A Russian military jet flew directly from Moscow to Pyongyang on Thursday amid reports that North Korea is sending troops to support Russia in Ukraine. The same plane last traveled to the DPRK’...
North Korea has deployed troops to assist Russian forces in Ukraine, the ROK presidential office confirmed on Friday, with Seoul’s spy agency revealing that Russian naval vessels were used to t...
South Korea conducted a live-fire exercise with a Chunmoo multiple launch rocket system (MLRS), designed to counter North Korea’s long-range artillery, on Thursday evening, a move which one exp...
The U.S. North Korean Human Rights Acts was signed into existence on this day twenty years ago, and while experts acknowledge its role in highlighting abuses in the DPRK, they also emphasized the...
https://www.nknews.org/2024/10/u-s-north-korean-human-rights-act-turns-20-but-gains-remain-elusive/
North Korea’s trade with China hit a record high for this year in September, driven by an uptick in imports, although trade levels remained lower than in the same month last year and prior to t...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told his troops that South Koreans are “not fellow countrymen” but a “legitimate” target that they shouldn’t hesitate to attack, according to state media...
https://www.nknews.org/2024/10/south-koreans-are-legit-enemy-and-not-kin-kim-jong-un-tells-troops/
North Korea appears to have discontinued the use of its Juche calendar system, a move that experts suggest reflects Kim Jong Un’s goal of reinforcing his legacy as leader. The Juche calendar, w...
Frank Aum, a senior expert on Northeast Asia at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), joins the podcast to talk about a recent event the institute hosted which focused on past efforts at Korean pea...
https://www.nknews.org/2024/10/frank-aum-why-north-koreas-claims-should-be-taken-at-face-value/
Russian state television may have unwittingly revealed evidence of continued military trade between North Korea and Russia amid reports that the DPRK is not only supplying weapons to aid Moscow�...
South Korean police have stopped investigating North Korean escapees who send money back to their families in the DPRK, a practice which had led to serious unrest among defectors last year. Despi...
North Korean media informed the domestic population Thursday that roads and railroads connecting the two Koreas were blown up on Tuesday to comply with a constitutional stipulation that South Kor...
South Korea’s Gyeonggi Province has designated 11 areas across three cities and counties as “danger zones,” prohibiting the launch of balloons carrying anti-North Korea leaflets, its vice g...
Russia will come to North Korea’s aid should conflict break out on the Korean Peninsula, Moscow officials have said, citing the two countries’ new military pact. But one expert questioned the...
The U.S., South Korea, Japan and eight Western nations have launched a new mechanism to monitor North Korea sanctions violations following the dissolution of the U.N. Panel of Experts after Russi...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rang in 2024 with a watershed speech spurning the goal of reunification with the South, and ever since then, authorities have been carrying out a sweeping campaign...
Tensions on the Korean Peninsula hit a dangerous new high over the weekend after North Korea claimed a South Korean drone scattered anti-regime leaflets over Pyongyang. The DPRK has since ordered...
Growing signs of friction between North Korea and China this year have raised questions about a potential realignment of Pyongyang’s foreign policy priorities, especially as it continues to coz...
Vladimir Putin submitted his new military pact with North Korea to the Russian parliament for ratification on Monday, pushing for formal acceptance of the mutual defense pact he made with DPRK le...
North Korea claimed on Friday that a South Korean drone scattered anti-regime leaflets over Pyongyang, threatening military retaliation if such “provocations” continue. NK News CEO Chad O’C...
North Korea blew up sections of two key inter-Korean roads on Tuesday, leading the South Korean military to retaliate by firing shots south of the border, according to Seoul. The ROK Joint Chiefs...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reviewed military action plans at a “national defense and security council” meeting on Monday, according to state media, following days of threats and escalati...
North Korea could destroy inter-Korean roads as early as Monday, the ROK military has announced, as tensions grow over DPRK trash balloons and alleged South Korean drone incursions. Potential hos...
The U.N. Command (UNC) is investigating North Korea’s claim that South Korean drones flew over Pyongyang multiple times this month, after finding in the past that both Koreas violated the Korea...
https://www.nknews.org/2024/10/un-command-investigating-north-koreas-claim-of-rok-drone-incursion/
North Korea has attached GPS devices to some of the trash balloons it has been launching into South Korea, the ROK military announced on Sunday, a move that one expert said may seek to verify tha...
https://www.nknews.org/2024/10/some-north-korean-trash-balloons-now-carry-gps-devices-seoul-says/
Volodymyr Zelensky said North Korean troops are fighting alongside Russian forces against Ukraine, calling on the West to ramp up military support for Kyiv. “We see that the alliance between Ru...
North Korea warned on Monday that it has put border artillery and possibly nuclear missile units on high alert in response to an alleged South Korean drone intrusion, threatening to retaliate wit...
The younger sister of the North Korean leader threatened to “destroy” the South Korean capital Seoul if “a drone of the ROK is discovered in the sky over our capital city once again,” acc...
North Korea claimed on Friday that a South Korean drone scattered anti-regime leaflets over Pyongyang, threatening military retaliation if such “provocations” continue. The drone allegedly en...
Ukrainian forces have struck another Russian military depot storing North Korean weapons, according to Kyiv, amid signs that DPRK arms shipments have continued in recent months. But Moscow dismis...
A North Korean defected to the South by crossing the Yellow Sea last month, ROK authorities belatedly revealed on Friday, the latest escape over the maritime border as it becomes more difficult t...
North Korea has launched its third round of trash balloons this week, the South Korean military announced Friday morning, the latest barrage in a monthslong psychological warfare campaign. “Con...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un penned a letter to the nation on Friday explicitly rejecting the future possibility of political reform, while calling for measures to address ideological disillus...
The summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Laos this week has brought together leaders from across the region to discuss ways to promote greater integration and cooperati...
Restrictions on communication and access to information are on the rise in North Korea, according to a new report, with Pyongyang’s growing crackdown on outside information leading to a more th...
North Korean loudspeakers are blasting a cacophony of howling sirens in some areas near the inter-Korean border, NK News has confirmed, amid complaints from local residents about the ongoing psyc...
https://www.nknews.org/2024/10/north-korea-assaults-south-with-sonic-barrage-of-howling-sirens/
The sound of explosions rang out along the demilitarized zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas on Thursday, as North Korea detonated dynamite to clear land a day after announcing plans to further fo...
