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Latest North Korea news from NK News correspondents
Kim Jong Un rejects political reform, calls for crackdown on obedience problem
North Korean leader pens special letter demanding absolute loyalty and attends event with daughter, presumed successor
New report documents huge surge in North Korean crackdowns on outside info
DPRK restrictions on info access have led to over 40-fold rise in related human rights violations, Seoul nonprofit finds
North Korea assaults South with sonic barrage of howling sirens
Audio recorded near border captures wailing noise from DPRK loudspeakers, which has drawn complaints from locals
Explosions ring out from DMZ as North Korea clears land with dynamite
Blasts seen by NK News appear to be part of efforts to fortify border as soldiers build new guard posts and fencing
North Korea reports fifth test of upgraded 240mm rocket system this year
State media revealed intended maximum range of the system for the first time in launch aimed at testing accuracy
Seoul could attack launch sites for North Korean trash balloons, minister warns
Defense chief says ROK has pinpointed some 10 launch locations, but expert says strikes could be seen as overreaction
North Korea says it will destroy all roads and railways linking it to South
Korean People’s Army frames work to sever connections as ‘self-defense measure’ in response to US-ROK ‘aggression’
North Korea ends assembly session without announcing unification policy changes
Kim Jong Un skips two-day SPA meeting despite demanding purge of pro-unification policy from constitution in January
North Korean soldiers supporting Russia have been killed in Ukraine, Kyiv says
Ukrainian says DPRK engineers are supervising weapon use, though experts caution this is difficult to verify
South Korea restoring 15 military guard posts facing North Korea at cost of $17M
Move reinstates four more posts than were abandoned under inter-Korean deal in 2018, despite doubts about their utility
