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Latest North Korea news from NK News correspondents
COVID outbreaks depress North Korea-China trade in June: Data
Trade in June just 20% of that in April, before DPRK implemented nationwide controls and two sides suspended rail trade
North Korean side of Panmunjom visibly unkempt as media tours to JSA restart
COVID-19 concerns appear to be cause of ‘abandoned’ state of DPRK side of inter-Korean border, tour guide says
Russian envoy says North Korea could send workers to breakaway Ukrainian states
Suggested cooperation between DPRK and Moscow-backed Donbas republics would undermine UN sanctions, some experts say
Former national security adviser defends 2019 repatriation of North Koreans
Seoul releases video of handover after Chung Eui-yong criticizes reopening of case, says ‘felons’ posed risk to society
Sailing in the dark: North Korean ship reappears after vanishing for 5 years
Dae Bong 1’s disappearance from tracking system suggests it sailed under false identity for years, expert says
North Korea says Kyiv has no right to oppose its recognition of breakaway states
Statement comes two days after Pyongyang recognized self-declared Donetsk and Luhansk republics in eastern Ukraine
New unification minister encourages World Food Program to help North Korea
Kwon Young-se says food aid to DPRK should not be affected by state of inter-Korean relations or other political issues
New North Korean hacking group extorting small businesses in ransomware attacks
Microsoft says H0lyGh0st hackers deploying increasingly sophisticated ransomware but have been unsuccessful so far
South Korea repatriated nearly 200 North Koreans but only ‘expelled’ two: Seoul
2019 handover of DPRK fishermen is only repatriation of those who sought to defect, unification ministry data shows
North Korea building new ski resort in ‘holy land’ near Chinese border: Imagery
Major construction on ski slope and at Samjiyon Airport suggests country preparing for foreign or domestic tourists
