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Latest North Korea news from NK News correspondents
North Korea orders lockdown over 4 fever cases in China border province
State media reports first possible COVID-19 cases since claiming virus eradicated, but scale of lockdown unknown
Russia raises alarm over ‘dangerous’ US-ROK drills, leafleting into North Korea
Moscow's foreign ministry echoes DPRK's stance as it criticizes exercises for worsening tensions on peninsula
North Korean port sees high activity as fuel smugglers show their faces
Three vessels known for smuggling oil or coal among 26 ships at or near Nampho, despite low official trade figures
Defector to launch balloons toward North Korea after being attacked in Seoul
Park Sang-hak says attacker broke his arm with metal pipe, in what report suggests was attempt to ‘punish’ activist
Seoul’s North Korea human rights envoy calls for information blitz into DPRK
Ordinary North Korean people have ‘full right’ to know what’s going on in the world, Lee Shin-wha says
Kim Jong Un accelerates upgrades at luxury lake resort and party office HQ
Satellite imagery suggests DPRK has found new resources to pour into leader’s projects despite economic ‘hardships’
North Korean propagandists condemn US-ROK military drills as prep for invasion
Higher-level state media has yet to comment on Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises, which allies say are defensive in nature
US bars citizens from traveling to North Korea for 6th straight year
State Department cites ‘imminent danger’ of detention for extension, which travel expert says could remain indefinitely
Rising North Korean firm takes over special economic zone at border: State media
Pyongyang may push forward Sinuiju SEZ once land trade resumes with China, though no signs of progress are visible yet
US, ROK begin largest joint drills in years after North Korea brandishes nukes
Military exercises will include scenarios for protecting against and repelling DPRK attacks on South Korean territory
