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Lao foreign minister in N. Korea

Lao foreign minister in N. Korea

Lao Foreign Minister Thongsavanh Phomvihane (front, L) arrives in Pyongyang on Nov. 11, 2025, for a five-day trip at the invitation of the North Korean Foreign Ministry.

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CALCIO - FIFA Mondiali - U17 Women - Final - North Korea vs netherlands

CALCIO - FIFA Mondiali - U17 Women - Final - North Korea vs netherlands

#2 Van der Linden N. (Defender) of Netherlands U-17 is in action during the FIFA U17 Women's World Cup Morocco 2025, 1st - 2nd place match between Korea DOR and Netherlands in Rabat, Morocco, on November 8, 2025, at the Olympic Stadium

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CALCIO - FIFA Mondiali - U17 Women - Final - North Korea vs netherlands

CALCIO - FIFA Mondiali - U17 Women - Final - North Korea vs netherlands

#2 Van der Linden N. (Defender) of Netherlands U-17 is in action during the FIFA U17 Women's World Cup Morocco 2025, 1st - 2nd place match between Korea DOR and Netherlands in Rabat, Morocco, on November 8, 2025, at the Olympic Stadium

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N. Korea's 80th anniversary of ruling party's founding

N. Korea's 80th anniversary of ruling party's founding

People perform during an event marking the 80th anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea at Rungrado May Day Stadium in Pyongyang on Oct. 9, 2025.

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N. Korea's 80th anniversary of ruling party's founding

N. Korea's 80th anniversary of ruling party's founding

People perform during an event marking the 80th anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea at Rungrado May Day Stadium in Pyongyang on Oct. 9, 2025.

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N. Korea's 78th anniversary of ruling party's founding

N. Korea's 78th anniversary of ruling party's founding

Spectators wave North Korean national flags at Rungrado May Day Stadium in Pyongyang as they watch mass games during an event marking the 80th anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea on Oct. 9, 2025.

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Letter of loyalty to N. Korean leader

Letter of loyalty to N. Korean leader

People march in formation in Pyongyang on Oct. 7, 2025, as they carry a letter of loyalty to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for a ceremony being held later in the day ahead of the 80th anniversary on Oct. 10 of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea.

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Letter of loyalty to N. Korean leader

Letter of loyalty to N. Korean leader

People march in formation in Pyongyang on Oct. 7, 2025, as they carry a letter of loyalty to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for a ceremony being held later in the day ahead of the 80th anniversary on Oct. 10 of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea.

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Letter of loyalty to N. Korean leader

Letter of loyalty to N. Korean leader

People march in formation in Pyongyang on Oct. 7, 2025, carrying a letter of loyalty to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for a ceremony being held later in the day ahead of the 80th anniversary on Oct. 10 of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea.

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[Breaking News]N. Korean foreign minister off to China

PYONGYANG, North Korea, Sept. 28 Kyodo - North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui arrives at Pyongyang International Airport in Pyongyang on Sept. 27, 2025, for a four-day trip to China. (Kyodo)

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Bridge connecting China and N. Korea

Bridge connecting China and N. Korea

A truck crosses the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge, linking China and North Korea, from Dandong on the Chinese side of the Yalu River on Oct. 6, 2025.

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77th anniversary of N. Korea's founding

77th anniversary of N. Korea's founding

People bow at a mural depicting North Korea's former leaders -- founder Kim Il Sung and his son Kim Jong Il -- in Pyongyang on Sept. 9, 2025, the 77th anniversary of the country's founding.

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77th anniversary of N. Korea's founding

77th anniversary of N. Korea's founding

People bow at a mural depicting North Korea's former leaders -- founder Kim Il Sung and his son Kim Jong Il -- in Pyongyang on Sept. 9, 2025, the 77th anniversary of the country's founding.

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77th anniversary of N. Korea's founding

77th anniversary of N. Korea's founding

People watch fireworks in Pyongyang on Sept. 8, 2025, the eve of the 77th anniversary of North Korea's founding.

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77th anniversary of N. Korea's founding

77th anniversary of N. Korea's founding

Two women walk past a signboard erected to celebrate the 77th anniversary of North Korea's founding on Sept. 9, 2025, in Pyongyang.

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77th anniversary of N. Korea's founding

77th anniversary of N. Korea's founding

People watch fireworks in Pyongyang on Sept. 8, 2025, the eve of the 77th anniversary of North Korea's founding.

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US: Large Waves Hit East Coast as Hurricane Erin Moves North in Atlantic 7

Large parts of the US East Coast are being battered by heavy waves as Hurricane Erin moves offshore, triggering rip currents and coastal flooding.