Jihyun Park escaped from North Korea, not once but twice. Now a politician and activist in the U.K., Park joins the podcast to share her story of how she escaped and why she decided to settle in ...
https://www.nknews.org/2024/10/jihyun-park-a-womans-journey-from-north-korea-to-british-politics/
North Korea test-fired 240mm “controllable multiple rocket launcher shells” on Tuesday, according to state media, in what appears to be the fifth test of this multiple launch rocket system (M...
South Korea has pinpointed “approximately 10 sites” that North Korea uses to launch trash balloons across the border, Seoul’s defense chief said Tuesday, emphasizing that the military can t...
The North Korean military announced plans to destroy all road and railway links to South Korea on Wednesday, seeking to sever inter-Korean connections as a “self-defensive measure for inhibitin...
North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) concluded a two-day session on Tuesday without any public announcements on amending the constitution to reflect new policies on rejecting unifica...
North Korea is sending limited numbers of military personnel to Russia-occupied Ukraine to supervise the use of DPRK weapons, a Kyiv official claimed on Tuesday, adding that some of the North Kor...
South Korea is restoring 15 frontline guard posts (GP) on its side of the heavily militarized border with North Korea, according to Seoul’s defense ministry, four more than it abandoned during ...
South Korea should stockpile vaccines for diseases like smallpox and anthrax due to the possibility that North Korean trash balloons could pose bioterrorism threats, the head of the Korea Disease...
South Korea publicly debuted a new “monster” ballistic missile that is central to plans to take out DPRK leadership in the event of war during a parade to mark Armed Forces Day. NK News Jun...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un insulted South Korea’s president and threatened to use nuclear weapons if the U.S. and ROK try to change “the balance of power” on the peninsula, according t...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw artillery drills simulating an attack on an enemy island in recent days, ahead of an expected announcement in state media this week on a change to the coun...
South Korea and the U.S. struck a new five-year defense cost-sharing agreement on Friday, a move that could frustrate North Korea’s efforts to drive a wedge between Seoul and Washington even if...
North Korea marked the 75th anniversary of diplomatic ties with China on Sunday without hosting any major celebrations, in a sign that Pyongyang’s relationship with its biggest economic benefac...
North Korea renovated its biggest political prison in the country’s remote northeast in recent years, NK News analysis shows, underscoring the DPRK’s continuing efforts to expand and maintain...
North Korea sent another barrage of trash-bearing balloons over the border on Monday, with South Korean authorities revealing that they have found small amounts of explosive material connected to...
North Korean special forces donned new laser tag-style gear for a training exercise this week, state media has revealed, adopting technology long used by foreign militaries amid a push to improve...
The number of North Korean elites defecting to South Korea appears to be on the rise, a trend that could have a destabilizing impact on Kim Jong Un’s grip on power. Statements by recent high-le...
https://www.nknews.org/2024/10/north-korean-elites-are-unhappy-but-dont-expect-a-mass-exodus/
North Korea launched more trash-filled balloons toward Seoul early Friday morning, the second barrage since South Korea showed off its biggest weapons at a military parade earlier this week. “N...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened to use nuclear weapons against South Korea “without hesitation” if the U.S.-ROK alliance “infringes” on Pyongyang’s sovereignty, according to ...
The CIA has launched a new initiative to cultivate North Korean informants, rolling out instructions on how to contact the U.S. agency via social media and the dark web in a bid to expand its net...
At least two more North Korean companies applied to register trademarks in Russia in September, official data shows, the latest in a flurry of applications that has revealed a concerted push to e...
Youngah Lee of People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD) joins the podcast to discuss the progressive civil society group’s advocacy for inter-Korean peace and restarting dialogu...
His clothes range from a black leather trench coat and white military uniform to classic communist Mao suits. The accessories encompass Russian ushanka, aviator sunglasses and expensive Swiss wat...
A North Korean escapee living in South Korea attempted to drive a stolen bus across the demilitarized zone (DMZ) on Tuesday, telling authorities he sought to return home after struggling to live ...
North Korea held a national meeting focusing on managing ruling party cadres for the first time, underscoring Kim Jong Un’s recent emphasis on strengthening loyalty to his rule as he increasing...
North Korea once again launched trash-filled balloons toward Seoul on Wednesday morning, a day after South Korean missiles and U.S.-ROK soldiers paraded through the capital’s streets to celebra...
Locals on the South Korean border island of Ganghwa have reportedly complained in recent months about high-pitched noises from loudspeakers on the North Korean side, amid growing inter-Korean fri...
South Korea paraded its most powerful missiles and weapons systems through the streets of central Seoul on Tuesday afternoon, an event aimed at inspiring citizens’ confidence in ROK military ca...
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol announced the establishment of the new Strategic Command (STRATCOM) to oversee military responses to North Korean nuclear threats on Tuesday, as the country p...
Former Japanese defense minister Shigeru Ishiba will take charge as the country’s new prime minister this week, and he could bring a new approach to relations with nuclear neighbor North Korea,...
North Korea will never negotiate away its nuclear weapons program regardless of who wins the upcoming U.S. presidential election, Pyongyang’s ambassador to the U.N. told the General Assembly on...
A Chinese national has been extradited to the U.S. to face charges for allegedly raising illicit funds for North Korea through a tobacco-smuggling scheme, the U.S. Justice Department announced Mo...
A South Korean lawmaker has accused the country’s largest online platform of potentially violating U.N. Security Council (UNSC) sanctions and domestic law by allowing the sale of North Korean a...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected efforts to reconstruct homes destroyed by summer floods on Sunday, according to state media, framing the relief work as part of a broader regional develo...
North Korea has officially renamed a subway station in central Pyongyang that referenced the idea of a reunified Korean Peninsula, the latest effort to purge language about reunification in line ...
A Cambodian museum formerly run by North Korea is still closed nearly five years after “temporarily” suspending operations, NK News has confirmed, in a sign that sanctions on DPRK workers hav...
The powerful sister of North Korea’s leader has slammed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for calling the DPRK an accomplice to Russia in its war against Ukraine, while accusing the U.S. o...
A defense hawk who has long backed engagement with North Korea is set to take office as Japan’s new leader, potentially paving the way for a shift in Tokyo’s approach to ties with its nuclear...
North Korean denuclearization is “off the table” for Russia due to U.S. efforts to build a trilateral “nuclear alliance” with South Korea and Japan, Moscow’s top diplomat said Thursday,...
