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November 21, 2024

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Ifang Bremer

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.

News

Swiss diplomats visit North Korea to explore reopening development office: Bern

Spokesperson tells NK News that Switzerland is evaluating return to Pyongyang, four years after suspending operations

Ifang BremerIfang BremerNovember 6, 2024
News

North Korea builds anti-tank trenches over demolished inter-Korean roads: Seoul

Defensive structures appear aimed at showing DPRK resolve to cut ties, though ROK says they can be easily filled in

Ifang BremerIfang BremerNovember 4, 2024
News

Seoul sanctions North Korean diplomats, companies over latest ICBM launch

Measures target 11 individuals and 4 organizations linked to DPRK’s missile program and efforts to earn foreign currency

Ifang BremerIfang BremerNovember 1, 2024
News

ROK trains to strike North Korean missile launcher, hours after ICBM test

South Korea says it carried out drill with guided bomb to demonstrate ability to retaliate with ‘overwhelming force’

Ifang BremerIfang BremerNovember 1, 2024
News

ROK border residents clash with activists over anti-North Korea leafleting

Locals show up in mass to stop balloon launch near border, accusing activists of aggravating security concerns

Ifang BremerIfang BremerOctober 31, 2024
News

Kim Jong Un sensitive to criticism of regime’s human rights abuses: Ex-diplomats

Former North Korean envoys say leader ordered measures to deflect attention from abuses and even pushed limited reforms

Ifang BremerIfang Bremer | Seung-Yeon ChungOctober 30, 2024
News

North Korea plagued by one of world’s highest tuberculosis rates: WHO data

UN health agency lists DPRK as high-risk country for seventh straight year, with estimated 135K cases in 2023

Ifang BremerIfang BremerOctober 30, 2024
Analysis

How Russia is transporting North Korean troops to the front lines of Ukraine war

NK News analysis suggests Moscow prefers transport by plane, with suspicious flights from Far East to city near Ukraine

Ifang BremerIfang Bremer | Joon Ha ParkOctober 29, 2024
News

UN aid groups receive OK to send health care, farming equipment to North Korea

Sanctions exemptions allow UNICEF and FAO to ship items through next year, though aid workers still unable to return

Ifang BremerIfang BremerOctober 25, 2024
News

North Korea building concrete wall on eastern inter-Korean border, photos show

Barrier stands at least 13 feet tall and stretches 1/3 mile, in potential preview of plans to fortify DMZ

Ifang BremerIfang BremerOctober 25, 2024
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