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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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North Korea claims South Korean drone scattered leaflets over Pyongyang

North Korea claims South Korean drone scattered leaflets over Pyongyang

DPRK foreign ministry alleges ROK drones intruded into airspace three times this month, threatening military retaliation

North Korea claims South Korean drone scattered leaflets over Pyongyang
North Korean defected to South by sea last month, Seoul belatedly reveals

North Korean defected to South by sea last month, Seoul belatedly reveals

Individual reportedly escaped in a small boat near ROK’s westernmost island, the latest in series of maritime defections

North Korean defected to South by sea last month, Seoul belatedly reveals
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Ifang Bremer | Joon Ha Park October 11, 2024
New report documents huge surge in North Korean crackdowns on outside info

New report documents huge surge in North Korean crackdowns on outside info

DPRK restrictions on info access have led to over 40-fold rise in related human rights violations, Seoul nonprofit finds

New report documents huge surge in North Korean crackdowns on outside info
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Ifang Bremer | Joon Ha Park October 10, 2024
Explosions ring out from DMZ as North Korea clears land with dynamite

Explosions ring out from DMZ as North Korea clears land with dynamite

Blasts seen by NK News appear to be part of efforts to fortify border as soldiers build new guard posts and fencing

Explosions ring out from DMZ as North Korea clears land with dynamite
Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer October 10, 2024
North Korea says it will destroy all roads and railways linking it to South

North Korea says it will destroy all roads and railways linking it to South

Korean People’s Army frames work to sever connections as ‘self-defense measure’ in response to US-ROK ‘aggression’

North Korea says it will destroy all roads and railways linking it to South
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Ifang Bremer October 9, 2024
South Korea restoring 15 military guard posts facing North Korea at cost of $17M

South Korea restoring 15 military guard posts facing North Korea at cost of $17M

Move reinstates four more posts than were abandoned under inter-Korean deal in 2018, despite doubts about their utility

South Korea restoring 15 military guard posts facing North Korea at cost of $17M
Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer October 8, 2024
North Korea has expanded notorious political prison in northeast, imagery shows

North Korea has expanded notorious political prison in northeast, imagery shows

Over a dozen buildings built or renovated at concentration camp No. 16 since 2022 in sign facility is operational

North Korea has expanded notorious political prison in northeast, imagery shows
Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer October 7, 2024
Kim Jong Un threatens nuke strikes on South Korea if sovereignty ‘infringed’

Kim Jong Un threatens nuke strikes on South Korea if sovereignty ‘infringed’

North Korean leader also questions Yoon Suk-yeol’s sanity over speech at military parade that showed off new ROK missile

Kim Jong Un threatens nuke strikes on South Korea if sovereignty ‘infringed’
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Ifang Bremer October 4, 2024
North Korean escapee detained after attempting to flee the South in stolen bus

North Korean escapee detained after attempting to flee the South in stolen bus

Police say defector cited difficulties adapting to life in ROK as reason for trying to return across inter-Korean border

North Korean escapee detained after attempting to flee the South in stolen bus
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Ifang Bremer | Joon Ha Park October 2, 2024
North Korea says it won’t negotiate away nukes regardless who wins US election

North Korea says it won’t negotiate away nukes regardless who wins US election

In speech, envoy tells UN that US-ROK nuclear consultative group is biggest threat to DPRK, justifying military buildup

North Korea says it won’t negotiate away nukes regardless who wins US election
Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer October 1, 2024
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