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Last update: 19 minutes agoRussia–North Korea Diplomacy: North Korea’s Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui met Russia’s Sergei Lavrov and Vladimir Putin in Moscow, with KCNA and Russian state media saying Moscow thanked Pyongyang for backing Russia’s war in Ukraine and Pyongyang reaffirmed support for Russia’s Ukraine position. Sanctions & Supply Chains: The U.S. signed an executive order tightening defense contractors’ access to critical minerals and sensitive components, requiring tougher proof for waivers tied to “non-allied” suppliers including North Korea, and pushing contractors to map deeper supply chains. North Korea Domestic Crackdown: North Korean residents are calling for broader corruption investigations after a high-profile purge of a senior military political official, with the case discussed publicly following Kim Jong Un’s July conference. Cyber & Security Backdrop: The week also saw renewed attention to North Korea-linked cyber activity and to South Korea’s discovery that a key diplomat-training platform was compromised for months without internal detection.
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