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North Korea’s top diplomat in Moscow for talks as Pyongyang sends troops to help the war on Ukraine

By Associated Press

Russia's top diplomat met his North Korean counterpart for talks amid reports that Pyongyang has sent thousands of troops to Russia to support its military in the war in Ukraine.

WATCH: Blinken, Austin hold briefing with South Korean counterparts as North Korea tests missile

By Hyung-Jin Kim, Kim Tong-Hyung, Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed the launch, calling it "an appropriate military action" to show North Korea's resolve to respond to its enemies' moves that threaten the North's safety, according to state media.

North Korea test-launched a ballistic missile at its eastern waters, South Korea says

By Associated Press

The reported launch happened a day after South Korea’s military intelligence agency told lawmakers that North Korea has likely completed preparations for its seventh nuclear test and was close to test-firing a long-range missile capable of reaching the United States.

WATCH: Austin meets with South Korean counterpart amid reports of North Korean troops in Russia

By Tara Copp, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday that North Korean troops wearing Russian uniforms and carrying Russian equipment are moving toward Ukraine, in what he called a dangerous and destabilizing development.

In South Korea, rise of explicit deepfakes wrecks women’s lives and deepens gender divide

By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press

The U.S. cybersecurity firm Security Hero called South Korea “the country most targeted by deepfake pornography” last year. In a report, it said South Korean singers and actresses constitute more than half of the people featured in deepfake porn worldwide.

North Korea has resumed flying trash balloons toward South Korea, Seoul says

By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press

South Korea’s military says North Korea is again flying balloons likely carrying trash toward the South, adding to a bizarre psychological warfare campaign amid growing tensions between the war-divided rivals.

From K-pop to skin care, art exhibit explores global influence of South Korean culture

By Jared Bowen, GBH

From K-pop to skin care, South Korea has been at the cutting edge of cultural development internationally. As a new museum exhibition reveals, it didn’t happen overnight. Special correspondent Jared Bowen of GBH Boston reports.

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Fire spreads through South Korean lithium battery factory, killing 22 workers

By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press

Officials said the fire began Monday after batteries exploded while workers were examining and packaging them on the second floor of the factory in Hwaseong city, just south of Seoul.

U.S. aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea for drills amid elevated North Korean threat

By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press

A nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier arrived Saturday in South Korea for a three-way exercise involving Japan as they step up military training to cope with North Korean threats, which have escalated following a security pact with Russia.

South Korea will consider supplying arms to Ukraine after North Korea and Russia sign pact

By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press

South Korea says it will consider sending arms to Ukraine after Russia and North Korea rattled the region and beyond by signing a pact to come to each other’s defense in the event of war.