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December 23, 2024

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Bryan Betts

Bryan Betts

Bryan Betts is the Managing Editor of NK News. He has covered the Koreas for Yonhap News Agency, The Diplomat and Korea Exposé and previously worked as a newspaper reporter in South Carolina and New Mexico.

Interviews

Pop-aganda: North Korean accordionists cover Norway’s greatest hits

An interview with Morten Traavik on his new vinyl album expanding musical collaboration with the DPRK

Bryan BettsBryan BettsJuly 19, 2021
COVID-19

North Korea tells WHO it has no COVID cases after testing additional 696 people

Total tested surpasses 33,000 as country reports shortage of medicine and health personnel to U.N.

Bryan BettsBryan BettsJuly 19, 2021
Interviews

An interview with Stephen Biegun, former US special envoy to North Korea

From Singapore, Hanoi to Stockholm, Biegun discusses his time as Washington’s lead official on North Korea policy

Bryan BettsBryan BettsJuly 14, 2021
COVID-19

North Korea again self-reports no COVID-19 as number tested exceeds 32,000

DPRK says it tested an additional 718 people as Seoul think tank says Pyongyang has rejected AstraZeneca vaccines

Bryan BettsBryan BettsJuly 12, 2021
COVID-19

North Korea claims no COVID-19 cases, despite recent report of ‘grave’ incident

Pyongyang tells the World Health Organization it tested an additional 711 people from June 18-24

Bryan BettsBryan BettsJuly 5, 2021
COVID-19

North Korea self-reports no COVID-19 cases after testing 735 more people

Total tested exceeds 31,000, DPRK tells World Health Organization, as country continues to claim it’s COVID-free

Bryan BettsBryan BettsJune 28, 2021
Analysis

NATO looks East, but implications for the Koreas remain uncertain

Alliance seeks greater cooperation in Asia, but experts see limited role for NATO in North Korea denuclearization talks

Bryan BettsBryan BettsJune 25, 2021
News

Moon calls Kim Jong Un ‘honest,’ pushes talks with North Korea as term nears end

South Korean president reflects on Kim, denuclearization in new interview as Pyongyang continues to stonewall

Bryan BettsBryan BettsJune 24, 2021
News

U.S. says North Korea “directly responsible” for WannaCry cyber attack

Trump advisor lays out allegation of DPRK's "reckless" actions in Wall Street Journal op-ed

Bryan BettsBryan BettsDecember 19, 2017
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