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July 19, 2024

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Leo Byrne

Leo Byrne

Leo Byrne was the Data and Analytic Director at NK News. Follow him on twitter.

News

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

Leo ByrneLeo ByrneJuly 14, 2015
News

North Korea adding to electricity grid

New footage indicates 20 year power plant construction project could be nearing completion

Leo ByrneLeo ByrneJuly 13, 2015
News

Red Cross, UNICEF announce N.Korean drought aid

Diseases from poor access to clean drinking water on the rise - N. Korean Ministry of Health

Leo ByrneLeo ByrneJuly 9, 2015
News

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

Leo ByrneLeo ByrneJuly 9, 2015
News

More than 2800 companies in North Korea – researcher

Research focused on manufacture and energy companies, not smaller individually owned enterprises

Leo ByrneLeo ByrneJuly 8, 2015
Analysis

North Korean defection by the numbers

Most recent data show falling numbers, changing ratios and factors affection defection

Leo ByrneLeo ByrneJuly 8, 2015
News

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

Leo ByrneLeo ByrneJuly 7, 2015
News

Japan admits Koreans forced to work on UNESCO candidate sites

News comes as N. Korea misses deadline for providing Tokyo with information on abductees

Leo ByrneLeo ByrneJuly 6, 2015
Analysis

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

Leo ByrneLeo ByrneJuly 3, 2015
News

N. Korea releases ‘satisfactory’ new SLBM test details

Short passage in Pictorial Korea magazine outlines some of test's purposes

Leo ByrneLeo ByrneJuly 2, 2015