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Kim Jong-un attended the funeral for a top North Korean official, state media reported on Monday, helping carry his coffin, as the country maintained the much-disputed claim that its coronavirus outbreak is subsiding.

The official Korean Central News Agency said Kim attended the funeral on Sunday of Hyon Chol-hae, a Korean People’s Army marshal who reportedly played a key role in grooming him as the country’s next leader before Kim’s father, Kim Jong-il, died in late 2011.

State media photos showed a bare-faced Kim Jong-un carrying Hyon’s coffin with other men wearing masks before he threw earth to his grave at the national cemetery. They showed many soldiers clad in olive-green uniforms saluting while other officials dressed in dark suits stood at attention.

KCNA said “a great many” soldiers and citizens earlier turned out along streets to express their condolences when Hyon’s coffin was moved to the cemetery.
 
The World Health Organization has cast doubts on North Korea’s claims of progress in the fight against a Covid-19 outbreak, saying it believes the situation is getting worse, not better, amid an absence of independent data.

North Korean state media has claimed the Covid wave has abated, after daily numbers of people with fever topped 390,000 about two weeks ago.

Pyongyang has never directly confirmed how many people have tested positive for the virus but experts suspect underreporting in the figures released through government-controlled media, making it difficult to assess the scale of the situation.
 
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South Korea and the US launched eight missiles on Monday, in response to a volley of ballistic missiles fired by North Korea the previous day.

It comes as Pyongyang continues to escalate its missile tests.

South Korea's president Yoon Suk-yeol said his government would respond sternly to any provocation from its northern neighbour.

"We will make sure there isn't a single crack in protecting the lives and property of our people," he said.

Speaking at a war memorial event in Seoul, he added that North Korea's nuclear and missile programmes "are reaching the level of threatening not only peace on the Korean Peninsula but also in Northeast Asia and the world", according to Yonhap.
 
North Korea has accused the US and its allies of launching a “sinister” attempt to form an “Asian Nato” to contain the regime, hours before Joe Biden and his Japanese and South Korean counterparts meet for security talks.

“The US is hellbent on the military cooperation with its stooges in disregard of the primary security demand and concern by Asia-Pacific countries,” North Korea’s state news agency, KCNA said, on Wednesday.
The KCNA statement, however, condemned the “military alliance” as “motivated by Japan and South Korea’s kowtowing to the US,” adding that it was a “dangerous prelude to the creation of an Asian version of Nato”.

In a separate commentary carried by the news agency, Kim Hyo-myung, a researcher at North Korea’s International Society for Political Research, blamed Nato for the war in Ukraine, adding that there were “ominous signs that sooner or later the black waves in the North Atlantic will break the calm in the Pacific”.

Kim added: “Nato is nothing more than a servant of the realisation of the US hegemony strategy and a tool of local aggression.”
 
The nosedive in cryptocurrency markets has wiped out millions of dollars in funds stolen by North Korean hackers, four digital investigators say, threatening a key source of funding for the sanctions-stricken country and its weapons programmes.

North Korea has poured resources into stealing cryptocurrencies in recent years, making it a potent hacking threat and leading to one of the largest cryptocurrency heists on record in March, in which almost $615 million was stolen, according to the U.S. Treasury. read more

The sudden plunge in crypto values, which started in May amid a broader economic slowdown, complicates Pyongyang's ability to cash in on that and other heists, and may affect how it plans to fund its weapons programmes, two South Korean government sources said. The sources declined to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter.

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North Korean hackers are thought to be behind last week’s theft of as much as $100m in cryptocurrency from a US company, as the regime steps up attempts to secure funding for its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes.

The assets were stolen on 23 June from Horizon Bridge, a service operated by the Harmony blockchain that allows assets to be transferred to other blockchains, three digital investigative firms have concluded.
“Preliminarily this looks like a North Korean hack based on transaction behaviour,” said Nick Carlsen, a former FBI analyst who now investigates North Korea’s cryptocurrency heists for TRM Labs, a US-based firm.

There are strong indications that North Korea’s Lazarus Group may be responsible for this theft, based on the nature of the hack and the subsequent laundering of the stolen funds, another firm, Elliptic, said in a report on Thursday.

