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Latest North Korea news from NK News correspondents
North Korea threatens death penalty for black market medicine sales during COVID
Images obtained by NK News show notice posted at pharmacies warns violators' families will also be forcibly relocated
Ex-unification minister convicted for destroying inter-Korean summit records
Cho Myong-gyon receives suspended jail term for actions in 2007 as security official in Roh Moo-hyun administration
North Korea’s economy contracts for second straight year, ROK central bank says
Bank of Korea estimates 0.1% contraction as COVID, economic mismanagement and sanctions weigh on the economy
Reporters question independence of AP’s North Korea bureau after new interview
Transcript published by DPRK features apparently biased questions, in what one reporter calls a ‘journalistic scandal’
Interview: What South Korea’s new human rights envoy means for inter-Korean ties
Robert King says South Korea no longer willing to place DPRK human rights on back burner, calls on US to do the same
Kim Jong Un says Koreas at ‘brink of war’ as he boasts of nuclear forces
North Korean leader slams US-ROK military drills, defends ‘routine’ weapons buildup in speech at war anniversary event
Korean War memorial in Washington adds names of fallen soldiers
US dedicates new addition honoring nearly 44,000 Americans and Koreans killed during 1950-1953 conflict with North Korea
North Korean prisoner of war dies in South without realizing repatriation wish
ROK authorities refused to allow DPRK partisan Ri Tu Hwa to return to North after she was captured during Korean War
Prosecutors raid unification ministry over suspected Moon-era wrongdoing
Investigation into hiring practices latest example of ROK presidents' ‘vindictive hounding’ of predecessors, expert says
South Koreans divided on 2019 repatriation of two North Koreans, polls show
Opinions fall along party lines, with conservatives more likely to see handover by progressive government as mistake
