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December 19, 2024

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Anton Sokolin

Anton Sokolin

Anton Sokolin is the data correspondent at NK News. He previously worked at Reuters, TASS and the Korea Trade Promotion Corporation (KOTRA).

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North Korean soldiers supporting Russia have been killed in Ukraine, Kyiv says

North Korean soldiers supporting Russia have been killed in Ukraine, Kyiv says

Ukrainian says DPRK engineers are supervising weapon use, though experts caution this is difficult to verify

North Korean soldiers supporting Russia have been killed in Ukraine, Kyiv says
Anton Sokolin
Anton Sokolin October 8, 2024
North Korean special forces don new laser tag tech for military exercise

North Korean special forces don new laser tag tech for military exercise

Expert says system for simulating combat appears ‘very basic’ and may have been produced from foreign designs

North Korean special forces don new laser tag tech for military exercise
Anton Sokolin
Anton Sokolin October 4, 2024
CIA seeks new North Korean informants, declaring it’s ‘open for business’

CIA seeks new North Korean informants, declaring it’s ‘open for business’

US agency releases Korean instructions on how to contact securely in bid to expand intel-gathering on secretive country

CIA seeks new North Korean informants, declaring it’s ‘open for business’
Anton Sokolin
Anton Sokolin October 3, 2024
North Korean trademark applications raise red flags about business in Russia

North Korean trademark applications raise red flags about business in Russia

NK News uncovers 11 more DPRK firms that laid groundwork to enter Russian market this year, including 2 last month

North Korean trademark applications raise red flags about business in Russia
Anton Sokolin
Anton Sokolin October 3, 2024
Record number of North Korean firms set to export goods to Russia in 2024: Data
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Record number of North Korean firms set to export goods to Russia in 2024: Data

Russian trade declarations point to growing demand for DPRK foodstuffs and medicine, despite UN sanctions on many goods

Record number of North Korean firms set to export goods to Russia in 2024: Data
Anton Sokolin
Anton Sokolin October 2, 2024
Chinese man extradited to US to face charges over North Korea tobacco smuggling

Chinese man extradited to US to face charges over North Korea tobacco smuggling

Australia hands over Jin Guanghua to stand trial for allegedly raking in $700M for DPRK using US banks

Chinese man extradited to US to face charges over North Korea tobacco smuggling
Anton Sokolin
Anton Sokolin October 1, 2024
North Korea renames subway station, purging reference to reunification

North Korea renames subway station, purging reference to reunification

Photos show Tongil Station is now called Moranbong Station, after Kim Jong Un abandoned goal of unifying with South

North Korea renames subway station, purging reference to reunification
Anton Sokolin
Anton Sokolin September 30, 2024
Kim Yo Jong claps back at Zelensky for saying North Korea is Russia’s accomplice

Kim Yo Jong claps back at Zelensky for saying North Korea is Russia’s accomplice

DPRK leader’s sister accuses US of providing ‘greatest amount’ of weapons to Kyiv, as Pyongyang sends arms to Moscow

Kim Yo Jong claps back at Zelensky for saying North Korea is Russia’s accomplice
Anton Sokolin
Anton Sokolin September 30, 2024
Russia says North Korean denuclearization ‘off the table’ due to US ‘threats’

Russia says North Korean denuclearization ‘off the table’ due to US ‘threats’

Top diplomat spurns Moscow’s long-time policy due to US efforts to build ‘nuclear alliance’ with South Korea and Japan

Russia says North Korean denuclearization ‘off the table’ due to US ‘threats’
Anton Sokolin
Anton Sokolin September 27, 2024
Zelensky accuses North Korea of abetting Russian war crimes in Ukraine

Zelensky accuses North Korea of abetting Russian war crimes in Ukraine

Ukrainian president tells UN Security Council that DPRK arms are used to kill his country’s people and ‘steal our land’

Zelensky accuses North Korea of abetting Russian war crimes in Ukraine
Anton Sokolin
Anton Sokolin September 25, 2024
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