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Latest North Korea news from NK News correspondents
North Korean ships remain idle, with only one possible shipment in late December
Activity at east DPRK coast ports included a single voyage seen leaving China for Nampho on Dec. 25, 2020
North Korea shines the spotlight on China during first day of Party Congress
A letter from China’s communist party came hot off the state press, but still nothing from other socialist allies
Defector unemployment rates doubled in 2020. Now, a new bill is trying to help.
North Korean defector-politician Ji Seong-ho wants to refine a law rewarding firms for hiring more than five defectors
Kim Jong Un gives rare speech at first North Korean Party Congress in years
Kim spoke on the country’s “underachieved” economic plan for a massive political event that will take several days
Packed parking lot suggests North Korean Party Congress is underway: Satellite
Satellite imagery shows a full parking lot at the expected event venue, all while attendees' hotel looked empty
Once lush with products, North Korean supermarkets are now barren and deceptive
Photos obtained by NK News show scarce food items and products that don’t look anything like what’s advertised
North Korea tests 12,489 people for COVID-19, still claims zero confirmed cases
Border remains closed “for an uncertain period” with public gathering and movement partially banned, WHO says
Top US commander wants Biden to shoot for more North Korea diplomacy in 2021
United States Forces Korea commander urges Biden to continue military drills as well as ‘palpable’ reduction of tensions
North Korea could deploy more illegal workers abroad using new Russian e-visas
Russia rolled out a new visa program to 52 countries, experts say it could weaken the U.N. ban on DPRK workers
South Korea holds out hope for a major shout-out at North Korea’s Party Congress
Experts say that Kim Jong Un will inevitably bring up his Seoul counterparts, but will keep the message very vague
