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North Korea has fired a ballistic missile, South Korean media report

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung: Türkiye is our blood brother in the eyes of our people, a brother with whom we are bound by blood.We owe the existence of today's Republic of Korea to some 20,000 Turkish soldiers who fought alongside us for our freedom and peace on a distant battlefield overseas, in a place whose very name was unfamiliar to them

South Korea tells the UN Security Council that North Korea deliberately planted the landmines behind September's DMZ blast - and that its warning shots at the border are lawful Pyongyang calls it a fabrication (Yonhap / SBS)

DPRK says it's policy is to oppose all malicious activities in cyberspace - KCNA

South Korean army sergeant dies at frontline unit with external injuries

Hong Kong-based Chinese smuggling network shipped US-bought guns and sanctioned steel to North Korea, Yomiuri reports (Yomiuri / Yonhap)

North Korea announce test of tactical ballistic missile with conventional cluster munitions warhead conducted 31 October

North Korean forces conduct drills using drones, Kim Jong-un present

North Korean strike drones & Lancet loitering munitions being used on practice targets resembling ROK Army DMZ Guardposts, K9 howitzers & US Army M1 Abrams

Kim Jong Un visited an exhibition of UAVs

North Korea is behind the $6.36 billion Binance hack, the biggest in crypto history, according to TRM Labs

North Korea denounces South Korea-US air defence drills, KCNA reports

Seoul vows to "strongly react" to any North Korean crossing of the border line, and says it will keep taking "necessary measures" over the DMZ landmine blast. (Yonhap)

North Korea conducts simulated kamikaze drone strikes against mock South Korean & U.S. military targets at a weapons exhibition attended by Kim Jong-un

$AAVE freezes lending markets on Avalanche to prevent Binance hacker from borrowing funds

South Korea says considering deployment options to Strait of Hormuz, including aircraft

Kim Jong Un orders his army commanders to get "fully ready for fighting a war". He gave the order on Tuesday to company leaders of the Korean People's Army, gathered in Pyongyang for their third national meeting

North Korea appears to have deployed 122mm self-propelled artillery along the coast of Kaepung County, near the inter-Korean border. The weapons' apparent open positioning is highly unusual

North Korea has moved artillery to the border. 122mm self-propelled guns are out in the open on the Kaepung coast, about 1.5 km from South Korea, barrels pointed south - days after Kim Yo Jong warned of tactical strike weapons. North Korea has moved artillery to the border

Kim Jong Un met with Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Dandong and will return to North Korea today

Kim Jong Un has reportedly crossed over the border into China, according to Yonhap News, quoting an anonymous South Korean government official.

Kim Jong Un crossed into China via the New Yalu River Bridge to visit Dandong on Saturday, Seoul says. The trip comes around the 76th anniversary of China's entry into the Korean War

South Korea accuses North of attempting to shift blame for escalating regional tensions. A letter requests the UN Security Council to investigate North Korea's Workers' Party Central Committee member, Kim Yu-jeong, who accuses South Korea of using loudspeakers to broadcast and warn of attacks, with North Korea planning to deploy loudspeakers along its border with South Korea this month. South Korea's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Park Doo-cheon, stated that North Korea considers South Korea's recent military operations along the border as provocations and attempts to shift responsibility for escalating regional tensions

Confirmed: Network data show an ongoing disruption to North Korea's already limited internet connectivity. The incident corresponds with the loss of international access to websites under the country's .kp domain

Kim Jong Un's sister Kim Yo Jong says "psychological warfare" loudspeaker broadcasts towards South Korea will resume "within October" and "will be in operation along the whole border". Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of Kim Jong Un, says the border is "very unstable" and threatens to resume loudspeaker broadcasts towards the South. She claims Lee Jae Myung's "anti-DPRK confrontational scheming" now far exceeds that of predecessor Yoon Suk Yeol

Widespread internet disruption reported across North Korea. More than 40 websites, including KCNA, Rodong Sinmun and government portals, have experienced significant outages. Network monitors also detected disruptions to Pyongyang's internet infrastructure

North Korea says newly deployed firepower units have taken up firing positions along its border with South Korea. Pyongyang has ordered troops to take "prompt and resolute action" if threatened, following a frontier inspection by senior military officials and Kim Yo

South Korean military chief orders decisive response to further North Korean provocations after Pyongyang threatens to deploy more tactical weapons along the border. The DPRK is considering deploying additional tactical missiles along its border with South Korea, Kim Yo Jong says. Border forces are also considering resuming the 2nd Infantry Division's favorite propaganda broadcasts.

North Korea is intensifying construction along its southern border near Kaesong. Hundreds of workers have been observed reinforcing border fencing, with blasting operations also visible across the frontier. Source: @38NorthNK

Russian state news agency TASS: "The Russian side has taken note of certain statements from the Republic of Korea (ROK) regarding its desire to normalize ties with Moscow, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko told reporters on Tuesday