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Latest North Korea news from NK News correspondents
Kim Jong Un’s correspondence with Putin shoots up amid cooperation over Ukraine
North Korean and Russian leaders have exchanged 19 letters since 2022, but Syria’s Assad remains most frequent pen pal
North Korean restaurant staff insult South Koreans, calling them ‘puppets’
Experts say DPRK likely ordered staff at overseas restaurants to use slur after declaring the ROK a separate enemy state
Kim Jong Un adds Cadillac SUV to growing luxury car collection
North Korean leader appears to obtain new vehicles after warning nation to expect increasing economic challenges
South Korea investigating unflagged cargo ship over North Korea sanctions breach
ROK Coast Guard reportedly seized De Yi in waters off southern coast last week and took it to harbor in Busan
FIFA fines North Korea $11K for scrapping World Cup qualifier against Japan
Pyongyang unlikely to pay fine and will see minimum penalty as ‘reward’ for last-minute cancellation, expert says
North Korea says Kim Jong Un led test of new ‘Hwasong-16B’ hypersonic missile
Solid-fuel intermediate-range ballistic missile allows DPRK to launch nukes 'quickly, accurately and powerfully'
US, ROK and Japan hold nuclear bomber drills after North Korean missile launch
Seoul says first trilateral air drills of the year seek to deter DPRK’s ‘advancing nuclear and missile threats’
South Korea sanctions Russian ships over alleged arms shipments to North Korea
Seoul also designates Russian companies linked to DPRK’s deployment of overseas IT workers to earn money for regime
Seoul accuses North Korea of meddling in elections by ‘belittling’ Yoon Suk-yeol
ROK claims anti-Yoon articles in state media are ‘serious threat’ — even though most South Koreans can’t read them
North Korea fires suspected intermediate-range missile weeks after engine test
Latest ballistic missile launch follows uptick in Kim Jong Un guiding weapons tests and military drills in last month
