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North Korea lays out budget plans, personnel changes at parliamentary meeting
Lawmakers agree to spend 47.8% of state budget on economy, 15.9% on national defense
Kim Jong Un hails North Korean military’s readiness at air force drill
Fighter jet exercises at base north of Pyongyang come one year after similar Kim visit
North Korea’s Politburo discusses “danger” from COVID-19, promotes officials
Meeting comes ahead of planned parliamentary session, originally set to take place on Friday
North Korean state media yet to report on expected parliamentary meeting
Rubber-stamp DPRK Supreme People's Assembly was set to convene on Friday
State Department approves potential $675 million arms sale to South Korea
Equipment would support South Korea's F-35 airplanes, State Department says
Kim Jong Un oversees artillery exercises ahead of key parliamentary meeting
North Korean leader emphasizes modernization, war-readiness at sixth drills of their kind this year
Amid pandemic, U.S. Treasury cuts some red tape for aid groups in North Korea
Aid groups will now have easier path to bring ambulances, laptops into DPRK, Treasury tells NK News
Thailand says it deported six illegal North Korean workers ahead of UN deadline
All six working in one North Korean restaurant were arrested and fined before being deported in early December
South Korean vendor of North Korean products not violating sanctions: MOU
Goods were all imported prior to 2010 imposition of 'May 24 Measures'
Two Russian diplomats in North Korea freed after 30-day quarantine
Natalya Noskova and Vadim Tetin arrived in the DPRK on March 9, brought diplomatic mail and medicine into the country