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North Korea accelerates military parade training ahead of key holidays: Imagery

North Korea accelerates military parade training ahead of key holidays: Imagery

Scale of celebrations for Feb. 16 holiday unclear, but major parade featuring heavy weapons expected by April

North Korea accelerates military parade training ahead of key holidays: Imagery
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll | Colin Zwirko February 9, 2022
Kim Jong Un decries construction delays, mass labor system in letter to workers

Kim Jong Un decries construction delays, mass labor system in letter to workers

Criticism comes as major construction projects remain unfinished after missing deadlines in recent years

Kim Jong Un decries construction delays, mass labor system in letter to workers
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko February 9, 2022
North Korean defectors continue to close the wage gap in South Korea

North Korean defectors continue to close the wage gap in South Korea

Researchers also find gender wage discrimination has significant impact on defector community, where 3 in 4 are women

North Korean defectors continue to close the wage gap in South Korea
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim February 8, 2022
Hackers likely helped North Korea build hypersonic missile: UN report

Hackers likely helped North Korea build hypersonic missile: UN report

Draft report says DPRK may have obtained technical know-how for advanced weapon through cyberattack

Hackers likely helped North Korea build hypersonic missile: UN report
Nils Weisensee
Nils Weisensee February 8, 2022
Kim Jong Un’s private beach used to launch missiles last month: Analysis
NK PRO

Kim Jong Un’s private beach used to launch missiles last month: Analysis

Revelation raises new questions over whether North Korean leader concealed presence at late-January missile tests

Kim Jong Un’s private beach used to launch missiles last month: Analysis
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko February 8, 2022
Cryptic figures and stagnant projects: North Korea announces 2022 budget plans

Cryptic figures and stagnant projects: North Korea announces 2022 budget plans

Supreme People’s Assembly maintains high defense spending levels while boosting pandemic budget

Cryptic figures and stagnant projects: North Korea announces 2022 budget plans
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko February 8, 2022
Russia’s UN ambassador slams new US sanctions against North Korea

Russia’s UN ambassador slams new US sanctions against North Korea

Dmitry Polyanskiy says sanctions create ‘toxic atmosphere’ and discourage cooperation with Pyongyang

Russia’s UN ambassador slams new US sanctions against North Korea
Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer February 8, 2022
North Korea fired cruise missiles from luxury hotel last month: Analysis
NK PRO

North Korea fired cruise missiles from luxury hotel last month: Analysis

Kim Jong Un also rode horse on private beach next to hotel for new propaganda film, NK Pro has found

North Korea fired cruise missiles from luxury hotel last month: Analysis
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko February 7, 2022
Fueled by Kim Jong Un’s ‘love’: North Korea hails satellite launch anniversary

Fueled by Kim Jong Un’s ‘love’: North Korea hails satellite launch anniversary

State-run radio says DPRK will ‘surprise the world’ with its aerospace development in the future

Fueled by Kim Jong Un’s ‘love’: North Korea hails satellite launch anniversary
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim February 7, 2022
Top Sri Lankan official admits to arms deal with North Korea, then backtracks

Top Sri Lankan official admits to arms deal with North Korea, then backtracks

Reported deal using black market money during island’s bloody civil war may have violated sanctions, experts say

Top Sri Lankan official admits to arms deal with North Korea, then backtracks
Ethan Jewell
Ethan Jewell February 7, 2022