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Latest North Korea news from NK News correspondents
Nine years after taking power, Kim Jong Un visits his father’s grave
North Korean leader makes only his second appearance in the last month in traditional visit to the Kumsusan Palace
Fewer international ships and aircraft monitoring North Korean smuggling in 2020
Overall foreign military deployments to the Japan area fell this year, and that means less monitoring of the DPRK
North Korea’s working women just suffered a really hard year
During labor marathons, women breadwinners must abandon the market for state projects — and still tend to the family
Russia’s embassy in North Korea doubts that Pyongyang bought COVID-19 vaccine
Russia's Embassy in the DPRK said that media reports about Pyongyang buying a vaccine from Moscow are "questionable"
Defiant and dismayed, activists vow to break leaflet law and fight it in court
A day after Seoul passed a bill criminalizing leaflets send-overs to North Korea, opposers prep for constitutional court
After major Russian spy hacks, US says North Korea is an even stronger threat
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said North Korea is more prolific than Russia about trying to get into American servers
‘Our man in Malaysia’: How a man booked for murder smuggled goods to North Korea
Ri Jong Chol wasn’t charged for the death of Kim Jong Un’s half brother, but he’s part of a big sanction evading network
Despite uproar, Seoul passes law that can send North Korea activists to prison
Legal experts and human rights groups worry that the new law is too sweeping and infringes on free speech
South Korea’s intelligence agency loses power to investigate North Korea ties
A new law passed on Sunday will transfer investigative power to the country’s national police
Singaporean company director jailed for selling alcohol to North Korea
Director of company sanctioned by Treasury is jailed for two months, wife charged with financial penalty
