Shreyas Reddy is the Lead Correspondent at NK News, based in Seoul. He previously worked as a researcher at BBC Monitoring, where his work focused on news and key people and organizations from the Korean Peninsula, Japan, Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Follow him on Twitter.
Experts say online competitions allow DPRK to hone skills that can be used in both positive applications and cyber crime
Kim Yung-ho pledges to create plan for unification with North Korea based on ‘liberal democratic order’
Removal comes after South Korea blocked channels of young YouTubers linked to DPRK propaganda apparatus
South Korean security firm finds DPRK hackers able to capture audio from device microphones with software
Justice Department unit will break down ‘wall’ between criminal and national security investigations, expert says
Experts say one satellite has little value but lays groundwork for one day monitoring ROK, Japan and even US mainland
US secretary of state calls on Beijing to use influence to solve DPRK nuclear issue, meeting with Xi and top officials
Kim Jong Un leads party meeting deriding ‘severe defect’ in satellite program, pushes for another launch at early date
State media reports Kim Jong Un presided over first day of likely multiday plenum but makes no mention of speech
USS Michigan’s visit is first by Ohio-class submarine since 2017 as allies seek to bolster deterrence against DPRK
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