News | NK News
July 26, 2024

News

Latest North Korea news from NK News correspondents

North Korea blasts Harvard professor for denying Japanese wartime sexual slavery

North Korea blasts Harvard professor for denying Japanese wartime sexual slavery

State-run outlet calls Ramseyer a “hideous money-grabber” and “pseudo-scholar," scholar declines response

North Korea blasts Harvard professor for denying Japanese wartime sexual slavery
Won-Gi Jung
Won-Gi Jung March 3, 2021
US should not recognize North Korea as ‘limited nuclear power’: H.R. McMaster

US should not recognize North Korea as ‘limited nuclear power’: H.R. McMaster

Sanctions should not be relieved to spur initial denuclearization talks, McMaster says

US should not recognize North Korea as ‘limited nuclear power’: H.R. McMaster
South Korea, China vow to build military hotlines to ‘ease tension’ on peninsula

South Korea, China vow to build military hotlines to ‘ease tension’ on peninsula

Seoul and Beijing will add two military communication lines in an effort to “establish peace” on the Korean Peninsula

South Korea, China vow to build military hotlines to ‘ease tension’ on peninsula
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim March 2, 2021
Seoul to spend $8 million on high-tech system that analyzes North Korea data

Seoul to spend $8 million on high-tech system that analyzes North Korea data

Unification ministry wants to build AI tool that can analyze DPRK-related files and make inferences about the future

Seoul to spend $8 million on high-tech system that analyzes North Korea data
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim | Kelly Kasulis March 2, 2021
US and South Korea vow to maintain stability ahead of contentious military drill

US and South Korea vow to maintain stability ahead of contentious military drill

U.S. national security advisor and South Korean National Security Office director spoke by phone on Tuesday

US and South Korea vow to maintain stability ahead of contentious military drill
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim March 2, 2021
North Korea is a ‘serious threat’ to peace and security: US Ambassador to the UN

North Korea is a ‘serious threat’ to peace and security: US Ambassador to the UN

Washington’s newly-confirmed U.N. ambassador stresses the importance of denuclearization and diplomacy

North Korea is a ‘serious threat’ to peace and security: US Ambassador to the UN
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim March 2, 2021
Thousands of North Koreans left Russia in 2020 while new visas dropped by 52%
NK PRO

Thousands of North Koreans left Russia in 2020 while new visas dropped by 52%

New government data suggests that 14,000 North Koreans left Russia last year while about 1,800 entered the country

Thousands of North Koreans left Russia in 2020 while new visas dropped by 52%
Min Chao Choy
Min Chao Choy March 1, 2021
Russian man exits North Korea on hand-pushed trolley, calls it ‘big adventure’

Russian man exits North Korea on hand-pushed trolley, calls it ‘big adventure’

Diplomat refuted “negative comments” about how N. Korea treated his peers after eight Russians left the DPRK last week

Russian man exits North Korea on hand-pushed trolley, calls it ‘big adventure’
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko March 1, 2021
New North Korean book on Kim Jong Un skips Trump’s dramatic Hanoi Summit walkout

New North Korean book on Kim Jong Un skips Trump’s dramatic Hanoi Summit walkout

The 621-page biography highlights one U.S.-DPRK summit, but not the other

New North Korean book on Kim Jong Un skips Trump’s dramatic Hanoi Summit walkout
Won-Gi Jung
Won-Gi Jung March 1, 2021
South Korea warms up to Japan and hopes to see North Korea at the Tokyo Olympics

South Korea warms up to Japan and hopes to see North Korea at the Tokyo Olympics

President Moon Jae-in says he’s “always” ready to talk with Japan and that the Olympics are a diplomatic “opportunity”

South Korea warms up to Japan and hopes to see North Korea at the Tokyo Olympics
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim March 1, 2021