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Latest North Korea news from NK News correspondents
North Korea-linked firm offering expanded range of radio hardware online
Glocom Corp’s website offerings have increased in 2021 despite U.N. sanctions pressure
Tobacco leads North Korean imports from China in June amid anemic trade
The commodity surpassed goods like rubber, chemicals and oil as the DPRK limits trade due to COVID-19
Top US official begins Asia tour stressing denuclearization of Korean Peninsula
North Korea’s nuclear weapons, abductee issue major talking points in high-level meeting in Tokyo
China’s glass-floor tourism craze arrives at North Korea’s doorstep
New overlook hundreds of feet over border river opens amid North Korean paranoia about prying eyes, COVID threats
North Korean imports from China creep up, but remain well below pre-COVID levels
Customs data shows North Korean imports reached $12.3 million in June after falling below $3 million in May
North Korea delays major farmers’ meeting amid ‘food crisis,’ drought fears
State media says farmers in the country facing ‘unparalleled hardship and difficulties’
Long critical of unification ministry, North Korea condemns call to shut it down
DPRK state media criticizes conservative leader’s suggestion to shutter ministry it has labeled a US ‘puppet’
North Korea tells WHO it has no COVID cases after testing additional 696 people
Total tested surpasses 33,000 as country reports shortage of medicine and health personnel to U.N.
Just two North Korean defectors reach South Korea from April to June
Historically-low numbers present challenges to helping the North Korean people, humanitarian workers say
More than 90% of South Koreans think North Korea won’t give up nukes: survey
KINU survey also shows that South Koreans are increasingly indifferent about DPRK issues