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Full text: North Korea explains why it shot and killed a South Korean official
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Full text: North Korea explains why it shot and killed a South Korean official

NK Pro translated the full note sent to South Korea by North Korea’s United Front Department

Full text: North Korea explains why it shot and killed a South Korean official
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NK Pro September 25, 2020
Work on China-DPRK ‘bridge to nowhere’ stops amid new COVID-19 border controls
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Work on China-DPRK ‘bridge to nowhere’ stops amid new COVID-19 border controls

Pandemic and October holiday preparations may have dashed hopes of New Yalu River Bridge’s projected 2020 opening

Work on China-DPRK ‘bridge to nowhere’ stops amid new COVID-19 border controls
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko September 25, 2020
Letters revealed: North and South Korea exchange well wishes over COVID-19

Letters revealed: North and South Korea exchange well wishes over COVID-19

Kim Jong Un told Moon that he “firmly believes” in him, and that “good things will be waiting” for the two Koreas

Letters revealed: North and South Korea exchange well wishes over COVID-19
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim September 25, 2020
Kim Jong Un apologizes for lethal shooting of South Korean official

Kim Jong Un apologizes for lethal shooting of South Korean official

Kim told South Korea's Blue House that the incident "shouldn't have happened" and that he's "sorry to have disappointed"

Kim Jong Un apologizes for lethal shooting of South Korean official
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim | Kelly Kasulis September 25, 2020
US calls for explanation from North Korea over killing of South Korean

US calls for explanation from North Korea over killing of South Korean

State Department echoes South Korean calls for DPRK explanation

US calls for explanation from North Korea over killing of South Korean
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll September 24, 2020
Doctors Without Borders spends $1.4 million on TB hospitals, aid in North Korea

Doctors Without Borders spends $1.4 million on TB hospitals, aid in North Korea

NGO details its spending for the first time since it returned to the country in 2019

Doctors Without Borders spends $1.4 million on TB hospitals, aid in North Korea
Min Chao Choy
Min Chao Choy September 24, 2020
Kim Jong Un secretly visited ICBM launcher factory weeks after Singapore summit

Kim Jong Un secretly visited ICBM launcher factory weeks after Singapore summit

Evidence shows that Kim toured sites involved in the first test of a nuclear weapon capable of hitting U.S. mainland

Kim Jong Un secretly visited ICBM launcher factory weeks after Singapore summit
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko September 24, 2020
North Korea shot South Korean citizen and burned his body, ROK military says

North Korea shot South Korean citizen and burned his body, ROK military says

The South Korean military says the victim intended to defect to the North, but evidence is so far slim

North Korea shot South Korean citizen and burned his body, ROK military says
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim September 24, 2020
ROK official may have been shot dead near disputed inter-Korean border

ROK official may have been shot dead near disputed inter-Korean border

North Korean shoot-to-kill orders, designed to protect DPRK from COVID-19, may be linked to official's death

ROK official may have been shot dead near disputed inter-Korean border
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll September 23, 2020
Moon calls for end of Korean War, but US & China skirt peninsula issues at UNGA

Moon calls for end of Korean War, but US & China skirt peninsula issues at UNGA

Trump and Xi's overlooking of DPRK issue may create concern in Pyongyang, analyst says.

Moon calls for end of Korean War, but US & China skirt peninsula issues at UNGA
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll September 22, 2020