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Matched Keyword: human rights abuses
U.S. lawmakers introduced a bipartisan Senate bill on Thursday seeking to reauthorize the expired North Korea Human Rights Act and increase pressure on North Korea over its human rights abuses. Reintroduced by Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia and Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan of Alaska, the bill seeks to reauthorize the act that expired Aug. […]
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Matched Keyword: sanctions
A senior Moscow official criticized South Korea for aligning with the West in its “attacks” on Russia in a meeting with Seoul’s ambassador, accusing the ROK of stoking tensions in the DPRK and urging his country to end sanctions against Pyongyang. Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko, Moscow’s top diplomat overseeing Korean Peninsula affairs among other […]
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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. Idam, a pseudonym for a defector who […]
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Matched Keyword: missile
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a missile test on Thursday involving tactical nuclear missiles capable of targeting what he implied were South Korean power stations, according to state media. The leader said the tests of what appeared to be the Hwasong-11D close-range ballistic missile (CRBM) and other weapons were meant to instill fear […]
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Matched Keyword: armistice
The U.N. Command (UNC) said Tuesday that recent North Korean construction inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) does not violate the 1953 Korean War Armistice Agreement, saying the projects remain on the northern side of the border and have not altered the military balance in the buffer zone. In a fact sheet, the U.S.-led command said […]
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Matched Keyword: diplomacy
Jeju Province’s governor-elect has proposed expanding cooperation with North Korea through a multinational table tennis tournament hosted on the southern South Korean island. Wi Seong-gon, who is set to take office next month, told NK News he plans to orchestrate a table tennis tournament between South Korea, North Korea, China and Japan “to establish Jeju […]
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Matched Keyword: sanctions
This week’s episode of the NK News Podcast looks at North Korea’s decision to recall its ambassador to the U.K. just weeks after his appointment, in protest over British sanctions on the Songdowon International Children’s Camp. NK News Lead Correspondent Shreyas Reddy discusses why the camp holds symbolic importance for Pyongyang, its links to Russia […]
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Matched Keyword: armistice
North Korea has continued to fortify its side of the border by constructing miles of roads and barbed wire fencing, an act the South’s military condemned on Monday as a violation of the two countries’ Armistice Agreement. North Korea installed a 10-kilometer barrier above the Northern Limit Line, the maritime boundary between the two Koreas, […]
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Matched Keyword: denuclearization
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said he asked U.S. President Donald Trump to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue this week following the U.S. deal with Iran, advocating for a “phased approach” to denuclearization as the “realistic way forward.” During a press conference at the Blue House on Friday, Lee disclosed the details of […]
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Matched Keyword: denuclearization
The North Korean leader’s influential sister Kim Yo Jong denounced the Group of Seven (G7) industrialized nations for calling for Pyongyang’s denuclearization, warning that those who pursue this “line of no retreat” will face consequences. In a statement published by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Thursday, Kim criticized the joint declaration issued […]
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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 is about how North Korean […]
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Matched Keyword: diplomacy
The DPRK withdrew its ambassador to the U.K. just a month after his appointment in response to London’s sanctions against a children’s camp, leaving a void in diplomacy amid growing tensions. In a statement to NK News, the DPRK Embassy in London confirmed that Pyongyang recalled Amb. Mun Myong Sin after the British government’s “extremely […]
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Matched Keyword: sanctions
The Netherlands deployed a warship to monitor North Korea’s illicit maritime activities this month, Japan’s defense ministry announced Monday after the vessel concluded its sanctions monitoring mission. The Royal Netherlands Navy frigate HNLMS De Ruyter conducted surveillance of unspecified waters off Japan from early to mid-June, the ministry said in a press release, adding that […]
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Matched Keyword: drone
This week, NK News CEO Chad O’Carroll and Chris Green of International Crisis Group join the podcast to discuss a Seoul court’s decision to sentence former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to 30 years in prison, finding that he orchestrated a drone operation that sought to provoke a North Korean response and create a pretext […]
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Matched Keyword: nuclear weapons
North Korea repeatedly reaffirmed its status as a nuclear weapons state in a series of statements over the weekend, denouncing recent calls for its denuclearization and U.S.-ROK defense ties. The DPRK’s Foreign Ministry released two statements on Saturday, one criticizing an ROK-EU joint statement adopted last week and the other on the latest Nuclear Consultative […]
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Matched Keyword: missile
Russia has incorporated technology from North Korean ballistic missiles into weapons systems it is using against Ukraine, according to Kyiv. Moscow has failed to “establish its own mass production of complex electronic components” and has to rely on “electronics of North Korean and Western origin,” Col. Oleksandr Zaruba of the Ukrainian military said at a […]
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Matched Keyword: diplomacy
For years, North Korea has rejected all dialogue with Seoul, denouncing reunification and spurning offers of aid. But Jeju Island’s announcement this week that it sent medical equipment, citrus saplings and other supplies to the DPRK suggests that another channel for engagement may still be open: South Korea’s local governments. While North Korea has not […]
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Matched Keyword: drone
Former President Yoon Suk Yeol dispatched drones to North Korea to create a pretext for his declaration of martial law, a Seoul court ruled on Friday, finding him guilty of endangering the military and citizens through a “private” scheme. The Seoul Central District Court’s 36th Criminal Division sentenced Yoon to 30 years in prison on […]
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Matched Keyword: drone
A Russian man was arrested after he tried to snap a photo of the North Korean Embassy in Moscow and accused of disturbing public order at a time of heightened Ukrainian drone attacks. The incident took place on May 4, when police officers detained Boris Karpychev near the embassy for “showing disrespect for society,” using […]
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Matched Keyword: denuclearization
The U.S. and South Korea reaffirmed their shared goal of North Korean denuclearization at a Nuclear Consultative Group (NCG) meeting in Seoul on Thursday, restoring language and references to Pyongyang that were absent from the previous meeting’s joint statement. “The ROK and the U.S. confirmed their shared goal of the denuclearization of North Korea,” a […]