Ben Jones

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#China's #Xi visits #NorthKorea as Beijing seeks to reclaim influence over Kim @CNBC https://t.co/1msEted8Ey

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#NorthKorea

[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

North Korea says it will never surrender its nuclear arsenal, accusing the U.S.-led Quad (U.S., India, Japan and Australia) of hostile policies toward Pyongyang and the region - KCNA

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[Defence Index @Defence_Index]

🔴🇰🇵🇰🇷 North Korea’s nuclear production capacity rising sharply.

The head of the IAEA says North Korea is showing a “very serious increase” in its nuclear weapons production capacity, raising fresh concerns over its expanding nuclear program.

The warning highlights growing pressure on global monitoring efforts as Pyongyang continues to advance its strategic weapons development.

Source: IAEA (statement in Seoul)

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#NorthKorea

[Saffron Sniper @Saffron_Sniper1]

North Korea’s Most Famous Unpaid Bill 🚗

In the 1970s, North Korea ordered 1,000 Volvo 144 cars from Sweden as part of a modernization effort. The vehicles were delivered successfully and used for government purposes.
But the payment was never made.

Sweden kept sending invoices for the unpaid order, yet the debt remained unresolved for decades.

Today, the unpaid balance has grown to, around $300 million with interest, and Sweden reportedly still sends payment reminders to North Korea every six months.

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[Global Strategy @World_At_War_6]

🇰🇵Pyongyang's Red Line: No Nuclear Dismantlement - Ever:

North Korea has conducted yet another weapons test, firing multiple short-range ballistic missiles.

This latest launch comes just over a month after the previous one, indicating that such tests have become routine.

Given North Korea’s existing capabilities, it appears the United States has largely abandoned hopes of negotiating away Pyongyang’s nuclear arsenal.

The regime is highly unlikely to ever agree to full denuclearization, no matter what financial or economic incentives are offered.

The most realistic scenario going forward is that North Korea will continue advancing its missile and nuclear programs, while the U.S. focuses increasingly on strengthening its missile defense capabilities.

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[NEXTA @nexta_tv]

🤖 North Korea Tests AI-Powered Missiles

Kim Jong Un personally oversaw the launch of a new tactical weapons system. Pyongyang claims the missiles are equipped with AI and can adjust their flight path mid-air to strike targets more accurately.

The reported range is around 100 km. The new missiles are expected to be deployed near the border.

Looks like even North Korea wants in on the era of “smart weapons.”

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[DD Geopolitics @DD_Geopolitics]

🇰🇵 North Korea has tested a mix of tactical ballistic missiles, artillery rockets and AI-guided precision cruise missiles designed for modern warfare under leader Kim Jong Un's supervision, KCNA state news agency said on Wednesday.

Having advanced the development of a series of long-range ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons capabilities, North Korea has been steadily upgrading its tactical and conventional arsenal, vowing to deploy it near the border with South Korea.

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[BRICS News @BRICSinfo]

JUST IN: 🇧🇾🇰🇵 Belarus President Lukashenko gifts Kim Jong Un an automatic rifle during his visit North Korea.

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[BRICS News @BRICSinfo]

JUST IN: 🇰🇵🇺🇸 North Korea's Kim Jong Un replicates and tests his own version of US Himars missile system.

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[Defence Index @Defence_Index]

⚡🇰🇵 North Korea says it has successfully tested a new AI powered tactical cruise missile system capable of autonomous navigation, terrain mapping, and precision terminal guidance.

Pyongyang claims the lightweight multi purpose missile can accurately strike targets up to 100 km away, marking another step in integrating artificial intelligence into battlefield weapons systems.

Source: Korean Central News Agency

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[Institute for the Study of War @TheStudyofWar]

NEW: The PRC and Russia are increasing their economic and diplomatic relations with North Korea and reducing the effectiveness of international sanctions. The PRC and Russia are likely working to end North Korea’s international isolation.

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[WAR @warsurv]

🇰🇵 North Korea unveils a new AI guided cruise missile system.

The 240mm guided artillery rocket can strike targets up to 100 km away using autonomous navigation and terrain matching technology, marking another major leap in Pyongyang’s missile capabilities.

Source: KCNA

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[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🚨🇰🇵 North Korea fired multiple projectiles into the Yellow Sea today, including at least one close range ballistic missile

Per South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, the launch from Jongju involved Padasuri-6 antiship cruise missile launchers and heavy multiple rocket launchers.

