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Latest North Korea news from NK News correspondents
North Korea kicks off plan to build 10,000 ‘modern flats’ in Pyongyang this year
Kim Jong Un said the project will fix the “housing problem” in the capital city “once and for all”
North Korea fired off two missiles in first-known test since Biden took office
Some experts say that North Korea is trying to lightly provoke the US. Others say the tests have no hidden message.
Rare North Korean flight from Pyongyang spotted amid COVID-19 halt to air travel
Air Koryo aircraft appears to be heading towards North Korea’s east coast
EU hits North Korea with human rights-related sanctions for the first time
Sanctions name heads of North Korea’s police for state-sponsored murder, torture and forced labor
North Korea reports zero confirmed COVID-19 cases, but key data is still missing
For 10 weeks in a row now, the World Health Organization has not published testing or quarantine numbers for the DPRK
Top White House adviser says diplomacy is key to North Korea denuclearization
U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan spoke on Biden’s recent, unanswered backchannel outreach to the DPRK
For the first time ever, a North Korean man is brought to the US to stand trial
DPRK citizen accused of money laundering to supply luxury goods — a violation of rules meant to stop the country’s nukes
North Korea-China trade further plummets in the second year of COVID-19
China only exported electricity to the DPRK in Feb. 2021, with total trade values sliding under a mere $2 million
Chinese president promises to work with North Korea to ‘preserve peace’
Xi Jinping delivered the message to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un through a designated diplomat in Beijing
South Korea vows to address red tape slowing down North Korea aid
Unification minister says he will review South Korea’s system of approving every aid shipment before it goes out