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Latest North Korea news from NK News correspondents
South Korea expects ‘positive’ message from North any day now
In a New Year’s speech, unification minister Lee In-young says he’s expecting an olive branch from Pyongyang
Pompeo touts success on North Korea, but a senior Russian official is skeptical
Pompeo publishes a 13-tweet thread promoting his personal role in Washington's North Korea policy
Ships openly admit to buying illegal fishing permits from North Korea
Chinese and South Korean-flagged ships said they’re involved in potential sanctions-violating acts, new documents show
Why Kim Jong Un ditched the classic New Years speech and penned a tender letter
Experts believe the North Korean leader has little to say after his country suffered a remarkably hard year
Experts doubt that North Korea’s grueling 80-day work marathon did much good
State media called the long hours a “shining victory,” but experts think it only kept Kim Jong Un’s head above water
No social distancing? North Koreans ring in the New Year with Pyongyang concert
A live state media broadcast showed thousands of people wearing masks and cheering at a scaled-down New Years event
Kim Jong Un pens ‘heartfelt’ New Years letter, gives no sign of hallmark speech
Kim Jong Un thanks his people for trusting his party during 'difficult times'
North Korean military trucks flock to parade training lot before Party Congress
Satellite imagery shows vehicles amassing at Mirim parade training area in Pyongyang in late Dec. 2020
North Korea says it tested 11,707 people for COVID-19 — zero confirmed cases
The country periodically self-reports COVID-19 statistics to the World Health Organization
Pregnant North Korean woman and teenage girl face possible repatriation in China
The United Nations is urging China not to forcibly return five North Korean defectors arrested in September
