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SEOUL, July 17 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Thursday unveiled the wreckage of what...
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North Korea’s military activities pose “an even more grave and imminent threat to Japan’s security than ever before,” exacerbated by its accelerating development of hypersonic missiles, according to Tokyo’s newly released 2025 Defense White Paper. The defense ministry’s annual report, published on Tuesday, warns that North Korea’s military development undermines the peace and security of […]
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A former North Korean diplomat who once worked to deflect international criticism of Pyongyang’s human rights record called for “relentless” efforts to expose its abuses at a major forum in Seoul on Tuesday, emphasizing that this can lead to real change. Held a day after North Korean Defectors’ Day, the 2025 Seoul Forum on North […]
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A Chinese human resource agency is openly advertising its recruitment of North Korean workers for both domestic and multinational corporations, despite U.N. sanctions aimed at stopping Pyongyang from using overseas labor to fund its nuclear program. The Beijing-based Norihsoft, which translates to Beiruan Labor Service, claims to specialize in the dispatch of North Korean workers […]
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South Korean President Lee Jae-myung vowed to strengthen support for North Korean defectors and emphasized their right to fully integrate into ROK society on Monday, delivering a message to mark the second annual North Korean Defectors’ Day. “We will go beyond basic settlement support and protection to ensure that you can live, grow and thrive […]
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North Korea hosted a high-profile event at a luxury European hotel in Beijing last week to mark the anniversary of its mutual defense treaty with China — a rare and conspicuous move that experts say signals a renewed strategic alignment between the two countries and likely breaches U.N. sanctions. The event, marking the 64th anniversary […]
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SEOUL, July 14 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung said Monday the government wi...
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SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's state media has reported that a "grave"...
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The top military leaders of South Korea, the United States and Japan reaffirmed their joint commitment to the complete denuclearization of North Korea and vowed to deepen trilateral defense cooperation during a high-level meeting in Seoul on Friday. Adm. Kim Myung-soo of South Korea, Gen. Dan Caine of the United States and Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida […]
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“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: What are the roles […]
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North Korea will receive $2.38 million USD in humanitarian assistance this year — with Switzerland emerging as the sole donor, according to U.N. data released Friday, signaling a modest recovery in aid flows as Pyongyang cautiously reopens to the outside world. According to data released by the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affair’s […]
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A former North Korean soldier is being investigated in South Korea for allegedly leading a crypto scam that defrauded over 20 investors, including two fellow DPRK defectors. Siheung Police Station received 21 formal complaints related to the case between Friday and Tuesday, with total reported damages amounting to around one billion won (US$728,013), senior inspector […]
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SEOUL, July 10 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Thursday lauded Korean War veterans an...
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The U.S. imposed sanctions on Tuesday on North Korean and Russian individuals and entities facilitating information technology (IT) worker operations funding the regime’s nuclear and missile programs, the first time Washington has designated DPRK targets since Donald Trump became president. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced in a press release that […]
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North Korea’s main agricultural season is off to a favorable start this year, with timely rainfall and generally good weather supporting planting and early crop development, according to a new U.N. report, flagging a potentially stable period for the country’s food security following years of concern. The country finished planting its main crops in June, […]
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WASHINGTON, July 8 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday sanctione...
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Seoul last week said it cannot confirm a CNN report that North Korea plans to send 30,000 additional soldiers to support Russia’s war in Ukraine, amid conflicting intelligence assessments. While Ukraine’s military intelligence suggested the deployment is imminent, its chief Kyrylo Budanov said no buildup has yet been observed, instead predicting voluntary enlistment of DPRK […]
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Chinese e-commerce vendors appear to be openly selling North Korean goods and offering to smuggle products on demand as part of what one expert said may constitute a government-sanctioned scheme to violate U.N. sanctions. NK News found dozens of listings on Chinese e-commerce platforms in which Chinese vendors offered “daigou” or cross-border shopping in North […]
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North Korea instigated the Korean War while China was only a “reactive” party. The DPRK should participate in arms control but not eliminate all its nuclear weapons. Pyongyang cozies up to Beijing when it needs food and shows only performative goodwill, but the two countries still need each other. And despite it all, China is […]
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Laos looks poised to join North Korea in backing Russia’s war effort against Ukraine, Kyiv has warned, accusing Vientiane of preparing to send military engineers to the Kursk region under the pretext of humanitarian demining. “The latest country Russia is trying to drag into the war is Laos,” the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) said […]