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Tourism to North Korea dropped 40% in 2014 – NK News survey

Tourism to North Korea dropped 40% in 2014 – NK News survey

Tourism takes dive due to combination of factors caused by Pyongyang

Tourism to North Korea dropped 40% in 2014 – NK News survey
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll May 21, 2015
Journalists cannot cover N.Korean border crossing event at Panmunjom

Journalists cannot cover N.Korean border crossing event at Panmunjom

Media coverage of WomenCrossDMZ would legitimize crossing at Panmunjom, MoU official tells Yonhap

Journalists cannot cover N.Korean border crossing event at Panmunjom
Leo Byrne
Leo Byrne May 21, 2015
N. Korea claims long-held ability to miniaturize nukes

N. Korea claims long-held ability to miniaturize nukes

Expert suggests claim could be true, but that several key hurdles remain

N. Korea claims long-held ability to miniaturize nukes
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll May 20, 2015
Raise awareness, send media into N. Korea: Yeonmi Park

Raise awareness, send media into N. Korea: Yeonmi Park

Famed defector recalls growing up afraid of self-expression, unaware of outside world

Raise awareness, send media into N. Korea: Yeonmi Park
Rob York
Rob York May 20, 2015
North Korea lashes out at Japan’s UNESCO candidates

North Korea lashes out at Japan’s UNESCO candidates

State media accuses Japan of seeking recognition for sites built with Korean slave labor

North Korea lashes out at Japan’s UNESCO candidates
Leo Byrne
Leo Byrne May 20, 2015
Undeterred by purge rumors, women peace activists leave for Pyongyang

Undeterred by purge rumors, women peace activists leave for Pyongyang

Despite rumors of recent high-level execution, women still set on crossing at Panmunjom

Undeterred by purge rumors, women peace activists leave for Pyongyang
Yvonne Su May 19, 2015
UN Secretary General to visit KIC in North Korea – UPDATED

UN Secretary General to visit KIC in North Korea – UPDATED

Ban Ki-moon will visit the Kaesong Complex on May 21, intends to visit factories

UN Secretary General to visit KIC in North Korea – UPDATED
Leo Byrne
Leo Byrne May 19, 2015
North Korean leader angry at terrapin farmers

North Korean leader angry at terrapin farmers

Kim Jong Un expressed rare displeasure during a visit to a DPRK farm, warned of "grave consequences"

North Korean leader angry at terrapin farmers
Leo Byrne
Leo Byrne May 19, 2015
S. Korean business group wants office in N.Korea

S. Korean business group wants office in N.Korea

Office in Pyongyang hopes to help unification via economic cooperation

S. Korean business group wants office in N.Korea
Leo Byrne
Leo Byrne May 18, 2015
Women’s group DMZ crossing approved but not at Panmunjom

Women’s group DMZ crossing approved but not at Panmunjom

South Korea will not allow the group to cross at the Joint Security Area in Panmunjom

Women’s group DMZ crossing approved but not at Panmunjom
Hamish Macdonald
Hamish Macdonald May 15, 2015