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Latest North Korea news from NK News correspondents
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
Photos: North Korea congratulates itself for surviving 2020 in new picture book
The book celebrates Kim Jong Un’s accomplishments, but its contents imply that some goals were swept under the rug
Sudden flurry of Air Koryo flights spotted ahead of North Korea’s Party Congress
Two planes detected at airport near Chongjin on Dec. 25, possibly to pick up delegates for the January Party Congress
UN collected $1.4 million in COVID-19 donations for North Korea this year
New U.N. data also shows that Switzerland and Russia paid the most for DPRK food aid in 2020
