North Korea fires cruise missiles off east coast

North Korea has fired several cruise missiles in waters off its east coast. launch took place near the port of Sinpo.Neither the number nor type of missiles is clear yet says South Korea’s military.

Reporting the new launch, which took place at 08:00 (23:00 GMT Saturday), South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said “our military has been closely coordinating with the United States to monitor additional signs of North Korea’s provocations”.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been increasingly aggressive in his policy direction and rhetoric in recent months, ending several agreements aimed at peace-keeping and ramping up military action.

Pyongyang claims to have tested a new solid-fueled missile and its underwater attack drone, which can carry nuclear warheads.

Earlier this month, Kim Jong Un named South Korea as a “main enemy,” announcing that the former primary goal of reunification with South Korea had ended. This raised concerns that North Korea was preparing for war, South Korea said.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has said that if the North increases its provocations, it will respond strongly.

Russian President Putin meets North Korean leader Kim Jong-un

Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Amur region of Russia. Video shared by the Kremlin showed the two leaders shaking hands as they greeted each other on Wednesday.

Putin arrived in Vostochny after a two-day visit to the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok. The North Korean leader continued his journey in his armored train after entering Russian territory on Tuesday morning.

Noting that this year marks North Korea’s 75th founding anniversary and the 70th anniversary of the Korean War armistice, as well as 75 years of diplomatic relations with Russia, Putin said he was very happy to meet Kim .Kim also thanked Putin for the invitation and his warm welcome.

Commenting on the agenda for the Russian-North Korean summit, Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov said the upcoming talks would focus on a number of “sensitive issues” as well as bilateral economic and cultural cooperation and the overall situation in the region.

Kim’s visit to Russia has been of great interest to the West amid the Russia-Ukraine war and rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Russia to meet Putin

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has arrived in Russia for a meeting with President Vladimir Putin.

South Korea’s defense ministry confirmed that Kim’s armored train entered Russia on Tuesday morning. Kim’s tour team includes North Korean military personnel and high-ranking government officials.

With Kim Jong Un’s visit to Russia, there is a possibility that Russia and North Korea could discuss an arms deal, US officials said.

The meeting between Kim and Putin amid the Ukraine conflict seems to have been taken with great interest by the West.

North Korea’s nuclear test: warning of strong response

While North Korea is preparing for another nuclear test, the United States, South Korea and Japan have jointly announced that their response to North Korea’s next nuclear test will be strong and maximum.

Speaking to reporters after a joint high-level meeting between the United States, South Korea and Japan, South Korea’s top security advisor Kim Sung-han said that if North Korea conducts another nuclear test, there will be a strong reaction from the three allied countries.

He also said that if North Korea, which has already conducted six nuclear tests, conducts its seventh nuclear test, the reaction will definitely be different from the previous one. However, it has not been revealed what the strong response he mentioned will be and what its nature will be.

North Korea has vowed to advance the development of its nuclear weapons at the fastest possible pace and said it is fully prepared to respond to any threat with a nuclear war deterrent.

Kim Jong Un’s sister warns the South Korean president to shut his mouth

Kim Jong-un’s sister has warned the South Korean president to keep his mouth shut and stop talking nonsense, rejecting South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s offer of a massive economic aid package if North Korea gives up its nuclear weapons program.

Kim Yo Jong, the brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and a senior official in the country’s ruling party, has called Seoul’s offer of financial aid in exchange for giving up its nuclear weapons an absurd dream.

Kim expressed anger at the state media’s comment on Yoon Suk Yeol’s proposal, saying that no one would trade their fortune for corn cakes.

”It would have been better for his image to shut his mouth than to talk nonsense because he had nothing good to say,” she said.