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North Korea’s market exchange rate for foreigners suddenly drops by more than 9%
The abrupt shift could mean trade and travel restrictions will stay in place for the foreseeable future, experts say
Amid COVID-19 trade lockdown, North Korea opens borders for sugar and big tires
Dec. 2020 trade data shows North Korea’s priorities during a general COVID-19-related slowdown
China says it’s ‘doing its best’ to give COVID-19 aid to citizens in North Korea
China’s Embassy in North Korea says it distributed masks, disinfectant and other COVID-19-related items
Biden’s UN pick wants China and Russia to choke North Korean nuclear program
Linda Thomas-Greenfield is nominated to be America’s ambassador to the United Nations
Former US diplomat: Don’t ‘disown everything that Trump did’ on North Korea
Joseph Yun, the former special representative for North Korea policy, hopes for more diplomacy in the future
State Department pick suggests further departure from Trump’s North Korea policy
Jung H. Pak announced that she’ll be deputy assistant secretary for East Asian and Pacific affairs
China may be warming up to North Korea, but it still supports inter-Korean talks
Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and said he hopes for “political resolution”
Antony Blinken, critic of Trump’s North Korea policy, becomes secretary of state
Blinken recently called North Korea “a hard problem that has plagued administration after administration”
Google accuses North Korean hackers of targeting cybersecurity pros with malware
Hackers posed as fellow researchers and built up trust through original blog content and private social media messages
North Korea suffered the worst natural disasters in all of Asia, new report says
Four out of 10 North Koreans were impacted by storms in 2019, the Asian Disaster Reduction Center concluded
