”
https://time.com/5851263/north-korea-de-facto-nuclear-state-ban-ki-moon/

False START (Pod Save the World podcast)

China tries to crush dissent in Hong Kong. Tommy and Ben discuss what the White House, Congress and the Biden campaign can do to stop them. Failed diplomacy with North Korea and why the US is walking away from bipartisan arms control agreements. Facebook leadership ignored evidence that the platform was polarizing users and driving them to extremism, the US bans travel from Brazil, scandal erupts in the UK, and Iran and Venezuela increase cooperation. Then Ben talks to Aidan Eyakuze, a Tanzanian activist, about the Tanzanian government's failure to take coronavirus seriously.
Interview:
https://www.spreaker.com/user/9513168/false-start

Madeleine Albright on America's Standing in the World | Pod Save the World Full Interview

In this full interview from Pod Save the World, Tommy Vietor and Ben Rhodes talk to former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright about her new book (Hell and Other Destinations), the secrecy of North Korea, America’s standing in the world today, Trump’s new immigration ban, nationalism, globalization, how a Secretary of State should be handling the coronavirus crisis, and the role we can all play in shaping America’s foreign policy.
Interview:
https://youtu.be/9ICWSm7fZgQ

North Korea nuclear talks: Official says Washington 'deceived' Pyongyang - CNN

A top adviser to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said that Pyongyang will not engage in the type of talks seen last year, when Kim met with US President Donald Trump in Hanoi, despite the rapport the two leaders have developed. ....
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/11/asia/north-korea-trump-letter-intl-hnk/index.html

Why North Korea’s state media has barely mentioned U.S. killing of Iran’s Soleimani - The Washington Post

The idea that key leaders might be executed is not something that nuclear-armed Kim Jong Un wants to contemplate.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/why-north-koreas-state-media-has-barely-mentioned-us-killing-of-irans-soleimani/2020/01/07/e53f7c28-30fb-11ea-971b-43bec3ff9860_story.html

Trump touts 'special relationship' with North Korea, which calls him 'heedless and erratic old man'

It's not a mutual admiration society between Donald Trump and one of his favorite autocrats, North Korea's Kim Jong Un. Trump has called Kim "a great leader" with whom he has a "very, very good relationship." Kim disagrees, having his government release a statement calling Trump a "heedless and erratic old man" on Monday, after Trump tweeted on Sunday that Kim is "too smart" to "void his special relationship" with Trump.....
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2019/12/9/1904455/-Trump-touts-special-relationship-with-North-Korea-NK-calls-him-heedless-and-erratic-old-man

North Korea launches two projectiles in Thanksgiving message to Trump -- The Washington Post

Pyongyang is turning increasingly belligerent as it signals frustration with the lack of concessions from Washington.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia-pacific/north-korea-launches-two-projectiles-in-thanksgiving-message-to-trump/2019/11/28/3cb203d4-11be-11ea-924c-b34d09bbc948_story.html