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Latest North Korea news from NK News correspondents
‘Hope alone is not a course of action’: US official gives parting words on DPRK
U.S. Ambassador Harry Harris is set to leave Seoul on Thursday and weighed in on diplomacy and U.S.-ROK military drills
Three months on, North Korea still hasn’t opened its prized Pyongyang hospital
The country’s political Party Congress came and went without any ribbon-cutting party, despite hints of a debut
Cigarette paper sales to North Korea go up in smoke with $2.5 million in fines
An Indonesian firm was hit with two back-to-back fines for violating sanctions with cigarette papers
New year, same claims: North Korea says it has zero cases of COVID-19
North Korean borders continue to remain on lockdown, with many modes of transit reportedly banned
Biden is about to be president, and Moon wants him to undo Trump’s mistakes
In a New Year’s press conference, President Moon Jae-in says Kim Jong Un is willing to continue denuclearization talks
North Korea vows to assert more control over the economy and fix past woes
DPRK leaders promised to take more control of the economy at the Supreme People’s Assembly on Sunday, state media says
Indonesian company fined $1 million for selling cigarette papers to North Korea
U.S. Treasury fined the paper manufacturer for violating sanctions using 28 separate U.S. dollar wire transfers
Recap: Top moments at North Korea’s Eighth Party Congress
The eight-day-long event went over failures of the last five years and clarified social, economic and military plans
Statues in Africa traced back to North Korean artists making money for regime
A new report suggests that two North Korean artists are using a front company to make the DPRK dollars
Biden’s ‘Asia tsar’ appointee adds to a wave of focus on North Korea and China
Kurt Campbell’s next pivot to Asia strategy involves the U.S. bringing its allies together to pressure North Korea
