The United Nations Population Division has estimated that about 12 percent of North Koreans are aged 65 or older. The U.N. defines a society as “aged” when this figure reaches 14 percent. North Korea does not regularly publish demographic figures, so analysts must extrapolate from past censuses and indirect surveys.

A group of U.S. Senators have sent a letter asking officials to investigate a Trump family-linked crypto company over reported business ties to illicit actors.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Friday fired a suspected short-range ballistic missile toward its eastern waters, South Korea’s military said, as Pyongyang steps up its testing activity while talks with Washington and Seoul remain stalled.

North Korea condemned recent US sanctions imposed on its bankers, characterizing them as proof of US hostility and warning that such pressure won’t help resume dialogue between the two nations.

Commentary from the North appears to throw cold water on the thinking that somehow the South can draw North Korea’s Kim into talks with Trump’s help.

North Korea's Nov. 18 statement, which criticized the joint South Korea–U.S. fact sheet and the Security Consultative Meeting communiqué, claiming that the allies' "confrontational intent" had again been formalized, also fits this broader environment.

North Korea will soon provide thousands of workers to help Russia produce Shahed-type kamikaze drones, according to Ukrainian military intelligence. If true, the additional trained labor will increase both Russia and North Korea’s drone-manufacturing capabilities while providing significant revenue to Pyongyang.

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