The Press United | International News https://thepressunited.com/ The Press United is Daily news analysis website. Tue, 13 Oct 2026 01:09:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://thepressunited.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cropped-android-chrome-192x192-1-32x32.png The Press United | International News Analysis, Viewpoint https://thepressunited.com/ 32 32 noThe Press United is Daily news analysis website.The Press United | International News Kim Jong Un’s party orders chief secretaries to take charge of party school study https://thepressunited.com/news/kim-jong-uns-party-orders-chief-secretaries-to-take-charge-of-party-school-study/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 01:09:38 +0000 https://thepressunited.com/?p=193051 North Korea has ordered its top provincial, city and county party officials to personally lead party school study in 2026. The move tightens Kim Jong Un’s grip on how the Workers’ Party of Korea trains and retrains its officials. The party’s central leadership sent the directive to provincial party committees on Oct. 2, a source […]

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]]> The Press United | International News Badminton boom takes off among North Korean high school students https://thepressunited.com/news/badminton-boom-takes-off-among-north-korean-high-school-students/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 21:09:43 +0000 https://thepressunited.com/?p=193049 A badminton boom is sweeping North Korean high schools in 2026, as Musan county teenagers turn parks into free courts. Rackets and shuttlecocks once cost too much for most young people to take up the sport. Students now see badminton as a game anyone can play almost anywhere once they have the gear. “Usually one […]

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]]> The Press United | International News North Korean vessels cash in on drug runs between Southeast Asia and China https://thepressunited.com/news/north-korean-vessels-cash-in-on-drug-runs-between-southeast-asia-and-china/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 18:09:29 +0000 https://thepressunited.com/?p=193047 North Korean ships are earning large sums of foreign currency through drug smuggling between Southeast Asia and China in 2026, according to a source in North Korea. “North Korean ships are carrying illegal goods from Southeast Asia to China and collecting shipping fees from Chinese traders,” the source said recently. “Much of the cargo is […]

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]]> The Press United | International News Thermal satellite images show Yongbyon reactors running nonstop https://thepressunited.com/news/thermal-satellite-images-show-yongbyon-reactors-running-nonstop/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:09:46 +0000 https://thepressunited.com/?p=193045 North Korea’s Yongbyon nuclear complex kept its key reactors and processing plants running through 2026, according to my analysis of satellite imagery. High-resolution photos and thermal infrared data show the site steadily expanding its capacity to produce fissile material for nuclear weapons. The complex lies about 100 kilometers north of Pyongyang and remains the country’s […]

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]]> The Press United | International News Economic, technological consultations conclude in Prague https://thepressunited.com/updates/economic-technological-consultations-conclude-in-prague/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 07:46:39 +0000 https://thepressunited.com/?p=193043 Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs Cynthia Kiang and David Müller, her counterpart from the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade, hosted the 9th Taiwan-Czechia Economic and Technological Consultations Oct. 5 in Prague.   Kiang said that amid global trade fluctuations and supply chain restructuring, Taiwan continues to reinforce global competitiveness in artificial intelligence and semiconductors, […]

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]]> The Press United | International News Taiwan holds Tier 1 in US anti-human trafficking report https://thepressunited.com/updates/taiwan-holds-tier-1-in-us-anti-human-trafficking-report/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 03:46:37 +0000 https://thepressunited.com/?p=193041 Taiwan maintained its Tier 1 status in the U.S. State Department 2026 Trafficking in Persons Report for the 17th year running, reflecting global recognition of government protection of human rights, the Ministry of the Interior said Oct. 9.   Among the 188 countries and territories assessed in the report, Taiwan is one of only five […]

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]]> The Press United | International News MOFA welcomes US Reps. Boyle, Salinas, Kennedy https://thepressunited.com/updates/mofa-welcomes-us-reps-boyle-salinas-kennedy/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 03:46:32 +0000 https://thepressunited.com/?p=193037 Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung hosted a banquet for Reps. Brendan Boyle, Andrea Salinas and Tim Kennedy of the U.S. House of Representatives Oct. 7 in Taipei City, offering them a warm welcome during their Oct. 6-9 trip.   During the event, Lin shared thoughts from his recent visit to Phoenix and thanked the […]

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]]> The Press United | International News Taiwan opens representative office in Phoenix https://thepressunited.com/updates/taiwan-opens-representative-office-in-phoenix/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 04:46:44 +0000 https://thepressunited.com/?p=193035 Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung attended the launch of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Phoenix, Arizona, Oct. 5.   The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs and Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego were also present at the event, as was Ingrid Larson, managing director of the American Institute in Taiwan. Business […]

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]]> The Press United | International News Interview: How bribery holds North Korea’s market economy together https://thepressunited.com/news/interview-how-bribery-holds-north-koreas-market-economy-together/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 03:09:19 +0000 https://thepressunited.com/?p=193033 A few years ago, two researchers – Dr. Andrew Yeo (Brookings Institution) and Dr. Justin Hastings (University of Sydney) – conducted a series of interviews with North Korean defectors to explore how marketization had changed interpersonal relationships in North Korean society. The vast majority of interviewees alluded to an extensive system of bribery and kickbacks, […]

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]]> The Press United | International News MOFA welcomes Japan’s Kumamoto Gov. Kimura https://thepressunited.com/updates/mofa-welcomes-japans-kumamoto-gov-kimura/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 02:46:43 +0000 https://thepressunited.com/?p=193031 The Oct. 6 visit by Kumamoto Governor Takashi Kimura and Prefectural Assembly Chair Koki Uchino is sincerely welcomed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.   According to MOFA, Secretary General Daniel Kuo-ching Chen expressed condolences on behalf of the government and people of Taiwan for the loss incurred by the major earthquake that struck the […]

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