North Korea has ordered its youth league to treat South Korea as a "ghost-like existence" — running weekly ideological sessions April–May to purge all traces of South Korean culture from people under 30.
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https://www.dailynk.com/english/north-korea-orders-campaign-to-erase-south-korea-from-youth-consciousness/

Sell one factory item on the side in North Korea — face expulsion, dismissal, and criminal prosecution. Songchon county has issued a zero-tolerance order against diverting state goods to the jangmadang.
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Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy offers expertise on keeping waterways open amid Middle East conflict https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/03/ukraine-war-briefing-zelenskyy-expertise-waterways-open-middle-east-conflict #Ukraine #VolodymyrZelenskyy #WorldNews #Russia #Europe #NorthKorea #KimJongun

North Korea expands its nuclear arsenal after witnessing Iran’s vulnerability
Ever since becoming leader in 2011, North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un has made his nuclear weapons program a national goal — almost a doctrine — arguing it is the only way for smaller powers to keep from being "mercilessly violated" by superpowers.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/north-korea-iran-nuclear-threat-9.7149741?cmp=rss

North Korea expands its nuclear arsenal after witnessing Iran’s vulnerability
Ever since becoming leader in 2011, North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un has made his nuclear weapons program a national goal — almost a doctrine — arguing it is the only way for smaller powers to keep from being "mercilessly violated" by superpowers.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/north-korea-iran-nuclear-threat-9.7149741?cmp=rss

This month in 2012: Kim Jong Un was named chairman of the Central Military Commission — completing his grip on the DPRK's military just months after his father's death. The world wondered if he'd last. He's still there.
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Putin and Kim Jong Un’s greatest friend and ally. He’s about to do what Putin’s wanted for decades. Regarding King Charles visiting the US, what’s the point? Boosting the ego of an unhinged fool with a royal visit is pure madness. If Britain needs to be strong, it needs to be strong against Trump…

A U.S. strike on Kim is conceivable but effectively off the table, says defector diplomat Ryu Hyun-woo. Remove Kim and there's no successor, no opposition, no transition — just instant chaos and refugees.
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Kim's fourth-term strategy rests on five pillars: nuclear weapons, self-reliance, ideological tightening, hostility toward Seoul, and bloc-aligned diplomacy.
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Kim Ju Ae has now been shown on state TV firing sniper rifles, handguns, and driving a tank at Pyongyang's 60th Training Base. Inside North Korea, people are connecting the dots to succession.
#NorthKorea #DPRK #KimJongUn #Succession https://www.dailynk.com/english/north-koreans-speculate-on-succession-as-kim-ju-ae-drives-tank-in-state-media-footage/