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Defying sanctions, advancing socialism: The DPRK’s 9th Party Congress begins

In the run-up to the 9th Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea, the successes of the last Five Year Plan were widely celebrated which sought to raise quality of life in the country and achieve a new level of strategic economic resilience.

Drone shot down in DPRK
Fresh reports of drone incursions in DPRK raise stakes on the Korean peninsula

The Lee government’s gestures towards peace with the north were further undermined by the discovery of new drone incursions into the DPRK.

The People’s Summit for Korea brings together “diaspora and the homeland” in the fight against an empire in overdrive

Peoples Dispatch speaks to Ju-Hyun Park, a leader in the Korean diaspora organization Nodutdol and an organizer of the upcoming “People’s Summit for Korea”

“US out of everywhere!” Hundreds demonstrate against US war games in Korea

Activists stage protests across the United States against the expansion of the “Freedom Shield” military exercises

Hundreds of activists set to protest expansion of US militarism in Korea

Activists are set to mobilize across the country to call for the cancellation of Freedom Shield military exercises between the US and Republic of Korea

South Korea holds missile drill as a “show of force” against DPRK

The number and scale of military drills organized by South Korea this year, mostly as joint military exercises with the US, is unprecedented and the DPRK has termed them offensive in nature.

US starts another round of war games in Korean Peninsula

North Korea has called the drills a “war of aggression exercise,” underlining the need to enhance deterrence capacity

South Korea and US will hold yet another joint military exercise explicitly aimed at North Korea

The number and scale of joint military exercises involving the US and South Korea have increased recently, giving credence to claims made by North Korea and China that the countries intend to launch an Asian NATO

Korean diaspora organization launches “US out of Korea” campaign

Responding to recent military escalation by the United States in the East Asia region, Korean diaspora organization Nodutdol launches anti-imperialist campaign

North Korea accuses the US of trying to build an Asian NATO

The US, Japan, and South Korea concluded their biggest ever three day military exercise on Sunday. North Korea termed it “reckless and provocative” and warned it can have “fatal consequences”