North Korea has resumed printing and subscription services for its main newspaper for foreigners living in the country “after a long break,” according to the Russian Embassy in the DPRK on Fr...
North Korea could finally conduct its long-expected seventh nuclear test after the U.S. presidential election in November, possibly using uranium produced by a recently revealed enrichment facili...
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Xavier T. Brunson as the new commander of U.S. Forces Korea (USFK), promoting the Army officer to general and tasking him with countering North Korea’s growing nuc...
Seoul’s two main airports have shut down their runways 20 times this year due to North Korean trash balloons, amounting to almost seven hours of flight disruptions, according to official data. ...
South Korea’s foreign minister said North Korea’s arms exports to Russia in breach of sanctions are a prime example of the “limitations” of the U.N. Security Council (UNSC) on Wednesday, ...
Seongmin Lee, an escapee from North Korea, joins the podcast to discuss his work to smuggle information into the DPRK through Flash Drives for Freedom, a project under the nonprofit Human Rights ...
https://www.nknews.org/2024/09/seongmin-lee-how-usb-flash-drives-can-empower-north-koreans/
North Korean cyberattacks on South Korea’s unification ministry and associated inter-Korean organizations have almost doubled over the past two years, a South Korean lawmaker revealed on Tuesda...
The North Korean leader’s powerful sister denounced a stopover by a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine in South Korea as a “frantic” attempt to demonstrate American military strength, claiming ...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky slammed North Korea for aiding Russia’s “criminal war” against his country at the U.N. on Tuesday, accusing Pyongyang of providing Moscow with weapons...
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has denounced opposition politicians’ calls to abandon unification with North Korea as “unconstitutional,” insisting that accepting the existence of two...
The U.N. special envoy for North Korean human rights has called for a “victim-centered approach” to supporting those who have suffered under the DPRK regime, emphasizing that governments shou...
“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 quest...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw tests of a new ballistic missile and “highly upgraded” cruise missile last week, releasing images of the launches that appeared aimed at demonstrating ...
https://www.nknews.org/2024/09/new-north-korean-missile-vietnamese-visitors-and-more-trash-balloons/
Cooperation between the U.S., South Korea and Japan will be “vital” for the future of all three countries regardless of who wins the upcoming American and Japanese elections, Secretary of Sta...
A Russian military plane made a series of flights between North Korea and the Russian Far East over the weekend, including a rare trip to a city where Kim Jong Un previously toured a fighter jet ...
The leaders of the U.S., Australia, India and Japan condemned North Korea’s ongoing weapons development and military cooperation with partners on Saturday, but avoided direct mentions of Russia...
South Korea warned that it will take “decisive military action” if North Korean trash balloons threaten citizens’ safety or “cross a critical line,” following another launch over the we...
The North Korean team hoisted the champions’ trophy at the women’s under-20 World Cup for the third time on Sunday, becoming the joint most successful team in the competition’s history afte...
Travis King, the American soldier who crossed into North Korea last July in an apparent bid to defect, is set to walk free after a U.S. military court granted him an early release following a gui...
https://www.nknews.org/2024/09/us-soldier-who-fled-to-north-korea-walks-free-after-guilty-plea/
Seventy North Korean defectors’ whereabouts remain unknown as of last year, including 11 who have been missing for over a decade, according to a South Korean unification ministry report. The ...
Living on an island just miles from North Korea, Keum-suk Gendry-Kim regularly hears the booming artillery fire, roaring helicopters and howling sirens, a reminder of the inter-Korean conflict th...
The U.S. has slapped sanctions on five entities linked to Russia and one individual for facilitating illicit transactions between Moscow and Pyongyang in a bid to thwart their financial cooperati...
North Korea’s new ambassador to Cuba has officially begun his duties, according to Cuba’s Presidential Office on Thursday, amid signs of strain in the two countries’ longtime partnership. H...
https://www.nknews.org/2024/09/north-koreas-new-ambassador-to-cuba-officially-begins-duties/
A VIP Russian government jet made a quick flight to North Korea’s east coast on Thursday night, aviation data showed, less than a week after Russia’s top security official Sergei Shoigu visit...
Military officials from Vietnam visited North Korea for deputy ministerial talks this week in a bid to expand defense cooperation between the two countries, according to Vietnamese state media. V...
North Korea’s under-20 women’s soccer team reached the final of the FIFA World Cup with a hard-fought win over the U.S. on Wednesday, showcasing the country’s ability to stand shoulder-to-s...
North Korea launched another round of trash-filled balloons on the last day of the Chuseok fall harvest holiday, according to the South Korean military. The ROK Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) announ...
With Swedish diplomats returning to work at the country’s embassy in North Korea this week, former British ambassador to the DPRK John Everard joins the podcast to discuss the process for other...
Kim Jong Un oversaw a new ballistic missile and upgraded strategic cruise missile tests on Wednesday, framing Pyongyang’s continuing missile build-up as a direct response to “the grave threat...
https://www.nknews.org/2024/09/north-korea-tests-explosive-power-of-new-ballistic-missile/
International efforts to garner attention for human rights abuses in North Korea have been “very scattered,” South Korea’s outgoing ambassador for North Korean human rights Lee Shin-wha tol...
North Korea’s trade with China saw a sharp on-month jump in August but declined from the same month last year, with an expert suggesting the general downward trend may signal stagnation in rela...
North Korea’s “rapid advancement” of its nuclear and missile capabilities and its declared goal to “exponentially” expand its nuclear arsenal is the most pressing challenge facing U.S. ...
Washington orthodoxy holds that any deal short of total denuclearization is unacceptable, as it would grievously undermine the global nonproliferation regime. Yet by rigidly adhering to this all-...
North Korea launched multiple short-range ballistic missiles (SRBM) “in the northeast direction” on Wednesday morning, South Korea’s military announced. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staf...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has received a sanctions exemption to ship laboratory equipment for vaccines to North Korea, as the U.N. agency supports a new campaign to vaccinate over 1 mil...
North Korean cybercriminals stole more than $20 million in cryptocurrency from a leading Indonesian exchange last week, according to Indonesian state media, engineering more than a hundred virtua...
Kim Jong Un’s bodyguards held rifles at the ready to protect him from special operations forces armed with live weapons at drills last week, in the latest example of increasing personal securit...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un toured a uranium enrichment facility to inspect advanced centrifuges, according to state media last week, providing a rare look inside its nuclear program. NK News...
North Korean IT workers are posing as freelancers from third countries to secure employment with British companies, seeking to generate revenue to support the DPRK regime and possibly access sens...
North Korea will convene its rubber-stamp parliament on Oct. 7 to amend the constitution, state media reported on Monday, in a move experts expect to formalize leader Kim Jong Un’s rejection of...
North Korea’s shipments of weapons to Russia are the “worst problem” that Ukraine currently faces, Kyiv’s military intelligence chief said Saturday, identifying Pyongyang as the leading a...
North Korea launched trash balloons on consecutive days over the weekend, ahead of the Chuseok fall harvest holiday, according to the South Korean military. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) announ...
North Korea’s top diplomat is visiting Russia this week to attend two forums in St. Petersburg, according to the Russian Embassy in Pyongyang, with leader Vladimir Putin also scheduled to atten...
Reuniting families separated by the decades-long division of the Korean Peninsula is “the most pressing task” of the South Korean government, President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Sunday, blaming N...
Swedish diplomats have returned to work at the country’s embassy in North Korea, according to Stockholm’s foreign ministry, making Sweden the first Western country to resume operations in the...
Kim Jong Un’s inspection of a secret uranium enrichment site has offered a rare glimpse into the inner workings of North Korea’s nuclear program, a move experts said is aimed at demonstrating...
Top Russian security official Sergei Shoigu arrived in North Korea for talks with leader Kim Jong Un on Friday, according to Moscow’s Security Council. The Russian delegation discussed a “w...
North Korea vowed to take “strategic counteraction” against an expanding United Nations Command (UNC) on Friday, days after members of the multinational military force condemned DPRK-Russia a...
A Russian military command and control aircraft flew directly to North Korea from St. Petersburg on Friday, aviation data shows, a rare flight route that one expert said suggests the visit is tie...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un toured a uranium enrichment facility to inspect nuclear weapon production plans, according to state media on Friday. He also oversaw military special forces exerci...
Russia has used a North Korean ballistic missile manufactured as recently as this year in its continuing strikes on Ukraine, according to a new report, a finding that one expert said suggests Pyo...
U.S. President Joe Biden has nominated a senior Army officer with leadership experience in Iraq and the U.S. to take charge of the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK), the military command stationed in Sout...
An Australian warship has joined an operation to monitor the illegal shipment of goods to and from North Korea in violation of U.N. sanctions, according to Australia’s defense ministry. The R...
A recent undergraduate research project used satellite imagery to analyze the number of cars on the streets of North Korea’s second-biggest city, and uncovered some surprising results. Historia...
https://www.nknews.org/2024/09/david-fields-what-road-traffic-reveals-about-north-koreas-economy/
North Korea fired “multiple” short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea (Sea of Japan) on Thursday morning, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), Pyongyang’s fir...
https://www.nknews.org/2024/09/north-korea-fires-ballistic-missile-toward-east-sea-jcs-2/
Ukraine carried out a military strike on a Russian arms depot used to store North Korean missiles over the weekend, according to Kyiv, though one expert said the claim should be taken with a grai...
Defense ministers from the multinational coalition responsible for overseeing the Korean War armistice condemned growing military cooperation between North Korea and Russia on Tuesday, a move one...
The World Food Program (WFP) is still unable to reenter North Korea more than three years after withdrawing staff during the pandemic, the U.N. organization’s top official for the DPRK said Wed...
An Italian naval ship recently carried out monitoring and surveillance operations around Japan for the first time in a bid to curb North Korea’s illicit maritime activities, according to Tokyo�...
South Korea and its international partners should work together to deter aggressors like North Korea within the “framework” of nuclear nonproliferation, the Netherlands’ defense chief said ...
A travel company in Vietnam is reportedly eyeing its first tour to North Korea early next year, in a sign that tourists from smaller non-Western countries could soon return to the DPRK for the fi...
Newly published video of North Korean authorities handcuffing teenagers and forcing them to confess to consuming South Korean music and dramas has vividly exposed the Kim regime’s crackdown on ...
Germany’s military chief emphasized the need for greater coordination with South Korea against threats from North Korea and Russia on Monday, as the European country prepares to participate in ...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made a surprise speech on “the orientation of state work” to fix “backward” economic conditions, build more nuclear weapons and improve party member obedie...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un recently inspected a site for a new naval base, revealing plans to construct a port capable of operating “large, modern surface and underwater vessels” as he p...
Sweden is preparing to send diplomats back to Pyongyang soon to work at its embassy, multiple informed sources told NK News on condition of anonymity, marking a notable step toward the return of ...
https://www.nknews.org/2024/09/swedish-diplomats-set-for-imminent-return-to-north-korea-sources/
North Korea launched more than 1,200 trash balloons over the course of a five-day blitz through Sunday, with around one-third of the balloons landing in South Korea, according to ROK military est...
China will reinforce “strategic communication and boost coordination” with North Korea, Chinese President Xi Jinping wrote in a letter to Kim Jong Un, marking just the second-known correspond...
North Korea appears to be developing a new nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that is larger than previously revealed designs, according to NK News analysis of state media photos o...
https://www.nknews.org/2024/09/north-korea-reveals-new-larger-icbm-under-development/
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected a site for a new naval base, revealing plans to construct a navy port capable of operating “large, modern surface and underwater vessels” to “acc...
Four members of North Korea’s Moranbong Band took to the stage on New Year’s Eve, wearing matching military-style overcoats with epaulets and ushanka fur hats emblazoned with a star, and belt...
https://www.nknews.org/2024/09/why-north-koreas-first-girl-group-vanished-without-a-curtain-call/
Seoul appointed a controversial retired lieutenant general as defense minister on Friday, who stated that the North Korean regime would face its “end” if it provoked South Korea during his in...
South Korea has begun deploying an advanced anti-drone system to better tackle North Korean unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) incursions, Seoul’s ruling party lawmaker Kang Dae-sik’s office confi...
Editor’s note: The following article is an opinion piece by Jonathan R. Corrado and Chelsie Alexandre of The Korea Society. Views expressed in opinion articles are exclusively the author’s o...
North Korea launched hundreds of suspected trash balloons across the inter-Korean border for the second consecutive day on Thursday. The South Korean military detected approximately 260 balloon...