“The thief is attempting to break the transaction trail back to the original theft,” the report said. “This makes it easier to cash out the funds at an exchange.”
 
North Korea's Covid outbreak began with citizens touching "alien things" that had fallen near its South Korea border, state media in Pyongyang has claimed.
Citizens were urged to be vigilant around objects that may have blown across the border from the South.
For years activists in the South have flown balloons across the border to send leaflets and humanitarian aid.
In response, Seoul says there is "no possibility" Covid could have crossed the border in that way.

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After an intense, detailed investigation, North Korea has determined what sparked an explosive outbreak of COVID-19 that has led to over 4.7 million "fevers" within its borders since late April. The culprit: "alien things" blown into the country from the South.

According to a report from the official KCNA news agency, North Korea's outbreak began in early April when an 18-year-old soldier and a five-year-old kindergartener made contact with "alien things in a hill" in the area of Ipho-ri in Kumgang County, which is in the country's southeastern corner near the border. The two later tested positive for the novel coronavirus, and epidemiological analyses found that those cases were solely behind the country-wide outbreak; the two infections link to greater spread in Kumgang and, from there, into the rest of North Korea.

"It was also ascertained," the report reads, "that the fever cases reported in all areas and units of the country except the Ipho-ri area till mid-April, were due to other diseases." The report did not include any information about how officials came to that conclusion.

The report also does not provide any hints about the identity of the "alien things" that allegedly triggered the country's epidemic. But outside experts on the secretive, authoritarian country suggest that the report is merely an attempt to shift blame for the outbreak and invoke fear and hatred of South Korea. For decades, activists and North Korean defectors in South Korea have launched balloons loaded with leaflets, aid, and other items over the border.

North Korean officials have now issued guidance "stressing the need to vigilantly deal with alien things coming by wind and other climate phenomena and balloons in the areas along the demarcation line and borders."

In terms of SARS-CoV-2 transmission risks, spread from contaminated objects or surfaces (called fomite transmission) is possible, but the risk is considered very low. Some studies have suggested that the chance of picking up a SARS-CoV-2 infection from a contaminated surface is less than 1 in 10,000. The primary way the virus spreads is via respiratory droplets between people who are in close proximity to each other.

North Korean officials aren't the only ones in the region making dubious transmission claims. Last month, officials in the Chinese city of Dandong—which sits on the border with North Korea—suggested that wind blowing in from North Korea may explain the city's steady stream of new infections. Though there's no evidence to suggest that SARS-CoV-2 spreads via wind over long distances, officials advised residents living along the border to close their windows amid "southerly weather."
 
North Korea appears to have released water from a dam near its border with South Korea, prompting vacationers in the neighbouring country to evacuate over rising water levels on the Imjin River.

The water level at a bridge across the river in the South’s border county of Yeoncheon surpassed 1 metre on Monday afternoon, requiring visitors on the riverbank to evacuate.

“North Korea appears to have released water from its Hwanggang dam,” an official at South Korea’s unification ministry handling inter-Korean affairs said.
North Korea has been stepping up efforts to prevent flood damage from recent heavy rains.

South Korea has repeatedly urged the North to give notice before releasing water from the dam, as the river flows through Yeoncheon, but Pyongyang has remained unresponsive.

Release of water from the dam in 2009 resulted in flooding downstream that killed six South Koreans.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country was "ready to mobilise" its nuclear deterrent in any future military clash with the United States and South Korea, state media said Thursday.
Washington and Seoul have repeatedly warned that Pyongyang is preparing to carry out its seventh nuclear test -- a move that the United States has warned would provoke a "swift and forceful" response.

In Kim's latest speech to mark the armistice that ended fighting in the Korean War -- known as "Victory Day" in the North -- he said the country's armed forces were "thoroughly prepared" for any crisis.

"Our country's nuclear war deterrent is also ready to mobilise its absolute power faithfully, accurately and promptly in accordance with its mission," Kim said in a speech on Wednesday, according to Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency.

Speaking to war veterans on the 69th anniversary of the end of the 1950-53 Korean War, Kim emphasised the country's "thorough readiness" to "deal with any military clash with the United States".

