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Ifang Bremer

Ifang Bremer

Ifang Bremer is a Seoul Correspondent at NK News. He has worked on investigations for The Guardian and The Observer and previously wrote features on Korea for Dutch newspaper NRC.

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UNICEF wins sanctions exemption to send large aid shipment to North Korea

UNICEF wins sanctions exemption to send large aid shipment to North Korea

It's unclear when the health and nutrition supplies will reach DPRK’s neediest as country maintains COVID controls

UNICEF wins sanctions exemption to send large aid shipment to North Korea
Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer October 25, 2022
Defectors sending more money to family in North Korea facing hardships: Survey

Defectors sending more money to family in North Korea facing hardships: Survey

Expert says higher brokerage fees likely account for increase, while poll also finds defectors financially better off

Defectors sending more money to family in North Korea facing hardships: Survey
Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer October 24, 2022
Seoul ‘positively’ weighing support for UN North Korean human rights resolution

Seoul ‘positively’ weighing support for UN North Korean human rights resolution

Co-sponsoring would mark first time South Korea has done so in years, after abstaining to support diplomacy with DPRK

Seoul ‘positively’ weighing support for UN North Korean human rights resolution
Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer October 21, 2022
Japan sanctions 5 North Korean companies, following US and South Korea’s lead

Japan sanctions 5 North Korean companies, following US and South Korea’s lead

Measures signal US and allies are coordinating on unilateral sanctions amid UN Security Council deadlock, expert says

Japan sanctions 5 North Korean companies, following US and South Korea’s lead
Ethan Jewell
Ethan Jewell | Ifang Bremer October 19, 2022
Prosecutors seek ex-minister’s arrest over North Korea’s killing of official

Prosecutors seek ex-minister’s arrest over North Korea’s killing of official

Former defense chief Suh Wook and ex-coast guard chief accused of abuse of power, forging documents related to 2020 case

Prosecutors seek ex-minister’s arrest over North Korea’s killing of official
Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer October 18, 2022
Seoul approves two new deliveries of humanitarian aid to North Korea

Seoul approves two new deliveries of humanitarian aid to North Korea

South Korea has now greenlit 11 deliveries of food and health assistance this year, though Pyongyang has ignored offers

Seoul approves two new deliveries of humanitarian aid to North Korea
Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer October 18, 2022
Moon government hid evidence on North Korea’s killing of ROK official: Auditors

Moon government hid evidence on North Korea’s killing of ROK official: Auditors

Defense ministry deleted files on Lee Dae-jun’s 2020 death after multiple agencies botched response, new report alleges

Moon government hid evidence on North Korea’s killing of ROK official: Auditors
Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer | Yeji Chung October 17, 2022
North Korea fires hundreds of artillery rounds in latest drills near border: JCS

North Korea fires hundreds of artillery rounds in latest drills near border: JCS

Seoul says DPRK breached 2018 military deal after detecting artillery fire on east and west coasts

North Korea fires hundreds of artillery rounds in latest drills near border: JCS
Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer | Jeongmin Kim October 14, 2022
UN envoy on North Korean human rights reiterates focus on women in first report

UN envoy on North Korean human rights reiterates focus on women in first report

NGOs positive on report but critical of Salmón’s ambition to engage with Pyongyang, no mention of repatriation case

UN envoy on North Korean human rights reiterates focus on women in first report
Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer October 14, 2022
23 North Korean defectors reach South Korea in third quarter: Seoul

23 North Korean defectors reach South Korea in third quarter: Seoul

Group defection of overseas workers appears to drive slight uptick, though numbers still far below pre-pandemic levels

23 North Korean defectors reach South Korea in third quarter: Seoul
Ethan Jewell
Ethan Jewell | Ifang Bremer October 13, 2022
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