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Matched Keyword: drone
South Korea will toughen penalties for illegal drone flights and move to restore a no-fly zone near the border to prevent inter-Korean incidents, Unification Minister Chung Dong-young announced Wednesday, formally expressing regret to North Korea over alleged drone incursions. Following a meeting with security-related ministers, the Lee Jae Myung administration decided to issue an official […]
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Matched Keyword: propaganda
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un promoted puppies and computer games for residents of a new residential skyscraper district in the capital on Monday, according to state media, celebrating the claimed completion of his five-year, 50,000-home project. State propaganda’s focus on the Hwasong Area’s latest consumer options appears to be part of Kim’s recent push […]
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Matched Keyword: intelligence agent
North Korea is using its global diplomatic network to spy on not only Europe but also close allies like Russia and China, seeking sensitive military technology, Estonia has warned. DPRK intelligence agents are most active in Chinese cities like Beijing, Dalian and Shenyang, as well as Moscow and the Russian city of Blagoveshchensk near the […]
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Matched Keyword: nuclear weapons
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called North Korea’s possession of nuclear weapons the key to the country’s prosperity on Wednesday, vowing not to let the U.N. Security Council (UNSC) adopt new resolutions targeting the DPRK. “The main guarantee of prosperity in the modern world … is, however sad it may be to acknowledge, Pyongyang’s possession […]
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Matched Keyword: sanctions
Another restaurant employing North Korean nationals has opened its doors in Moscow, despite U.N. sanctions that ban the overseas employment of DPRK citizens. NK News analysis of photos and reviews posted on Yandex Maps show that the Pyongyang Rungrado restaurant in southern Moscow serves Korean dishes like cold Pyongyang noodles, bulgogi and fried rice and […]
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Matched Keyword: drone
A South Korean military-police task force investigating alleged civilian drone incursions into North Korea raided a military command and intelligence agency this week, amid allegations that officials were involved in the incident. Three active-duty service members and a National Intelligence Service (NIS) employee suspected of involvement were booked as part of the investigation, a Korean […]
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Matched Keyword: sanctions
After months of silence, the U.N. Security Council’s North Korea sanctions committee suddenly reopened a long-blocked humanitarian pipeline last week — giving the green light to 17 aid projects in a single sweep. The sudden approvals by the 1718 Committee are reportedly the result of South Korean efforts to convince the U.S. to stop blocking […]
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Matched Keyword: propaganda
In a video posted on China’s version of TikTok, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rides a white horse through a snow-covered forest near Mount Paektu. Suddenly, upbeat Chinese pop music bursts in, clashing with the revolutionary myth-making. The scene jumps again to a military parade, where ordinary Koreans fling their arms into the air […]
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Matched Keyword: sanctions
South Korea is reviewing unilateral sanctions that have halted cross-border trade with North Korea since 2010, Seoul’s unification minister told lawmakers on Monday, voicing support for the U.N.’s recent decision to grant sanctions exemptions for humanitarian aid to Pyongyang. At a parliamentary hearing, Chung Dong-young said lifting the May 24 Measures would carry “significant symbolic […]
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Matched Keyword: peace talks
A Russian military jet made a brief overnight visit to North Korea this week, just days after flying a military delegation to Abu Dhabi for peace talks with Ukraine, aviation data shows. The Ilyushin Il-62M (RA-86572) operated by the 223rd Flight Unit State Airline under Russia’s Defense Ministry touched down in Pyongyang at around 7:30 […]
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Matched Keyword: foreign policy
North Korea says it will convene the Ninth Party Congress in late February, a major political meeting expected to define the country’s domestic and foreign policy direction for the next five years. At a Politburo meeting attended by Kim Jong Un on Saturday, participants unanimously adopted a resolution to convene the Party Congress in Pyongyang […]
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Matched Keyword: missile
Belarus shipped several tons of meat products to North Korea with the help of a Polish firm late last year, according to a new report, while Pyongyang supplied automotive parts to a Belarusian truck manufacturer that also produces missile launchers. The independent Belarusian media project Zerkalo reported that the shipment worth “hundreds of thousands of […]
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Matched Keyword: diplomacy
There will likely be “some new developments” regarding North Korea within the next few days, a senior South Korean government official said Thursday, while dismissing the possibility of renewed U.S.-DPRK diplomacy in the near future. The unnamed official made the comments to South Korean reporters during ROK Foreign Minister Cho Hyun’s ongoing visit to Washington, […]
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Matched Keyword: disinformation
ROK President Lee Jae Myung has kicked off a process of making it easier for South Korean citizens to access North Korean media, a win for civil liberties in a country that has long restricted speech praising communism and the adversary next door. But as I previously described, Seoul’s liberalizing move also opens the door […]
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Matched Keyword: denuclearization
The top diplomats of the U.S. and South Korea reaffirmed their commitment to the “complete denuclearization” of North Korea on Tuesday, while discussing efforts to reengage Pyongyang. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun met in Washington to discuss implementing the agreements made during President Donald Trump’s summit with […]
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Matched Keyword: defectors
“Ask a North Korean” is an NK News series featuring interviews with and columns by North Korean defectors, most of whom left the DPRK within the last few years. Readers may submit their questions for defectors by emailing ask@nknews.org and including their first name and city of residence. Today’s question asks about how North Koreans […]
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Matched Keyword: sanctions
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said his country could learn from North Korea’s ability to survive under international sanctions despite limited economic resources, while praising Pyongyang’s support for the invasion of Ukraine. “You said what we can learn? Perhaps, first and foremost, how to organize the rapid and effective mobilization of a country’s economic potential,” […]
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Matched Keyword: humanitarian
Humanitarian aid organizations remain willing and broadly capable of returning to North Korea but are being held back primarily by U.S. and international regulatory barriers, according to a new report by the National Committee on North Korea (NCNK). Based on a closed-door conference late last year with aid groups that operated in North Korea before […]
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Matched Keyword: defectors
Young North Korean defectors and the children of escapees who have resettled in the South are dropping out of high school at more than twice the rate of their peers, according to new government data, underscoring the unique challenges that these students face due to language and cultural barriers. Around 2.2% of the 2,412 students […]
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Matched Keyword: terrorism
Almost 200 U.S. military personnel, civilians and their families have filed a lawsuit against British American Tobacco (BAT), alleging that the tobacco giant “knowingly” financed North Korea’s weapons programs through a joint venture and indirectly supported terrorist attacks against Americans. In a complaint filed before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia […]