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Alonso is accused of willfully allowing the North Korean devs to use his genuine identity to create fake US worker visa documents, while Prince and Ashtor are alleged to have registered and run Taggcar and Vali Tech respectively – two US staffing companies used to secure employment for remote contractors.

Pyongyang has since reopened the border to some trade and official delegations, and North Korea last year permitted Russian tourists to enter the country for the first time since the pandemic.

The impeached president is using unsubstantiated claims of election interference by China and North Korea to justify his failed self-coup bid.

The United States, Australia, India, and Japan reaffirmed their partnership at a meeting focusing on countering China's influence. Hosted by Marco Rubio, the Quad grouping emphasized a Free and Open Indo-Pacific.

North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) met over two days this week and reported on its achievements during 2024 but state media made no mention of anticipated changes to the constitution that would further cement its hostile policy towards South Korea.

With the fate of suspended South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol hanging in the balance, the country has also been left facing an uncertain future as it battles through the resulting political turmoil.

Under Biden-era law, citizens of Iran, North Korea, China and Russia cannot access lab property in an effort to ensure the U.S. maintains its "leading technological edge."

Even if a strategic and comprehensive alliance can be made a reality, the big question is how to make that happen amid the uncertainty of the Trump era.