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Latest North Korea news from NK News correspondents
Tokyo submits record defense budget to counter threats from North Korea, China
$6.8 billion extra budget includes spending to enhance missile defense as Kishida warns of DPRK’s weapons development
DPRK hackers use South Korean servers and Google Drive to hide malware attack
Lazarus Group embeds malicious code in corrupted PDFs disguised as Samsung job post, experts find
Palestinian envoy exits DPRK while Russian ambassador refutes earlier report
Alexander Matsegora says nine Russian diplomats in North Korea after NK News report on foreign exodus from capital city
South Korean city to make longshot proposal for ferry to North Korea
Hwaseong to suggest 14 cooperative projects with DPRK’s Haeju amid ongoing freeze in inter-Korean ties
Lee Jae-myung vows to meet Kim Jong Un but rejects Trump’s ‘rosy’ approach
Progressive candidate criticizes focus on ‘big deal’ with North Korea and claims sanctions have not worked as intended
Canada spots 24 suspected ship-to-ship transfers in DPRK sanctions operations
Frigate and aircraft deployed in October detect over 100 suspicious vessels as part of multinational campaign
Interview: Past US envoy for DPRK says end-of-war declaration a ‘positive step’
Former Amb. Joseph Yun also tells NK News that declaration is unlikely to weaken US military presence on peninsula
Kim Jong Un builds new mansions across country as North Korean public suffers
Satellite images show new construction at lakeside retreat and secretive Pyongyang compound despite economic ‘hardships’
Dozens of Russians leave from Pyongyang amid ongoing exodus of embassy staff
Palestinian ambassador also departs, multiple sources say
North Korea emphasizes winter COVID measures as snow hits country
DPRK tells World Health Organization it found no positive cases after testing additional 734 people