The U.S. and South Korea condemned North Korea’s “recent reckless and dangerous behaviors” along the inter-Korean border on Wednesday, while reiterating their commitment to strengthening de...
North Korea’s women’s soccer team is set to be a strong contender in the U-20 Women’s World Cup that kicked off this week, having already won the tournament twice and crushed Argentina by t...
https://www.nknews.org/2024/09/zero-to-hero-how-north-korean-womens-soccer-became-a-juggernaut/
North Korea launched hundreds of suspected trash balloons across the inter-Korean border for the first time in nearly a month on Wednesday night. The DPRK had sent at least 420 balloons as of T...
Cooperation between North Korea and Russia across various sectors has gone from strength to strength in recent years, with major implications for the Korean Peninsula and beyond. This week, schol...
https://www.nknews.org/2024/09/bo-ram-kwon-how-cooperation-with-russia-has-emboldened-north-korea/
Russia issued a license for a local company to import beer from China, not North Korea, contrary to reports in Russian and South Korean media. The Russian business daily RBC reported on Tuesday t...
Seoul is “closely monitoring” signs that North Korea executed several high-ranking officials, holding them responsible for devastating flood damage in late July, the National Intelligence Ser...
A global human rights organization has urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to protect North Korean athletes, amid rumors that they may be punished for taking viral selfies with South ...
South Korea’s vice foreign minister briefed his U.S. counterpart on Seoul’s new unification doctrine to “extend freedom” to North Korea on Tuesday, seeking support for a policy that exper...
North Korea is “aggressively” targeting the global cryptocurrency industry with “highly tailored” social engineering campaigns that seek to deploy malware and steal virtual assets, the FB...
North Korea has launched a new campaign to vaccinate more than 800,000 children and 120,000 pregnant women with UNICEF support, according to the U.N. organization, even as Pyongyang rejects other...
Editor’s note: What If? is an NK News series that provides readers with thoughtful, informed speculation about North Korea’s future. Articles in this series draw on verified facts and rigorou...
https://www.nknews.org/2024/09/what-if-china-stops-sending-humanitarian-aid-to-north-korea/
The U.N. secretary-general has called for efforts to hold North Korea accountable for human rights violations through “non-traditional justice pathways,” citing the failure to prosecute possi...
https://www.nknews.org/2024/09/un-chief-demands-accountability-for-north-korean-human-rights-abuses/
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is no longer interested in foreign aid or external support to handle his country’s humanitarian problems, a former senior DPRK diplomat said on Tuesday. Speaking...
At his confirmation hearing on Monday, the nominee to be South Korea’s next defense minister Kim Yong-hyun said he is “open” to the ROK acquiring nuclear weapons to deter North Korea — a ...
North Korea has agreed to send lecturers to the Russian Far East to teach the Korean language to local youth, Russian authorities announced Monday, in a bid to boost academic exchanges despite po...
Seoul police raided offices and homes linked to a small far-left political party on Friday over suspicions of “connections with North Korea,” according to the group. The Seoul Metropolitan Po...
North Korea appears to be preparing for a large-scale outdoor concert in Pyongyang to celebrate the country’s foundation day on Sept. 9, according to NK News analysis of satellite imagery. NK N...
Foreign professors are set to resume teaching at Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST), the only privately run university in North Korea, for the first time since the country impo...
Four consecutive underwater explosions rocked a sleepy village on South Korea’s east coast on Monday, sending a spray of water onto the beach. Dozens of ROK marine amphibious assault vehicles (...
Japan is seeking a record military budget of 8.54 trillion yen ($58 billion) for 2025, allocating billions to improve satellite reconnaissance to defend against North Korean and Chinese threats.�...
North Korea appears to be preparing for a large-scale outdoor concert in Pyongyang to celebrate the country’s foundation day on Sept. 9, despite canceling related diplomatic receptions overseas...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held a meeting on reversing the country’s “centuries-old backwardness” over the weekend, according to state media, even as the meeting location called attent...
A team of Russian electric grid specialists visited North Korea this week to “reset” economic relations, discussing cooperation in the electric power industry in one of the first Russian busi...
South Korea will allow private organizations to contact North Korea to support flood relief efforts, emphasizing that the government is making an exception after previously appearing to forbid su...
Russia has exported hundreds of goats to North Korea for the second time this month amid reports that Moscow plans to supply thousands of goats to Pyongyang over the next three years. One exper...
https://www.nknews.org/2024/08/russia-sends-240-goats-to-north-korea-in-second-shipment-this-month/
A North Korean foreign ministry delegation is expected to attend the U.N. General Assembly in New York this September, according to multiple informed sources, in a likely move to keep the DPRK on...
North Korea is using bonded warehouses in China to sell ginseng, accordions and more to foreign buyers under a new e-commerce scheme, according to state media, marketing its products on a joint w...
Signs that North Korea plans to further ease its COVID-19 border closure and reopen to tourism mean foreigners could start visiting Pyongyang in large numbers again soon, and when they do, there�...
A South Korean man arrested last month for allegedly leaking military secrets was recruited by a suspected Chinese intelligence agent in 2017, according to ROK prosecutors, though it’s still un...
President Donald Trump’s inconsistent messaging on North Korea severely undermined the administration’s “maximum pressure” strategy to convince Kim Jong Un to denuclearize, former Nationa...
The U.S. and South Korea hosted a meeting with crypto industry professionals on Tuesday aimed at curbing North Korea’s efforts to steal and launder cryptocurrency to raise illicit funds for wea...
Research analyst Decker Eveleth joins the podcast to discuss where exactly North Korea’s missile program stands today, and why it presents a security problem not only for Asia and the U.S. but ...
North Korea has shipped over 13,000 containers to Russia through the northeastern port of Rason, according to South Korean military estimates, pointing to a major spike in recent shipments of DPR...
UPDATED at 10:15 a.m. KST on Aug. 29 and at 12 p.m. KST on Aug. 30: Since the publication of this story, the IMO has removed all registered North Korean military vessels, including all 13 submari...
Russia has exported two dozen rare purebred horses to North Korea, local authorities announced Tuesday, the first such shipment of the prized breed in nearly two years in what one expert called a...
Students attending a pro-Pyongyang university in Tokyo have returned to North Korea for the first time since the start of the pandemic, according to state media, a major step toward resuming regu...
