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Latest North Korea news from NK News correspondents
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
North Korea imported more than a million masks as COVID cases declined in July
Chinese trade data shows DPRK paid high per unit price, while also receiving 10 million kg of rice ahead of fall harvest
North Korea and Russia ink aviation safety deal in face of increasing isolation
Two sides pledge to align maintenance standards, a move an expert suggests aims to boost cooperation amid sanctions
North Korea dismantling another Hyundai Asan resort at Mt. Kumgang: Imagery
Kumgang Pension Town latest target of efforts to remove South Korea’s properties at former inter-Korean tourism zone