His latest threats come as South Korea and the United States move to ramp up joint military exercises, which have always infuriated the North as Pyongyang considers them rehearsals for invasion.

This week, the US military held live-fire drills using its advanced Apache helicopters stationed in the South for the first time since 2019.

Kim also slammed South Korea's new, hawkish president Yoon Suk-yeol, who took office in May and has vowed to take a tougher stance against Pyongyang -- which includes a plan to mobilise a preemptive strike capability.

"Talking about military action against our nation, which possess absolute weapons that they fear the most, is preposterous and is very dangerous self-destructive action," Kim said of the Yoon administration, which he branded a group of "gangsters".

"Such a dangerous attempt will be immediately punished by our powerful strength and the Yoon Suk Yeol government and his military will be annihilated."
 
North Korea has declared a “shining victory” in its battle with Covid-19, amid suggestions from Kim Jong-un’s sister that he was among those who contracted the virus.

Speaking at a meeting of health workers and scientists in Pyongyang, Kim called for preventive measures to be eased and described the official death toll of 74 as an “unprecedented miracle in the history of the world health community”, state-run media said on Thursday.
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Kim said “the victory gained by our people is a historic event that once again showed the world the greatness of our state, the indomitable tenacity of our people and the beautiful national customs we are proud of”, state news agency KCNA said in its report of Wednesday’s meeting.

His influential sister, Kim Yo-jong, blamed the country’s outbreak on propaganda leaflets flown over the border in balloons from South Korea, and warned of “deadly” retaliation if Seoul failed to prevent activists from sending the leaflets.

She also suggested that her brother had contracted the virus, saying that he had been among the tens of millions of North Koreans to have come down with a “fever”.

“Even though he was seriously ill with a high fever, he could not lie down for a moment thinking about the people he had to take care of until the end in the face of the anti-epidemic war,” she said.

North Korea, whose poor health infrastructure was badly prepared to cope with a major outbreak, insisted that it had not recorded a single case of Covid-19 for the first two years of the pandemic.
Experts have cast doubt on North Korea’s low death toll and official reports of zero new cases since 29 July. The country has one of the world’s worst healthcare systems, with ill-equipped hospitals, few intensive care units, and no Covid-19 treatment drugs or vaccines.
North Korea has rejected international offers to provide vaccines, although it is not clear if Kim and other senior figures in the ruling party have been vaccinated.
“For Kim Jong-un to declare victory against Covid means that he wants to move on to other priorities, such as boosting the economy or conducting a nuclear test,” said Leif-Eric Easley, a professor at Ewha University in Seoul.

“Kim Yo-jong’s bellicose rhetoric is concerning because not only will she try to blame any Covid resurgence on South Korea, she is also looking to justify North Korea’s next military provocation.”
 
The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has angrily rejected South Korea’s offer of economic assistance in return for denuclearisation as the “height of absurdity” and dismissed the possibility of face-to-face talks.

The statement comes days after the South Korean president, Yoon Suk-yeol, put forward an “audacious” aid plan that would include food, energy and infrastructure help in return for the North abandoning its nuclear weapons programme.

In a commentary published in Friday’s edition of North Korea’s official Rodong Sinmun newspaper, Kim Yo-jong said her country had no intention of giving up its weapons in return for economic aid. “No one barters its destiny for corn cake,” she said, according to the official KCNA news agency.

Analysts previously said the chances of Pyongyang accepting Yoon’s offer – first floated during his inaugural speech in May – were vanishingly slim. The North, which invests a vast chunk of its GDP into developing its nuclear arsenal, has long made it clear it will not make that trade.
She said bartering nuclear weapons for economic cooperation “is the great dream, hope and plan of Yoon”, who she called “simple and still childish”, according to KCNA. “We make it clear that we will not sit face to face with him,” she added.

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The US and South Korea have begun their biggest joint military drills in years – a show of force that is expected to raise tensions with an increasingly hostile North Korea.

The exercises, known as Ulchi Freedom Shield, are being seen as a sign of the allies’ determination to restore large-scale training after they cancelled some regular drills and scaled down others to facilitate nuclear talks, and because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Details of the operation have not been released, but past exercises have involved tens of thousands of troops and large numbers of aircraft warships and tanks.
 