Commercials promoting inexpensive North Korean clothes ran on Russian state television over the weekend, revealing an active import business and unprecedented effort to promote it that one expert...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a test of an “updated” 240mm multiple-launch rocket system (MLRS) on Tuesday, according to state media, the fourth such test since February. The rocket...
The Yoon administration has proposed a 3.7% decrease in funding for the unification ministry next year, singling out inter-Korean cooperation and support programs for the largest cuts in line wit...
South Korea seeks to raise its defense budget above 60 trillion won ($45 billion won) for the first time in 2025, according to a new proposal, allocating increased funds to procure weapons like F...
North Korean embassies in several countries have abruptly canceled events to celebrate the anniversary of the country’s founding on Sept. 9, citing the need to focus resources on flood recovery...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected new “suicide drones” and urged production of small drones that ordinary troops can use against “any enemy target,” according to state media on Mo...
https://www.nknews.org/2024/08/north-koreas-new-suicide-drones-and-russian-students-in-pyongyang/
Travis King, the U.S. soldier who set off a diplomatic crisis when he crossed into North Korea last July, has reached an agreement with military prosecutors to plead guilty to desertion and assau...
A VIP Russian government jet made an unannounced trip to North Korea on Monday, possibly to transport a Russian trade delegation, in its second clandestine flight to the country this month. Russi...
https://www.nknews.org/2024/08/russian-government-vip-plane-makes-unannounced-trip-to-north-korea/
Farmland in North Korea’s northwestern regions suffered only limited damage from recent flooding, according to new U.S. government research, concluding that they are unlikely to impact the coun...
https://www.nknews.org/2024/08/north-korean-farmland-suffered-minimal-damage-from-floods-usda-finds/
U.S. and South Korean marines will train how to launch a counter-invasion if North Korea attacks, as part of a large-scale joint amphibious exercise that kicked off on Monday. The Ssangyong 2024,...
https://www.nknews.org/2024/08/us-rok-marines-train-to-counter-invade-north-korea-in-case-of-attack/
Argentine authorities have arrested a Russian national for laundering stolen cryptocurrency from a $100 million North Korean heist, according to a blockchain analytics firm, a development that on...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected small new “suicide drones” and urged the military to incorporate artificial intelligence in their development, according to state media on Monday. He...
https://www.nknews.org/2024/08/kim-jong-un-inspects-new-suicide-drones-urges-incorporation-of-ai/
Russian students from an elite diplomatic school are visiting North Korea to attend Kim Il Sung University for the first time in four years, a move which one expert described as another sign of d...
A group of North Korean defectors has resettled in Canada through private sponsorship for the first time, a Canada-based human rights organization announced Wednesday. HanVoice said that the defe...
https://www.nknews.org/2024/08/first-north-koreans-resettle-in-canada-as-part-of-new-pilot-project/
New Zealand has deployed a ship to monitor North Korea’s maritime sanctions evasion activities for the first time, adding to growing international efforts to rein in the smuggling activities fu...
Concerns that the loyalty of young North Koreans is wavering due to their exposure to K-pop and South Korean media have driven Kim Jong Un to double down on efforts to control youth, and accordin...
South Korea’s unification minister denied that Seoul seeks to unify with North Korea “by force” on Thursday, a week after President Yoon Suk-yeol introduced a new policy that explicitly emb...
North Korea issued heavy rain warnings for most of the country on Thursday, as a tropical storm passing over the peninsula threatened to dump over a foot of rain in some places. State media warne...
South Korea’s unification ministry has defended its all-male speaker lineup for a high-profile conference on North Korea issues next month, after experts and journalists raised concerns about t...
In his newly published book, “How Tyrants Fall: And How Nations Survive,” political scientist Marcel Dirsus examines the workings and malfunctions of dictators around the globe, including Nor...
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol urged military officials to deter North Korea from pursuing unification by “communizing” the South on Wednesday, visiting an army command that oversees a ...
https://www.nknews.org/2024/08/yoon-orders-rok-military-to-deter-north-korea-from-communizing-south/
Fields of corn submerged under flood waters. North Koreans standing on rooftops awaiting rescue. The swollen waters of the Yalu River extending far into the distance after overflowing its souther...
Claims that North Korea plans to reopen its borders to international tourists in December have been met with skepticism by some industry insiders, who cite logistical challenges and the country�...
The Democratic Party has dropped references to North Korean denuclearization from its platform for the 2024 U.S. presidential election, a change that one expert said reflects Washington’s growi...
The U.S. and South Korean air forces will conduct over 2,000 sorties during round-the-clock joint exercises this week, simulating situations that could arise in a war with North Korea. The five-d...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s reported use of South Korean words and expressions in a recent speech has become the subject of widespread scrutiny in ROK media, with outlets singling out the...
In a speech on Liberation Day, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol embraced a new vision of unification that seeks to “extend freedom” to the suffering masses in North Korea. NK News CEO C...
A North Korean crossed the heavily fortified inter-Korean border on Tuesday, according to the ROK military, marking the second likely defection into South Korea in a month. “Our military has se...
North Korea has slammed large-scale U.S.-ROK military drills this week as a “prelude to nuclear war,” while claiming that Washington is setting the stage for a “third World War” by suppor...
South Korea kicked off large-scale summertime military exercises with the U.S. and unilateral government training on responding to North Korea crises on Monday, with President Yoon Suk-yeol using...
Every year on Aug. 15, the president of South Korea delivers a speech commemorating Korea’s liberation from Japanese colonial rule. But while presidents typically hold forth on patriotism, na...
North Korean trade with China fell for a third consecutive month in July, with an expert assessing that devastating flooding at the end of the month may have disrupted exchange. Bilateral trade d...
The U.N. Security Council has approved a sanctions exemption request from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to send laptops to North Korea, according to ...
When he unveiled his new unification blueprint this week, President Yoon Suk-yeol called for South Koreans to fight “pseudo-intellectuals” and “anti-unification forces” to prepare to unif...
South Korea will establish a new North Korea human rights fund and promote efforts to disseminate information inside the country, President Yoon Suk-yeol announced on Thursday, unveiling plans to...
North Korea has relocated a men’s World Cup qualifying match against Iran from Pyongyang to Laos due to “security concerns,” according to Iranian state media, despite the match taking place...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un cheered on Russia’s “sacred war” on Ukraine while celebrating liberation from Japan on Thursday, according to state media, exchanging letters with Russian le...
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol embraced a new vision of unification that seeks to “extend freedom” to the suffering masses in North Korea on Thursday, deviating from decades of policy t...
