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Barricades set up at a military checkpoint on the Tongil bridge, the road leading to North Korea's Kaesong city, in the border city of Paju on October 9, 2024. North Korea's army said on October 9 it was moving to "permanently shut off and block the southern border" with Seoul and had informed the US military to prevent an accidental clash. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP) (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images)

North Korea To Blow Up Roads Connected With The South, Seoul Claims

North Korea is preparing to blow up roads that cross the militarized border with South Korea, Seoul announced on Monday.

In this photo taken in Seoul on August 16, 2023, a man walks past a television showing a news broadcast featuring a photo of US soldier Travis King (C), who ran across the border into North Korea while part of a tour group visiting the Demilitarized Zone on South Korea's border on July 18. Travis King defected to North Korea to escape "mistreatment and racial discrimination in the US Army", state media said Wednesday, Pyongyang's first official confirmation they were holding the American soldier. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP) (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)

U.S. Soldier Travis King To Plead Guilty To Multiple Charges Including Desertion, Assault After Fleeing Into North Korea

The U.S. Army private who ran across the South Korean border into North Korea announced he will plead guilty to desertion and assault as part of a plea deal, according to his lawyer.

TOPSHOT - Bronze medalists South Korea's Lim Jonghoon (R) takes a selfie picture with his mobile as he celebrates on the podium with : gold medalists China's Wang Chuqin (rear 2nd L) and China's Sun Yingsha (front 2nd L), silver medalists North Korea's Ri Jong Sik (L), and North Korea's Kim Kum Yong (front 2nd L) and bronze medallist and teammate South Korea's Shin Yubin (2nd R) at the end of their mixed table tennis doubles competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the South Paris Arena in Paris on July 30, 2024. (Photo by JUNG Yeon-je / AFP) (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images)

North Korean Olympians Face Punishment for ‘Grinning’ in Photo with ‘Enemy Country’

The North Korean Olympic table-tennis team is potentially facing consequences for “grinning” in a photo with an “enemy country.”

Judo - Olympic Games Paris 2024: Day 7 PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 02: Teddy Riner of Team France Guram and Tushishvili of Team Georgia react during the Men’s +100kg Quarterfinal match between Guram Tushishvili of Team Georgia and Teddy Riner of Team France on day seven of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Champs-de-Mars Arena on August 02, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

Judo Olympian Suspended From Competing After Kicking Opponent In The Groin Post-Match

Guram Tushishvili has been disqualified from the Olympics after he kicked another contestant on the groin after losing during a judo competition.

TOPSHOT-SKOREA-NKOREA-BALLOONS-POLITICS TOPSHOT - A pedestrian walks along a pavement past pieces of North Korean food packaging, sweet wrappers and paper suspected to be from trash balloons sent from North Korea, in Seoul on July 24, 2024. North Korean sweet wrappers and packets of crackers and other snacks made at a factory once visited by leader Kim Jong Un were found by AFP reporters on Seoul streets on July 24. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP) (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)

North Korea Floats Trash Balloons Over To South Korea For Second Time: ‘Retaliation’

Balloons full of trash from North Korea have landed in South Korea’s presidential office compound and a U.S. military base nearby, disrupting some operations.

TOPSHOT - Members of the National Samsung Electronics Union stage a rally as they begin a three-day general strike outside the company's foundry and semiconductor factory in Hwaseong on July 8, 2024. Workers at South Korean tech giant Samsung began a three-day general strike over pay and benefits on July 8, the head of a union representing tens of thousands of employees told AFP, warning the action could impact key memory chip production. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP) (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images)

Samsung Electronics Workers Announce ‘Indefinite’ Strike Calling For Better Pay

Unionized workers at Samsung Electronics declared an indefinite strike Wednesday in a move to pressure South Korea’s biggest company to accept their calls for higher pay and other benefits.