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November 24, 2024

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Anton Sokolin

Anton Sokolin

Anton Sokolin is the data correspondent at NK News. He previously worked at Reuters, TASS and the Korea Trade Promotion Corporation (KOTRA).

News

North Korea assaults South with sonic barrage of howling sirens

Audio recorded near border captures wailing noise from DPRK loudspeakers, which has drawn complaints from locals

Anton SokolinAnton SokolinOctober 10, 2024
Investigations

Russian ship returns to North Korean port in sign of continuing arms trade

Angara’s visit to Rason comes as port calls have slowed but not stopped in operation to send weapons for use in Ukraine

Anton SokolinAnton SokolinOctober 10, 2024
News

North Korean soldiers supporting Russia have been killed in Ukraine, Kyiv says

Ukrainian says DPRK engineers are supervising weapon use, though experts caution this is difficult to verify

Anton SokolinAnton SokolinOctober 8, 2024
News

North Korean special forces don new laser tag tech for military exercise

Expert says system for simulating combat appears ‘very basic’ and may have been produced from foreign designs

Anton SokolinAnton SokolinOctober 4, 2024
News

CIA seeks new North Korean informants, declaring it’s ‘open for business’

US agency releases Korean instructions on how to contact securely in bid to expand intel-gathering on secretive country

Anton SokolinAnton SokolinOctober 3, 2024
Investigations

North Korean trademark applications raise red flags about business in Russia

NK News uncovers 11 more DPRK firms that laid groundwork to enter Russian market this year, including 2 last month

Anton SokolinAnton SokolinOctober 3, 2024
Investigations

Record number of North Korean firms set to export goods to Russia in 2024: Data

Russian trade declarations point to growing demand for DPRK foodstuffs and medicine, despite UN sanctions on many goods

Anton SokolinAnton SokolinOctober 2, 2024
News

Chinese man extradited to US to face charges over North Korea tobacco smuggling

Australia hands over Jin Guanghua to stand trial for allegedly raking in $700M for DPRK using US banks

Anton SokolinAnton SokolinOctober 1, 2024
News

North Korea renames subway station, purging reference to reunification

Photos show Tongil Station is now called Moranbong Station, after Kim Jong Un abandoned goal of unifying with South

Anton SokolinAnton SokolinSeptember 30, 2024
News

Kim Yo Jong claps back at Zelensky for saying North Korea is Russia’s accomplice

DPRK leader’s sister accuses US of providing ‘greatest amount’ of weapons to Kyiv, as Pyongyang sends arms to Moscow

Anton SokolinAnton SokolinSeptember 30, 2024
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