The Global South has continued to grow in political importance in recent years, as the U.S., China and Russia battle for influence among countries in the Southern Hemisphere. And that contest als...
https://www.nknews.org/2024/08/rob-york-how-the-global-south-views-north-korean-human-rights/
North Korea routinely pillories the U.S. as an empire of evil, a leader of gangsters and a warmonger destroying peace on the peninsula as part of propaganda that has vilified Washington since the...
North Korea will officially reopen to international tourism by the end of the year, according to two Western tour companies that specialize in travel to the country. Koryo Tours and KTG Tours ann...
South Korean activists who send leaflets into North Korea could run into legal problems if they launch balloons carrying payloads that are too heavy, Seoul has warned, announcing plans to discuss...
The Paris Games drew to a close on Sunday with a grand finale in which Hollywood star Tom Cruise symbolically took the Olympic flag for Los Angeles, setting the stage for the first Olympics in th...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un flaunted a new Maybach luxury car in front of newly homeless flood victims last week, as he continues to import high-priced foreign vehicles totaling millions of d...
North Korean state media issued a scathing commentary on Tuesday criticizing a recent op-ed by top U.S. officials, accusing them of pursuing a “hostile policy” in Asia that has forced the DPR...
A sanctioned North Korean official who has played a leading role in advancing Pyongyang’s weapons programs is attending a Russian defense exhibition this week, a move that one expert said may b...
North Korea only sent 14 athletes to compete at the Paris Olympics, its first Summer Games in eight years, but its small contingent managed to take home six medals, demonstrating the country’s ...
Heavy rains and flooding damaged North Korea’s main food crops in late July, according to a new U.N. report, amid long-standing concerns about the country’s food security. In the report publi...
South Korean authorities suspect that a North Korean trash balloon ignited a minor forest fire near the border on Monday, highlighting potential dangers from the balloons that have caused at leas...
North Korea’s athletes were all smiles as fireworks lit up the Paris night sky at the Olympic closing ceremony, waving the red-starred national flag while celebrating another Games where the im...
https://www.nknews.org/2024/08/in-paris-north-koreas-olympians-punched-well-above-their-weight/
South Korea’s Presidential Office announced a surprise reshuffle of top security officials responsible for overseeing defenses against North Korean threats, citing increasing global security ch...
The U.S. and South Korea will kick off large-scale summer military exercises next week but will not conduct training based on a hypothetical North Korean nuclear attack, despite Seoul’s past su...
North Korean cybercriminals have stolen technical data related to two South Korean military reconnaissance aircraft, the ROK’s ruling party has revealed, while also confirming a separate leak o...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has rejected international aid for floods that displaced thousands last month, according to state media, visiting a temporary camp for victims and ordering the mos...
Russia fired a North Korean missile during an attack on the “Kyiv region” over the weekend, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, reportedly killing a father and his four-year-...
North Korea once again sent balloons across the inter-Korean border likely carrying trash and other debris, according to the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) late Saturday. While activi...
North Korean state television has been broadcasting parts of the Paris Olympics since last week, airing everything from canoeing to boxing while celebrating its athletes’ successes at the world...
https://www.nknews.org/2024/08/north-korea-secures-official-broadcasting-rights-for-paris-olympics/
South Korea has confirmed that it is developing a new small modular reactor (SMR) for civilian ships, a technology that one expert said Seoul could modify for use in nuclear submarines to counter...
The U.S. has indicted a Nashville native for allegedly helping North Korean IT workers obtain remote employment with foreign companies by posing as American citizens. In a press release announcin...
A North Korean wrestler became the country’s first woman to win an Olympic medal in the sport on Thursday, taking home bronze in the 53kg weight class at the Paris Games. The 24-year-old Choe H...
A North Korean has crossed the border into South Korea with the help of the ROK military, Seoul announced Thursday, with authorities currently investigating the individual’s intention to defect...
https://www.nknews.org/2024/08/north-korean-crossed-into-south-with-help-of-rok-military-seoul-says/
Washington has banned citizens from using U.S. passports to travel to North Korea for the eighth consecutive year, the State Department announced Tuesday, extending travel restrictions due to the...
South Korean investigators have referred a civilian employee of the Defense Intelligence Command to military prosecutors on charges of leaking sensitive information about military spies and engag...
While not every athlete can win a medal, all the Olympians competing at the ongoing Paris Games were supposed to take home a brand-new Galaxy Z Flip 6 smartphone valued at some $1,200 a piece, co...
Friends grew concerned when Craig suddenly stopped responding to messages earlier this year. The North Korea expert and former U.N. official regularly traveled to China for his work as an environ...
Almost a quarter century ago, South Korean President Kim Dae-jung traveled to Pyongyang to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Il for the first-ever inter-Korean summit, a watershed moment in ties ...
https://www.nknews.org/2024/08/donald-kirk-how-seoul-secretly-paid-for-a-summit-with-north-korea/
North Korea added two bronze medals in diving and wrestling at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday, finding success in new and old areas of strength as it brought its medal tally to five at these Games...
South Korea’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission has found that North Korea systematically violated human rights during a decades-long campaign to lure ethnic Koreans from Japan to North Korea...
North Korea has denounced Germany’s decision to join the United Nations Command (UNC) overseeing the Korean War Armistice, comparing the move to its actions before World War II and threatening ...
Flooding and landslides due to monsoon rains have ravaged large parts of North Korea in recent weeks, destroying thousands of homes, displacing countless people and even wiping out an entire vill...
Hundreds of thousands of young North Koreans will be sent to live and rebuild in a major flood disaster zone on the Chinese border, according to state media, as part of leader Kim Jong Un’s rec...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gave a speech at a large-scale military event on Sunday where he handed over more than 250 missile launchers to the frontline units, calling for improvements to nu...
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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 quest...
North Korea will increasingly exploit the space between peaceful diplomacy and direct conflict to threaten the U.S. without provoking confrontation, according to a new declassified U.S. intellige...
South Korea warned on Monday that North Korean cybercriminals have stepped up attacks targeting the construction and machinery sectors, in an apparent bid to support Kim Jong Un’s signature loc...
The number of North Koreans and Russians who traveled between the two countries skyrocketed in the first half of 2024, official data shows, as an uptick in tourism and delegation visits ahead of ...
