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Country prone to flooding from heavy summer rains because of poor drainage, deforestation, dilapidated infrastructure

Raises worries about security of key Seoul facilities

This comes two days after the South restarted blaring anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts across the border

Ri's defection is the latest in a series of defections by North Korean diplomats in South Korea in recent years

Warning comes after Kim Yo-jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, claims "dirty leaflets and things" discovered in border region

The three-day summit to be held from July 9 to 11 will be the first to include Sweden as a member of the alliance

South Korea conducts live-fire drills along its disputed western sea boundary — its first since it suspended a 2018 agreement with North aimed at reducing frontline military tensions in early June

Article 4 of the agreement states that if one of the countries gets invaded and is pushed into a state of war, the other must deploy “all means at its disposal without delay” to provide “military assistance”

Putin announces deal to boost ties with Pyongyang as both “fight against the imperialist hegemonistic policies of the US”

Putin's visit to North Korea marks a rare overseas trip since launching the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and a significant moment for Kim, who hasn't hosted another world leader in his politically isolated country since the COVID-19 pandemic began

Putin, who will be making his first visit to North Korea in 24 years, said he highly appreciates its firm support of his invasion of Ukraine

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said around 20 to 30 North Korean soldiers crossed the military demarcation line that bisects countries

Says the idea of discussing the Ukraine issue without including Russia, a key party in the conflict, is absurd

Rivals embroiled in Cold War-style campaigns such as balloon launches and propaganda broadcasts

Comes after Kim Jong Un's influential sister, Kim Yo Jong warned Seoul to halt propaganda broadcasts across their tense border

Statement by Kim Yo-jong came after the South resumed propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts toward the North for the first time in six years

Move is certain to anger North Korea, potentially prompt it to take retaliatory military steps

North Korea began sending balloons around 8 p.m., each carrying trash like cigarette butts, paper, and plastic bags, according to the JCS

This comes after Pyongyang launched hundreds of large balloons filled with trash and manure into South Korea and days after an unsuccessful military spy satellite rocket launch by the North Korean capital.

Development a setback for leader Kim Jong Un's hopes to field satellites to monitor the US and South Korea