The loophole that lets North Korea skip sanctions and sell products to the US

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North Koreans making false eyelashes generate millions for their country. The cheap, high-quality product is lucrative for the secretive country. Here's how it's sidestepping international sanctions.

Satellite photos appear to show that North Korea has paused supplying artillery shells to Russia, reports say

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Russian President Vladimir Putin greets North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un

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The US mocked Russia for its motley cast of allies in Ukraine. It's not laughing any more.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (L) visit a construction site of the Angara rocket launch complex on September 13, 2023 in Tsiolkovsky, Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Angara rocket launch complex on September 13, 2023, in Tsiolkovsky, Russia.

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North Korea's twice-failed spy satellite is now up and running, aerospace experts say

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A rocket is seen mid-launch, with flame and a cloud of smoke at its base, and two pylons either side against a dark background.

The US Army is breeding a new kind of Arctic warrior by 'testing the mettle of the human' in frigid, freezing Alaska, commander says

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U.S. Soldiers assigned to 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division, move to their objective outside of Utqiagvik, Alaska as part of Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Training Center 24-02, Feb. 15, 2024.
U.S. Soldiers assigned to 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division, move to their objective outside of Utqiagvik, Alaska as part of Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Training Center 24-02, Feb.

North Korea's arms factories are going full-tilt making weapons and ammo for Russia's war, says South Korea

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (L) visit a construction site of the Angara rocket launch complex on September 13, 2023 in Tsiolkovsky, Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (L) visit a construction site of the Angara rocket launch complex on September 13, 2023 in Tsiolkovsky, Russia.

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Putin gave Kim Jong Un a luxury Russian car, deepening their war bromance and ignoring sanctions to do it

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Vladivostok on April 25, 2019.

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OpenAI says it thwarted malicious state actors out of China, Russia, and North Korea, and one of them's called Salmon Typhoon

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ChatGPT (left) and Pacific Rim's Gypsy Danger mecha (right).
The five threat actors had names just like the mechs seen in Guillermo del Toro's "Pacific Rim."

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Russia has used North Korean missiles at least 9 times against Ukraine, US diplomat says

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TV showing North Korea's firing of a Pulhwasal-3-31 strategic cruise missile
A TV showing North Korea's firing of a Pulhwasal-3-31 strategic cruise missile on January 29, 2024.

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North Korean missiles won't defeat Ukraine

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North Korea has supplied Russia with short-range ballistic missiles, like this one North Korea fired into the East Sea on March 19, 2023.
North Korea has supplied Russia with short-range ballistic missiles, like this one North Korea fired into the East Sea on March 19, 2023.

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