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Latest North Korea news from NK News correspondents
South Korea’s defense ministry pushes for record-high $44.7 billion budget
Military strength & surveillance core to 2021 defense budget; unification ministry makes cuts to defector resettlement
Company pleads guilty to helping North Korea illegally use US banking system
The British Virgin Islands-registered Yang Ban Corporation will pay over $673,000 in financial penalties
US bans citizens from traveling to North Korea for a fourth consecutive year
The State Department first instituted the travel ban in 2017 in response to the death of U.S. tourist Otto Warmbier
Accordions and fake beards: North Korean exports to China fall slightly in July
North Korea’s July exports shrunk compared to previous months, which marked a recovery after a steep COVID-19 crash
North Korea denies involvement in a global ATM hacking scheme, despite US claims
North Korea says U.S. accusations are false and are merely an effort to divert scrutiny away from American cybercrimes
Twitter fully shuts down North Korean propaganda account
The @coldnoodlefan account was first restricted last month, but its content is still appearing on other social media
Unification minister says North Korea could be battling COVID-19
Lee In-young thinks the DPRK has an outbreak, but says his theory is not based on official intelligence
North Korea not sending spy messages via Youtube channel, researcher says
YouTube channel at heart of Yonhap story is actually run from Mexico, Martyn Williams says
Japanese PM Shinzo Abe resigns, regrets not solving North Korea abductees issue
Abe also names North Korea as a top national security concern as he steps down over a chronic health issue
South Korean minister vows to resume Mount Kumgang tourism ‘as soon as possible’
Unification minister Lee In-young wants to revamp tourism projects, but it won’t be easy amid tensions with Pyongyang
