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Matched Keyword: cruise missile
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a missile test on Tuesday featuring a new modular missile launch vehicle and a “multiple tactical cruise missile” system to be deployed at the South Korean border, according to state media. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Wednesday that one transporter erector launch vehicle (TEL) for each […]
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Matched Keyword: missile
North Korea launched “various projectiles” including a close-range ballistic missile from the northwestern part of the country into the Yellow Sea on Tuesday, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). The missile test took place at around 1 p.m. KST from “somewhere in Jongju, North Phyongan Province,” the JCS said. At least one […]
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Matched Keyword: hostages
Family members of South Koreans detained in North Korea for over a decade have established a new association to advocate for their release, amid renewed attention on the prisoners’ plight. The ROK Hostages’ Families Association (ROKHFA) plans to call on the ROK government and international organizations to verify the conditions of detainees and seek their […]
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Matched Keyword: bombing
The U.S. war with Iran has raised questions about whether America’s bombing campaign can truly eliminate Iranian nuclear facilities, reawakening a debate about whether military strikes could have stopped North Korea from going nuclear decades ago. In an editorial published in April, The Wall Street Journal argued that Washington had an opportunity to halt the […]
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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 Korea […]
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CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article incorrectly identified the title of Jieun Baek’s book. It is “Privileged but Powerless.” For North Korea’s elites, privilege has never guaranteed power. Jieun Baek’s new book, “Privileged but Powerless: How North Korean Elite Grievances Reveal the Regime’s Greatest Weakness,” examines the fears and grievances of senior defectors who […]
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Matched Keyword: sanctions
The Russian and Chinese presidents have pledged to shield North Korea from sanctions and military pressure, according to a joint statement released after their talks in Beijing, just days after their American counterpart claimed the U.S. and China had agreed to denuclearize the DPRK. Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping voiced support for political means to […]
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Matched Keyword: missile
For decades, the Korean Peninsula’s deep divide has been measured in missiles, ideology and military standoffs. But on football pitches across Asia, another inter-Korean rivalry has unfolded — one shaped not by soldiers or diplomats, but by women chasing a soccer ball. That often lopsided women’s soccer rivalry returns to the spotlight on Wednesday, when […]
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Matched Keyword: drone
This week on the NK News Podcast, Data Correspondent Anton Sokolin talks about the expanding North Korea-Russia relationship — from military pageantry in Moscow to drone training in Russia’s Far East and a mysterious shipwreck off Spain’s coast. Anton breaks down the significance of North Korean soldiers marching through Red Square for the first time […]
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Matched Keyword: blockade
The leaders of South Korea and Japan discussed efforts to restore peace on the Korean Peninsula on Tuesday in a summit that primarily focused on energy supply concerns stemming from the Strait of Hormuz blockade. During a press conference after their summit in South Korean President Lee Jae Myung’s hometown of Andong, Lee and Japanese […]
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Matched Keyword: sanctions
North Korea’s trade with China surged to its highest monthly level in more than eight years in April, official data showed, with an expert attributing the growth to Pyongyang capitalizing on China’s lax sanctions enforcement and battle-earned cash from Russia. Bilateral exchanges nearly reached $326 million last month, up from $244 million in March and […]
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Matched Keyword: drone
North Korean officials toured a key facility for training drone operators in Russia’s Far East on Friday, local authorities reported, amid efforts to boost economic and scientific exchanges. The DPRK’s South Phyongan delegation has been visiting Russia’s Far Eastern Amur region since last Monday and toured the Center for Drone Competencies in Belogorsk last Friday, […]
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Matched Keyword: denuclearization
The leaders of the U.S. and China have agreed to jointly work toward the denuclearization of North Korea, according to the White House, following President Donald Trump’s recent visit to Beijing. “President [Donald] Trump and President Xi [Jinping] confirmed their shared goal to denuclearize North Korea,” the White House said Sunday in a fact sheet […]
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Matched Keyword: sanctions
North Korea is set to continue exporting a cure-all drug touted as a treatment for cancer and other ailments to Russia in a likely sanctions breach, export filings show, following a wave of DPRK-made panaceas appearing on Russian online marketplaces. Russia’s Federal Service for Accreditation (FSA) filings show that Moscow-based sole proprietor Yekaterina Morozova submitted […]
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Matched Keyword: propaganda
Under Kim Jong Un’s rule, North Korea has made strides to improve the quality and diversity of its propaganda output, seeking to appeal in particular to youth who have been exposed to outside culture. But despite all these efforts to produce new content, close monitoring of DPRK media shows that its propagandists still rely on […]