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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
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
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’
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
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
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
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 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
ROK lawmaker accuses website of allowing illegal sale of North Korean art
But expert says private sale of decades-old paintings is unlikely to violate sanctions imposed after they were imported
North Korea resumes printing English newspaper as foreigners trickle back in
Russian Embassy says Pyongyang Times has returned after ‘long break,’ in possible sign DPRK intends to reopen further