A company's remote-working hire turned out to be in North Korea. He tried to hold it to ransom.

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Two women sit on a chair with national flags in front of the Grand People's Study House in Pyongyang, on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020.
The FBI has previously said that there are thousands of North Korean IT workers posing as non-North Koreans to get remote jobs in the US.

Cha Song Ho/AP

North Korea sending military officials to help Russia in Ukraine is a massive boost for Kim Jong Un

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un

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North Korea's new drones use a 'reverse-engineered copy' of Hellfire missiles from the MQ-9 Reaper, US Army general says

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Kim Jong Un stands before a North Korean flag, an MQ9 Reaper is seen in the sky.
North Korea is using a drone that deploys a "reverse-engineered copy" of the Hellfire missile, Brig. Gen. Patrick Costello said.

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Russia rolled out a Soviet howitzer from the 1940s that Moscow technically shouldn't have in the first place

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A close-up shot of a D-74 firing from an entrenched position, with the logo of Russia's defense ministry in the top-right corner.
Russia published a video of a D-74 artillery system last week, a gun that it's thought to have received from North Korea.

Russian Ministry of Defense

Ukraine's recent strikes on arms depots caused the largest loss of Russian and North Korean ammo in the war: UK intel

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Destroyed ammunition storage buildings at TKTKT on September 22.
Destroyed ammunition storage buildings at Oktyabrsky, in Russia, on September 22, 2024.

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America's rivals are piling on the pressure all at once

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Russian anti-submarine aircraft fly during joint naval and air drills with China in September.
Russian anti-submarine aircraft fly during joint naval and air drills with China in September.

Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP

This is the conflict-ridden, tension-filled world that the next US president may have to face

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US Navy aircraft carriers and warships travel in lines across the blue ocean with a blue sky background.
Regardless of who wins the 2024 election, Trump or Harris will both likely face a variety of foreign policy challenges.

US Navy photo by Lt. Aaron B. Hicks

Putin and Kim Jong Un's new alliance is proving to be a win-win

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Kim Jong Un and Putin in Pyongyang.
North Korea's Kim Jong Un and Russia's Vladimir Putin at a military parade in Pyongyang in June, 2024.

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A US Army private who tried to flee to North Korea will plead guilty to desertion and other criminal charges, his lawyer says

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A man walks past a television showing a Korean news broadcast featuring a photo of US soldier Travis King.
A man walks past a television showing a Korean news broadcast featuring a photo of US soldier Travis King.

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I've been to North Korea more than 180 times. Here's how tourists can stay out of trouble.

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Inside North Korea and South Korea's Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in Panmunjom, 2002. [ONLY LICENSED FOR USE IN THIS ARTICLE]
South Korean and US military personnel steps away from Simon on his first visit to the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in 2002. He says they didn't say hello when greeted.

Simon Cockerell

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