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Kim Jong Un relieved by absence of major typhoon damage, inspection visit shows
Kim Jong Un also praises DPRK's crisis control system for showing signs of "remarkable improvement"
Pyongyang’s rapidly shrinking expat community: Risks and implications
The loss of embassy and aid workers in the DPRK may lead to dark era of extreme isolation and limited information
Biden criticizes Trump for ‘cozying up to dictators’ in DNC speech
Biden doesn’t mention Kim Jong Un by name, but it’s possible he is referring to the North Korean leader
Kim Yo Jong still missing from high-level meetings in North Korea
Analysts are split on whether Kim Yo Jong could have been demoted following back-to-back absences from major meetings
North Korea’s expat community shrinks as more diplomats and NGO workers leave
COVID-19 prevention measures and tough lifestyle restrictions are squeezing out Pyongyang's foreign community
Ryoo Kihl-jae, former South Korean unification minister, dies at 61
Ryoo served as unification minister during a tumultuous time for inter-Korean relations and routinely pushed for talks
North Korean prisoner amnesty to begin in September: State media
Detainees to be released will include those "convicted of crimes against the country and the people"
Seoul won’t rule out action against radio stations broadcasting into North Korea
South Korea's unification ministry laid out its logic on balloon launch crackdowns during a government press tour
South Korea to develop Iron Dome-style artillery interceptor system for defense
Plans revealed in a multi-prong South Korean military modernization blueprint document covering 2021 to 2025
Spanish aristocrat behind a North Korea sympathizer group violated UN sanctions
Alejandro Cao de Benos of the Korea Friendship Association allegedly brokered payments for a North Korean firm