Pohjois-Koreassa on hyväksytty laki, joka julistaa maan virallisesti ydinasevallaksi, kertoo maan valtionmedia KCNA.

Pohjois-Korean niin sanottu parlamentti eli korkein kansankokous hyväksyi lain torstaina, uutisoi KCNA.

Lain mukaan Pohjois-Korea ei jakele tai jaa ydinaseteknologiaa muiden maiden kanssa eikä myöskään käy vaihtokauppaa ydinteknologialla tai -materiaaleilla.

Lisäksi laki sallii maan tehdä ennaltaehkäisevän ydiniskun, kertoo KCNA.

Pohjois-Korean johtaja Kim Jong-un sanoo, että maan asema ydinasevaltana on "peruuttamaton" ja tämän johdosta maa ei aio käydä jatkossa neuvotteluita ydinaseiden riisunnasta minkään osapuolen kanssa.

– Rauha on mahdollista vain imperialistin ylimielisyyttä karkoittavan voiman kera, Kim sanoo.

Kim syytti samalla Yhdysvaltoja painostuksesta, jolla Pohjois-Korean puolustusta on pyritty heikentämään siinä toivossa, että maan hallinto lopulta luhistuisi.

– Niin kauan kun maailmassa on ydinaseita sekä imperialismia, ja Yhdysvaltojen ja sen seuraajien liikkeitä tasavaltamme vastaan ei lopeteta, emme lopeta työtämme ydinaseiden eteen, Kim sanoo.
 
South Korea and the United States began their first combined naval exercise near the peninsula in five years on Monday, leading to a warning by North Korea that the allies risked triggering war.

South Korea's hawkish President Yoon Suk-yeol, who took office in May, has vowed to beef up joint military drills with the United States, after years of failed diplomacy with North Korea under his predecessor.

"This exercise was prepared to demonstrate the strong will of the South Korea-US alliance to respond to North Korean provocations," the South's navy said in a statement.

At the United Nations, North Korea's ambassador, Kim Song, said that the exercises draw "serious concern."

"Obviously, this is an extremely dangerous act of igniting the fuse to drive the situation on the Korean peninsula to the brink of war," he told the General Assembly.

The drills come a day after nuclear-armed Pyongyang conducted another ballistic missile launch, the latest in its record-breaking blitz of weapons tests this year.

Earlier this month, the North revised its nuclear weapons law, enshrining a "first strike" doctrine and vowing never to give up its nukes.

Kim told the United Nations that the United States "compelled" action by the North, officially known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

"The US should clearly understand that its heinous, hostile policy against the DPRK over the past 30 years has brought about today's reality and ask itself and ponder how far it will prolong this situation."

Washington is Seoul's key security ally and stations about 28,500 troops in South Korea to protect it from the North.

The four-day exercise on South Korea's east coast will involve more than 20 vessels and an assortment of aircraft, which will conduct drills for anti-ship and anti-submarine warfare operations, tactical manoeuvres and other maritime operations, the navy added.

"Through this exercise, we will further improve the ability to conduct joint operations between the naval forces of the two countries," Kwak Kwang-sub, a senior South Korean naval officer, said in the statement.

North Korea is under multiple sets of international sanctions over its programmes to develop nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles.

Close neighbour China said it had "noted" the joint military drills in the region when asked about the missile launch on Monday, and called for "dialogue and consultation".

"The main issue is that the North Korean side's legitimate and reasonable concerns have not received due response," foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a routine briefing.

"The US should shoulder its own responsibilities, stop confrontation and pressure, and create conditions for the resumption of meaningful dialogue."
 
The US vice-president, Kamala Harris, is to visit the heavily armed border separating North and South Korea on Thursday, amid rising tensions on the peninsula.

Harris will arrive at the demilitarised zone (DMZ) on the southern side of the border, days after the regime in Pyongyang warned that South Korea and the US risked “triggering a conflict” following the launch of large-scale naval exercises for the first time in five years.

Harris’s visit to the DMZ will “underscore … the United States’ commitment to stand beside [South Korea] in the face of any threats” posed by North Korea, a White House official said.
 
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