One of North Korea’s most successful boxers bowed out of the ongoing Paris Olympics in a hard-fought encounter on Sunday, adding a bronze medal to the country’s tally at its first Summer Game...
https://www.nknews.org/2024/08/north-koreas-peoples-athlete-takes-bronze-in-olympic-womens-boxing/
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has thanked his Russian counterpart for offering humanitarian aid in response to recent devastating floods, but demurred on accepting help for now. In a letter sen...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un handed over 250 new “tactical ballistic missile launchers” to “front-line units” on the border with South Korea at a ceremony Sunday, according to state me...
DPRK leader Kim Jong Un on Friday condemned South Korea’s “garbage media” and rejected claims that up to 1,500 have died in recent floods, claiming not a single death was recorded in Sinuij...
Ed Pulford joins the podcast to discuss his new book “Past Progress: Time and Politics at the Borders of China, Russia, and Korea,” which examines the unique border area between the three cou...
South Korea’s Red Cross has offered to send humanitarian aid to North Korea after devastating flooding near the Chinese border displaced thousands of people and wiped out a whole village. “We...
At least four North Korean companies applied to register trademarks in Russia last month, seeking to bring tranquilizers, sweets, rice wine and other products to the overseas market as the two co...
Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro claimed victory in the country’s disputed presidential election this week, drawing widespread skepticism of the results and triggering major domestic protest...
South Korea has launched a new cybersecurity body to coordinate the domestic response to North Korea cryptocurrency theft that funds its nuclear ambitions and other threats, following a wave of m...
During this year’s edition of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, Russian leader Vladimir Putin made unusually warm remarks about South Korea, especially given that Seoul is a staunch ally of th...
A pair of young North Koreans twisted and twirled through the air on their way to the country’s first-ever Olympic medal in diving on Wednesday, taking silver in the women’s synchronized 10-m...
https://www.nknews.org/2024/08/north-korean-divers-tuck-twist-and-pike-their-way-to-olympic-silver/
A Singapore court has fined a shipping service employee for helping a local company supply spirits and soft drinks worth almost half a million dollars to North Korea in violation of domestic laws...
A Singapore-based nonprofit that supports aspiring North Korean entrepreneurs plans to resume face-to-face training in the DPRK this fall, potentially signaling Pyongyang’s willingness to incre...
A little-known North Korean table tennis duo has capped a fairytale run at the Summer Games in Paris by winning their country’s first Olympic medal in eight years, bringing home silver in the m...
Major flooding in North Korea in recent days damaged over 4,000 homes and caused deaths across northern provinces, according to state media, prompting leader Kim Jong Un to visit one disaster sit...
The FBI indictment of North Korea expert Sue Mi Terry for allegedly acting on behalf of the South Korean government will not harm the U.S.-ROK alliance, Seoul’s intelligence agency told lawmake...
South Korea’s Ministry of Unification (MOU) has budgeted over half a million dollars for an overseas conference series on North Korean human rights this year, showing the Yoon administration co...
South Korea’s Central Military Court has issued an arrest warrant for an intelligence service employee on charges of leaking military secrets, reportedly to North Korea. Announcing the warrant ...
North Korea’s 16-athlete contingent descended upon Paris for the Olympic Games last week, competing in events such as table tennis, wrestling and diving. NK News’ Joe Smith joins the podcast ...
https://www.nknews.org/2024/07/north-koreas-olympic-hopes-a-10m-fbi-bounty-and-a-fond-farewell/
A North Korea-linked restaurant in the Mongolian capital appeared to still be closed during an NK News visit this month, despite a recent report stating it reopened in contravention of U.N. sanct...
Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) condemned North Korea’s recent missile tests while calling for cooperation to reduce peninsula tensions, as representativ...
North Korea marked the anniversary of the end of the Korean War with a parade of goose-stepping soldiers and a patriotic concert on Saturday, but without a grand display of its latest nuclear wea...
South Korea, Japan and the U.S. signed an agreement to solidify defense cooperation on Sunday, seeking to further bolster trilateral ties in the face of North Korean threats and Pyongyang’s inc...
North Korea’s economy grew for the first time in four years in 2023, according to South Korea’s central bank, reversing a downward trend caused by Pyongyang’s border restrictions during the...
Seoul’s defense ministry is investigating the reported leak of a classified list of ROK military intelligence agents, which local media said may have reached North Korea. Maeil Business Newspap...
Major flooding hit the northwestern part of North Korea along the Chinese border on Sunday, leaving 5,000 people stranded and leader Kim Jong Un fuming at what he said was a “grave crisis” ca...
https://www.nknews.org/2024/07/kim-jong-un-laments-poor-preparation-after-5000-stranded-by-floods/
The U.S. has placed a $10 million bounty on a North Korean national tied to a notorious cybercrime syndicate, accusing him of infecting health care systems with ransomware and attacking NASA and ...
North Koreans increasingly use VPN services to break through state censorship and avoid monitoring, adore Apple products and often stay up late to browse the web, according to new research explor...
Athletes from all over the world will look to make history as the 33rd Summer Olympics kick off in Paris this week, and the global multi-sport event will also see the return of a country that has...
To a significant extent, North Korea’s foreign trade is dominated by what are known as foreign trade companies, or FTCs, a rather unusual situation for a country that is at least nominally a co...
The U.S. sanctioned six individuals and five entities based in China for supporting North Korea’s weapons programs on Wednesday, revealing a network of companies that allegedly helped Pyongyang...
The foreign ministers of North Korea and Belarus vowed to usher in a new era of bilateral ties on Wednesday, during a rare meeting in Pyongyang to discuss cooperation between the two Russian alli...
Silence. That’s been the overwhelming response from Washington’s usually talkative North Korea experts to the bombshell indictment of Sue Mi Terry. The former CIA analyst and National Securit...
The U.S. has charged prominent North Korea expert Sue Mi Terry, a former CIA analyst and White House official, with allegedly working for South Korean spies in exchange for luxury goods and expen...
A North Korean trash balloon caught fire after landing on the roof of a residential building near Seoul on Wednesday, renewing concerns about the dangers that the DPRK’s launches pose to South ...
A North Korean cybercriminal posing as a U.S.-based software engineer nearly infiltrated a prominent cybersecurity firm, according to a report published on Tuesday, using AI images to avoid detec...
Sixty-two North Korean escapees arrived in South Korea between April and June this year, according to unification ministry data, bringing the total number of arrivals in the first half of 2024 to...