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N.Korea, China to open tax free trade zone
New zone will be for residents near the border at Dandong, set to open in October
North Korea adding to electricity grid
New footage indicates 20 year power plant construction project could be nearing completion
Red Cross, UNICEF announce N.Korean drought aid
Diseases from poor access to clean drinking water on the rise - N. Korean Ministry of Health
S. Korea says it will not return North Korean fishermen
Ministry of Unification says it will respect the wishes of three rescued fishermen who want to defect
More than 2800 companies in North Korea – researcher
Research focused on manufacture and energy companies, not smaller individually owned enterprises
North Korean defection by the numbers
Most recent data show falling numbers, changing ratios and factors affection defection
10 N. Korean crewmen possibly repatriated from Mexico – local media
Crew left the Mu Du Bong ober the weekend, after some members applied for humanitarian visas
Japan admits Koreans forced to work on UNESCO candidate sites
News comes as N. Korea misses deadline for providing Tokyo with information on abductees
N. Korean oil tankers movement indicates refinery, power plant presence
NK News ship tracker shows oil tankers visiting the facility, also visible on satellite imagery
N. Korea releases ‘satisfactory’ new SLBM test details
Short passage in Pictorial Korea magazine outlines some of test's purposes