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Latest North Korea news from NK News correspondents
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
After 80 days of state-ordered labor, North Koreans may finally get a rest today
The country’s “80-day battle” mass labor marathon is expected to end on Dec. 30
Rare North Korean Party Congress to take place ‘early January,’ Politburo says
Kim Jong Un chaired an unprecedented 12th Politburo meeting of the year on Tuesday
South Korean civic groups fight ‘anti-leaflet’ law in constitutional court
Opposition party lawmakers also filed a revision to the recent law, which criminalizes leaflet launches to North Korea
North Korea warns public about new COVID-19 strain ahead of huge political event
With the Eighth Party Congress slated for January, state media urged citizens to be on “maximum alert” over the virus