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Russian delegation to N. Korea

Russian delegation to N. Korea

Members of a Russian delegation are pictured in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang on Aug. 14, 2025. The delegation, including State Duma chair Vyacheslav Volodin, is expected to attend a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the Korean Peninsula's liberation from Japanese colonial rule.

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Junior high school student meeting on abductions by N. Korea

Junior high school student meeting on abductions by N. Korea

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks to over 60 junior high school students from across Japan during a government-sponsored meeting in Tokyo on Aug. 8, 2025, to enhance public awareness, especially among young people, of North Korea's abduction of Japanese in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Junior high school student meeting on abductions by N. Korea

Junior high school student meeting on abductions by N. Korea

Takuya Yokota, head of a group representing the families of Japanese abducted by North Korea, speaks to over 60 junior high school students from across Japan during a government-sponsored meeting in Tokyo on Aug. 8, 2025, to enhance public awareness, especially among young people, of the abduction issue. His sister Megumi was abducted at age 13 in 1977.

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New beachside resort in N. Korea

New beachside resort in N. Korea

People play in a pool at a water park in the Wonsan-Kalma coastal tourist zone in Kangwon Province, on the eastern coast of North Korea, on July 1, 2025. The resort opened to North Koreans the same day, but foreign tourists are yet to be accepted.

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New beachside resort in N. Korea

New beachside resort in N. Korea

Photo taken July 1, 2025, shows the Wonsan-Kalma coastal tourist zone in Kangwon Province on the eastern coast of North Korea. The resort opened to North Koreans the same day, but foreign tourists are yet to be accepted.

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New beachside resort in N. Korea

WONSAN, North Korea, July 3 Kyodo - People play on a beach in the Wonsan-Kalma coastal tourist zone in Kangwon Province, on the eastern coast of North Korea on July 1, 2025. The resort opened to North Koreans the same day. (Kyodo)

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New beachside resort in N. Korea

New beachside resort in N. Korea

People rush to the water at a beach in the Wonsan-Kalma coastal tourist zone in Kangwon Province, on the eastern coast of North Korea. The resort opened to North Koreans the same day.

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CORRECTED: New beachside resort in N. Korea

CORRECTED: New beachside resort in N. Korea

People ride a pedal-powered raft just offshore from a beach in the Wonsan-Kalma coastal tourist zone in Kangwon Province, on the eastern coast of North Korea on July 1, 2025. The resort opened to North Koreans the same day.

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CORRECTED: New beachside resort in N. Korea

CORRECTED: New beachside resort in N. Korea

People play on a beach in the Wonsan-Kalma coastal tourist zone in Kangwon Province, on the eastern coast of North Korea on July 1, 2025. The resort opened to North Koreans the same day.

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CORRECTED: New beachside resort in N. Korea

CORRECTED: New beachside resort in N. Korea

People hang out on a beach in the Wonsan-Kalma coastal tourist zone in Kangwon Province, on the eastern coast of North Korea on July 1, 2025. The resort opened to North Koreans the same day.

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CORRECTED: New beachside resort in N. Korea

CORRECTED: New beachside resort in N. Korea

People visit a water park in the Wonsan-Kalma coastal tourist zone in Kangwon Province, on the eastern coast of North Korea on July 1, 2025. The resort opened to North Koreans the same day.

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New beachside resort in N. Korea

New beachside resort in N. Korea

Photo taken July 1, 2025, shows the Wonsan-Kalma coastal tourist zone in Kangwon Province, on the eastern coast of North Korea. The resort opened to North Koreans the same day.

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U.N. symposium on N. Korea's abductions

U.N. symposium on N. Korea's abductions

Takuya Yokota (R), head of a group representing the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago, and Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (C), take part in an online U.N. symposium on the abduction issue from Tokyo on June 26, 2025. Yokota's sister, Megumi, was abducted by North Korea in 1977 aged 13.

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U.N. symposium on N. Korea's abductions

U.N. symposium on N. Korea's abductions

Takuya Yokota, head of a group representing the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago, takes part in an online U.N. symposium on the abduction issue from Tokyo on June 26, 2025. Yokota's sister, Megumi, was abducted by North Korea in 1977 aged 13.

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First quintuplets in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea, June 19 Kyodo -Video taken on June 19, 2025, shows quintuplets at a maternity hospital in Pyongyang before they are discharged after being born on Jan. 31 in what is the first recorded case of quintuplets in North Korea. (Kyodo)

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First quintuplets in N. Korea

First quintuplets in N. Korea

Photo taken on June 19, 2025, shows quintuplets at a maternity hospital in Pyongyang before they are discharged after being born on Jan. 31 in what is the first recorded case of quintuplets in North Korea.

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First quintuplets in N. Korea

First quintuplets in N. Korea

Photo taken on June 19, 2025, shows quintuplets at a maternity hospital in Pyongyang before they are discharged after being born on Jan. 31 in what is the first recorded case of quintuplets in North Korea.

