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North Korea leader Kim Jong Un orders heightened war preparations, KCNA says

North Korea leader Kim Jong Un orders heightened war preparations, KCNA says

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected field training of troops at a major military operations base in the western region of the country on Wednesday and ordered heightened readiness for war, state KCNA news agency reported on Thursday. The tour of the base, the location of which was not identified, comes after the start of annual combined military drills by U.S. and South Korean forces on Monday in the South with twice the number of troops taking part compared to last… Source link

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12-year-old died less than 24 hours after he arrived at North Carolina wilderness camp, officials say

12-year-old died less than 24 hours after he arrived at North Carolina wilderness camp, officials say

A 12-year-old boy died less than 24 hours after arriving at a North Carolina wilderness camp for troubled adolescents, according to authorities, who said the child’s death “appeared to not be natural.” The boy, who has not been publicly identified, was found dead at Trails Carolina Camp in Lake Toxaway, North Carolina, on the morning of Feb. 3, the Transylvania County Sheriff’s Office said. The day before, he had been “transported per parents by two men from New York to Trails… Source link

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North Korea vows military strike if any provocation, fires artillery rounds

North Korea vows military strike if any provocation, fires artillery rounds

SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea will launch a military strike immediately in response to any provocation, Kim Yo Jong, the sister and key ally of leader Kim Jong Un, said on Sunday, as it fired artillery shells near its border with the South for the third day in a row. The remarks come after South Korea’s military said the North had fired more than 60 artillery rounds on Saturday near their disputed maritime border, following a similar volley of more than 200 the previous day. North Korea again… Source link

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South Korea views the young daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as his likely successor

South Korea views the young daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as his likely successor

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The young daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is seen as her father’s likely heir apparent, South Korea’s spy agency said Thursday, its first such assessment on the girl who was unveiled to the outside world a little more than a year ago. There has been intense outside debate and speculation about the girl, reportedly about 10 years old and named Ju Ae, since she made her first public appearance in November 2022, when she watched a long-range missile… Source link

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Chinese corn mill in North Dakota deemed ‘significant threat’ by US Air Force

Chinese corn mill in North Dakota deemed ‘significant threat’ by US Air Force

[Source] The construction of a Chinese-owned corn mill in North Dakota will likely be halted after the U.S. Air Force flagged it as a “significant threat to national security.” Fufeng Group, an MSG and xanthan gum manufacturer based in Shandong province, China, previously bought 370 acres of farmland in Grand Forks through its American subsidiary. The city council approved the company’s $700 million proposal to build the mill last year, citing economic development success. However,… Source link

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Chinese corn mill in North Dakota deemed ‘significant threat’ by US Air Force

Chinese corn mill in North Dakota deemed ‘significant threat’ by US Air Force

[Source] The construction of a Chinese-owned corn mill in North Dakota will likely be halted after the U.S. Air Force flagged it as a “significant threat to national security.” Fufeng Group, an MSG and xanthan gum manufacturer based in Shandong province, China, previously bought 370 acres of farmland in Grand Forks through its American subsidiary. The city council approved the company’s $700 million proposal to build the mill last year, citing economic development success. However,… Source link

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North Korean Hacking Group Tied to $100M Harmony Hack Moves 41,000 Ether Over Weekend

North Korean Hacking Group Tied to 0M Harmony Hack Moves 41,000 Ether Over Weekend

Pseudonymous blockchain sleuth ZachXBT said on Monday that part of the funds tied to last year’s $100 million attack on the Harmony network were moved over the weekend. “North Korea’s Lazarus Group had a very busy weekend, moving $63.5 million (~41,000 ETH) from the Harmony bridge hack through Railgun before consolidating funds and depositing on three different exchanges,” ZachXBT alerted on Twitter. Over 350 addresses linked to the attackers have been compiled in a list by ZachXBT. The… Source link

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Vikings mount biggest comeback in NFL history, clinch NFC North after falling behind 33 points

Vikings mount biggest comeback in NFL history, clinch NFC North after falling behind 33 points

The Minnesota Vikings rallied from 33 points down to beat the Indianapolis Colts 39-36 in overtime and clinched the NFC North in doing so. The previous biggest comeback in NFL history was when the Buffalo Bills — led by Frank Reich, whom the Colts fired as head coach in early November — rallied from a 32-point deficit to beat the Houston Oilers in the 1992 season wild-card round. A massive fourth quarter for the Vikings sent it to overtime Trailing 36-28 late in the fourth quarter, Kirk… Source link

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North Dakota to receive $4.1M from Google in location-tracking settlement – InForum

North Dakota to receive .1M from Google in location-tracking settlement – InForum

BISMARCK — North Dakota will receive $4.1 million from Google as part of a massive settlement with the tech giant over its improper tracking of customers, said Attorney General Drew Wrigley on Tuesday, Nov. 29. Google will have to pay $391.5 million to 40 states according to the agreement, which Wrigley called “the largest multistate Attorney General privacy settlement in the history of the U.S.” Investigators found that Google was recording the movements of customers even when… Source link

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