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November 22, 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

Chinese oil exports to North Korea increase in July: data

Exports following a similar pattern to 2018

Leo ByrneLeo ByrneSeptember 16, 2019
News

U.S. designates three North Korean hacking groups

Groups responsible for WannaCry and Bangladesh bank heist sanctioned

Leo ByrneLeo ByrneSeptember 13, 2019
Analysis

How a new UN sanctions report reveals the limits of Chinese cooperation

Biegun says Beijing working with the U.S., but images suggest DPRK coal smuggling in Chinese waters

Leo ByrneLeo ByrneSeptember 13, 2019
News

Bolton’s “Libyan model” comments on North Korea were a setback: Trump

President says he doesn't blame Kim for not wanting to deal with now-fired national security advisor

Leo ByrneLeo ByrneSeptember 11, 2019
News

Bolton out as Trump’s National Security Advisor

Pyongyang has often publicly railed against Bolton's comments

Leo ByrneLeo ByrneSeptember 10, 2019
News

North Korea launches two projectiles from South Pyongan Province

Test is the DPRK's eighth since July 25 and tenth this year

Dagyum JiDagyum Ji | Leo ByrneSeptember 9, 2019
News

North Korea willing to return to talks with U.S. in late September: MFA

Vice foreign minister Choe Son Hui says Washington must bring new "calculation" to negotiations

Leo ByrneLeo ByrneSeptember 9, 2019
News

Kim Jong Un oversees emergency meeting for typhoon preparations

Kim says that some officials have an "easy-going" attitude to the inbound storm

Leo ByrneLeo ByrneSeptember 6, 2019
News

North Korea has “sovereign right to defend itself”: Pompeo

But nuclear weapons "don’t provide the security that the North Koreans believe they do" Pompeo adds

Leo ByrneLeo ByrneSeptember 6, 2019
News

Corrected: North Korean Won rising against the Euro since April: data

Drop may be more of a correction for an overvalued Euro

Leo ByrneLeo ByrneSeptember 6, 2019