Min Chao Choy is a data journalist for NK News and NK Pro. Choy specializes in news and analysis relating to DPRK shipping and aviation movements, sanctions, and cyber-security.
Many media organizations were quick to play up the manual’s contents, but most of it is old news, according to analysts
The DPRK bought a more diverse range of items in July, meaning the country might be more confident about its food supply
The United Nations banned North Korea from exporting “earth and stone” products since 2017
If supply chains involve previously sanctioned entities, then even barter trade would be blocked by U.N. sanctions
The Changbaishan Customs Office will handle the only Sino-DPRK land passage at Shuangmu Peak land port
DPRK citizens Pak Hwa Song and Hwang Kil Su set up shop in Congo and worked on construction projects, report says
North Korea is violating sanctions by using advanced smuggling networks to acquire even more rare, custom-armored rides
IT workers under the Munitions Industry Department likely raised over $1.2 million in 2019: UN report
A U.S. Army Techniques Publication manual details the scale of North Korea's antagonistic cyber units
The 14 are the last of 17 fishermen to be charged after being arrested and detained since September 2019
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