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Lee proposes 4 major projects to China, including Seoul-Pyongyang-Beijing high-speed rail
The South Korean president reportedly asked for China’s cooperation and mediation on four major inter-Korean and international cooperation projects
“This emphasis on obeying the law is presumably designed to highlight that our country operates under the rule of law. But the reality is that people are often controlled and punished not by the law, but on the whim of police officers and state security agents,” one person remarked.
Lee's visit this week was the first by a South Korean leader to China in six years, with Seoul seeking a reset in relations with its largest trading partner as well as help with the North.View on euro
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Pyongyang's ballistic message: Kim Jong Un fires missiles as Trump shakes Venezuela, abducts Maduro
North Korea’s first ballistic missile test of 2026 saw several missiles launched from the Pyongyang area into the sea east of the peninsula, just days before South Korean President Lee Jae Myung’s visit to China,
North Korean authorities have begun criticizing enterprises’ customary practice of aekbeori—allowing workers to skip workplace attendance to pursue private commercial activities in return for a set payment—ahead of the Ninth Party Congress.
Beijing has fewer reasons to alienate Pyongyang, turning down chances to openly back disarmament such as at a state visit by South Korea’s president.
Hours before the leaders were due to meet, Pyongyang declared it had launched two hypersonic missiles and that its nuclear forces were ready for "actual war."
The country condemned what it called "shameless" moves by the United States that it said undermined the United Nations and accused Washington of a "hideous criminal act".
"Behind you stand Pyongyang and Moscow." This sentence is not merely a word of comfort to soldiers. It is the emotional legitimation of war -- a coded signal of a wartime system advancing under silence. Yet, beneath that sentence are residents whom no one protects.
Decorations celebrating the New Year adorned the North Korean capital on Thursday. North Korea strictly controls religion, so seasonal holidays are presented as neutral, unless they are domestic celebrations of the ruling family or traditional Korean cultural dates.
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