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First quintuplets in N. Korea

First quintuplets in N. Korea

Photo taken on June 19, 2025, shows quintuplets at a maternity hospital in Pyongyang before they are discharged after being born on Jan. 31 in what is the first recorded case of quintuplets in North Korea.

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First quintuplets in N. Korea

First quintuplets in N. Korea

Nurses hold quintuplets at a maternity hospital in Pyongyang on June 19, 2025, as they are discharged after being born on Jan. 31 in what is the first recorded case of quintuplets in North Korea.

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Australia: Record Flooding in NSW Throws Restaurant Into Chaos

One man is dead and three people are missing after record flooding battered New South Wales’ Mid-North Coast and the Hunter Region, leaving many residents stranded or forced to evacuate. This video captures the chaos inside a restaurant in Taree following the flooding.

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N. Korea fires multiple missiles

N. Korea fires multiple missiles

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba arrives at his office in Tokyo on May 8, 2025, after North Korea launched multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan earlier in the day.

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U.N. Security Council on N. Korea economic sanction

U.N. Security Council on N. Korea economic sanction

A U.N. Security Council meeting is held at the U.N. headquarters in New York on May 7, 2025, about future measures against North Korea a year after the mandate of a panel of experts overseeing economic sanctions against North Korea ended.

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N. Korea fires multiple missiles

N. Korea fires multiple missiles

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi is surrounded by reporters as he enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 8, 2025, after North Korea launched multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan earlier in the day.

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N. Korea fires multiple missiles

N. Korea fires multiple missiles

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi holds a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 8, 2025, after North Korea launched multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan earlier in the day.

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N. Korea fires multiple missiles

N. Korea fires multiple missiles

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani meets the press at the ministry in Tokyo on May 8, 2025, after North Korea launched multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan earlier in the day.

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N. Korea fires multiple missiles

N. Korea fires multiple missiles

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba arrives at his office in Tokyo on May 8, 2025, after North Korea launched multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan earlier in the day.

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Father of woman abducted by N. Korea dies at 96 without reunion

Father of woman abducted by N. Korea dies at 96 without reunion

Akihiro Arimoto, whose daughter Keiko was taken to North Korea in 1983 at age 23, is pictured during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2024. Arimoto, who strenuously fought for her return and that of the other abductees, died of natural causes aged 96 at his home in Kobe, western Japan, without seeing her, his family said on Feb. 17, 2025.

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Father of woman abducted by N. Korea dies at 96 without reunion

Father of woman abducted by N. Korea dies at 96 without reunion

Akihiro Arimoto, whose daughter Keiko was taken to North Korea in 1983 at age 23, celebrates her 60th birthday at their home in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 12, 2020, with a birthday cake in front of her photo. Arimoto, who strenuously fought for her return and that of the other abductees, died of natural causes aged 96 without seeing her, his family said on Feb. 17, 2025.

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Father of woman abducted by N. Korea dies at 96 without reunion

Father of woman abducted by N. Korea dies at 96 without reunion

Akihiro Arimoto (R), whose daughter Keiko was taken to North Korea in 1983 at age 23, and Sakie Yokota, 89, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, attend a meeting in Tokyo on Aug. 2, 2023. Arimoto had died of natural causes aged 96 without seeing his daughter, his family said on Feb. 17, 2025, leaving Yokota as the only surviving parent of an individual listed by Japan as having been abducted by North Korea. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo Tower and N Seoul Tower lit up

Tokyo Tower and N Seoul Tower lit up

Combined photo shows Tokyo Tower (R) and N Seoul Tower, both lit up on Feb. 15, 2025, to mark the 60 anniversary in December 2025 of the normalization of diplomatic ties between Japan and South Korea.

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Tokyo Tower and N Seoul Tower lit up

Tokyo Tower and N Seoul Tower lit up

Combined photo shows Tokyo Tower (L) and N Seoul Tower, both lit up on Feb. 15, 2025, to mark the 60 anniversary in December 2025 of the normalization of diplomatic ties between Japan and South Korea.

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Tokyo Tower and N Seoul Tower lit up

Tokyo Tower and N Seoul Tower lit up

Combined photo shows Tokyo Tower (L) and N Seoul Tower, both lit up on Feb. 15, 2025, to mark the 60 anniversary in December 2025 of the normalization of diplomatic ties between Japan and South Korea.

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N Seoul Tower lit up

N Seoul Tower lit up

N Seoul Tower is lit up in red, blue and white in the South Korean capital on Feb. 15, 2025, to mark the 60th anniversary in December 2025 of the normalization of diplomatic ties between Japan and South Korea.

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