The missile traveled roughly 50 miles, shorter than the Hwasong-11D tests in April.

Seoul is assessing the data with Tokyo and Washington.

On its own, a short range test is routine for Pyongyang. The timing is what makes it notable.

While the U.S. is consumed by Iran and Russia pounds Kyiv with its showcase missiles, North Korea is adding its own pressure in the Pacific.

Three theaters, three adversaries, one stretched superpower.

The multipolar squeeze is happening right now.

Source: Yonhap

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[NewRulesGeopolitics @NewRulesGeo]

🚨🇰🇵 U.S. IN PANIC: NORTH KOREA TESTS AI-GUIDED MISSILE

Pyongyang tested a new lightweight multi-purpose missile complex and tactical winged missile launchers — Kim Jong-un personally oversaw every launch.

🔸 New 240mm guided projectiles now deliver greater range with proven autonomous precision navigation.

🔸 TERCOM terrain mapping fused with AI guidance enables pinpoint accuracy up to 100 km in hybrid glide-cruise flight.

🔸 Tactical missile systems are being rushed to artillery brigades directly on the South Korean border.

🔸 All launch platforms received upgraded fire-control automation built for real-time networked warfare.

🔸 Special warhead performance was successfully validated during the live tests.

Do you think the U.S. can protect its South Korean allies in the event of war?

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[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇰🇵 A man smuggled Squid Game into North Korea on a USB drive, sold a copy to a high school student, and was tied to a post and shot to death.

The student got life in prison, his friends got 5 years of hard labor.

The Kim regime has outlawed foreign media, mandated state-approved hairstyles, criminalized sharing a birthday with Kim Il-sung, and operates prison camps where 3 generations of a family can be punished for 1 person's crime.

The madness isn’t accidental… it’s strategic.

Every escalation happened because the outside world got a little too close, and the regime knows the moment North Koreans see how South Koreans live, the whole thing starts to unravel.

40-50 nuclear warheads, 25 million people living under total information blackout, and the only thing keeping it together is fear, China's willingness to prop it up, and the fact nobody outside has wanted to pay the cost of ending it.

You can execute the smugglers, but you cannot kill the curiosity.

Eventually, that wall is going to crack.

Source: @KenLaCorte (@ElephantsInRooms YT)

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[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇰🇵 North Korea is claiming to have just tested what it calls AI-guided cruise missiles, a first of its kind, according to analysts.

Kim Jong Un's stated goal: "the most modern and powerful artillery force which no one can match."

While it's hard to believe, it's not outside the realm of possibility.

The world shouldn't sleep on this one.

Source: The Telegraph, News 18

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#NorthKorea

[MAKS 26 🇺🇦👀 @Maks_NAFO_FELLA]

🇰🇵👀 North Korea tested two new rocket systems.

🚀 Multi-caliber rocket launcher (Juche-HIMARS) — fires the Hwasong-11Ra ballistic missile and guided 240mm rockets.

🚀 Tactical cruise missile launcher — AI-guided, 100km range, glide+propulsion flight, to be deployed to frontline artillery brigades near the southern border.

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[Visioner @visionergeo]

‼️🔥🇰🇵 BIG | Pyongyang announced the transition to a new generation of high-precision weapons. Kim Jong-un is building up North Korea's military power.

🔻 North Korea on May 26 conducted tests of a new lightweight multi-purpose missile system and a launcher for tactical cruise missiles (TCMs). Kim Jong Un personally observed the tests.

During the tests, the following were evaluated:

• power of the special warhead of the tactical missile;
• reliability of the 240-mm guided rocket with increased firing range and a system of precise autonomous navigation;
• accuracy of hitting TCMs with AI guidance.

Particular attention was paid to the TCM, which will be deployed in artillery brigades on the border with South Korea. The missile uses a combination of autonomous navigation systems, TERCOM based on the terrain and guidance functions using AI. The range of target hitting is up to 100 km due to a combined flight mode - gliding and cruise.

Fire control and automation systems of all launchers were modernized in accordance with the conditions of modern warfare, added Kim.

Video is generated by Grok AI

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North Korea acknowledges ballistic missile attacks on Ukraine for first time https://t.co/MXdDOJZBwG