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A North Korean school asks students, ‘Do you wanna build a snowman?’

A North Korean school asks students, ‘Do you wanna build a snowman?’

State TV shows elite middle school using Disney film ‘Frozen’ to teach English, despite crackdowns on foreign media

A North Korean school asks students, ‘Do you wanna build a snowman?’
Seung-Yeon Chung
Seung-Yeon Chung May 10, 2023
Seoul, Tokyo to connect radar systems to better track North Korean missiles

Seoul, Tokyo to connect radar systems to better track North Korean missiles

Two sides will link systems via US military in line with efforts to bolster trilateral security cooperation, source says

Seoul, Tokyo to connect radar systems to better track North Korean missiles
Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer May 9, 2023
North Korea illegally operating 10 factories at Kaesong complex, Seoul says

North Korea illegally operating 10 factories at Kaesong complex, Seoul says

Unification ministry notes increasing activity at shuttered inter-Korean industrial park despite warnings against use

North Korea illegally operating 10 factories at Kaesong complex, Seoul says
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim May 9, 2023
Seoul court orders North Korea to pay former ROK prisoners for forced labor

Seoul court orders North Korea to pay former ROK prisoners for forced labor

Three South Koreans taken captive during Korean War awarded $38K each, now seek payout from inter-Korean fund

Seoul court orders North Korea to pay former ROK prisoners for forced labor
Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer May 9, 2023
Defector-activist says he sent anti-Kim leaflets and medicine into North Korea

Defector-activist says he sent anti-Kim leaflets and medicine into North Korea

Park Sang-hak’s latest balloon launch follows Supreme Court ruling in his favor in case over cross-border leafleting

Defector-activist says he sent anti-Kim leaflets and medicine into North Korea
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim May 8, 2023
China building giant trade and tourism zone across from North Korean ‘holy’ city
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China building giant trade and tourism zone across from North Korean ‘holy’ city

Company overseeing project promotes trade in sanctioned goods as key draw of new border crossing

China building giant trade and tourism zone across from North Korean ‘holy’ city
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko May 8, 2023
Seoul says Japan could be included in US-ROK nuclear planning, then backtracks

Seoul says Japan could be included in US-ROK nuclear planning, then backtracks

North Korea took backseat to other issues at South Korea-Japan summit, though both leaders emphasized nuclear deterrence

Seoul says Japan could be included in US-ROK nuclear planning, then backtracks
Shreyas Reddy
Shreyas Reddy May 8, 2023
ROK court reverses ruling against activists over anti-North Korea leafleting

ROK court reverses ruling against activists over anti-North Korea leafleting

Supreme Court says defector group's balloon launches don’t harm public interest, finds legal status unjustly revoked

ROK court reverses ruling against activists over anti-North Korea leafleting
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim May 5, 2023
Seoul reviewing legal action over North Korea’s removal of its floating hotel

Seoul reviewing legal action over North Korea’s removal of its floating hotel

Unification ministry says DPRK ‘infringed’ on ROK firms’ property rights by demolishing assets at Mount Kumgang resort

Seoul reviewing legal action over North Korea’s removal of its floating hotel
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim May 5, 2023
North Korea went ‘too far’ by burning Yoon Suk-yeol in effigy, Seoul says

North Korea went ‘too far’ by burning Yoon Suk-yeol in effigy, Seoul says

Anti-South propaganda campaign in full gear as DPRK state media seeks to amplify hatred for ‘puppet traitor’ president

North Korea went ‘too far’ by burning Yoon Suk-yeol in effigy, Seoul says
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko May 5, 2023