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Tainted with stigma, a North Korean defector school has nowhere to go
For years now, Yeomyung School has run into red tape while looking for a new spot
South Korea to replace Kang Kyung-wha, the nation’s first woman foreign minister
After three and a half years, Kang is stepping down and will be replaced by Chung Eui-yong
North Korean defectors arriving in the South drop by 78% in 2020 — a record low
Yearly new arrivals dropped by more than 800 people amid the COVID-19 pandemic and stricter border measures
Biden’s secretary of state nominee vows to ‘increase pressure’ on North Korea
Antony Blinken said he’s “reviewing options” on North Korea, which he calls a “hard problem” that’s “getting worse”
Trade between China and North Korea plummeted by 81% in 2020
Total official trade in 2020 fell significantly, but Chinese exports modestly rose at the end of the year
‘The people are God’: See North Korea’s new propaganda slogans and posters
Kim Jong Un opts for simplicity instead of “flashy” rallying cries of recent years
‘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
