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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.

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North Korean defected to South by sea last month, Seoul belatedly reveals

Individual reportedly escaped in a small boat near ROK’s westernmost island, the latest in series of maritime defections

Ifang BremerIfang Bremer | Joon Ha ParkOctober 11, 2024
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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

Ifang BremerIfang Bremer | Joon Ha ParkOctober 10, 2024
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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

Ifang BremerIfang BremerOctober 10, 2024
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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’

Ifang BremerIfang BremerOctober 9, 2024
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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

Ifang BremerIfang BremerOctober 8, 2024
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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

Ifang BremerIfang BremerOctober 7, 2024
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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

Ifang BremerIfang BremerOctober 4, 2024
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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

Ifang BremerIfang Bremer | Joon Ha ParkOctober 2, 2024
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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

Ifang BremerIfang BremerOctober 1, 2024
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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

Ifang BremerIfang BremerSeptember 30, 2024
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