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How North Korea wielded the law against violators of pandemic controls
Legislative changes show how regime ramped up punishments as it struggled to bring citizens into compliance with rules
May 12, 2023
NGO says it sent bottles filled with rice and flash drives into North Korea
Announcement is Keun Saem’s first during pandemic, as ROK organization looks to step up scope and scale of launches
May 12, 2023
North Korea rails against markets. But its policies show it can live with them.
DPRK authorities did little to curtail flourishing seafood trade for years, only to reverse course during the pandemic
May 12, 2023
A North Korean school asks students, ‘Do you wanna build a snowman?’
State TV shows elite middle school using Disney film ‘Frozen’ to teach English, despite crackdowns on foreign media
May 10, 2023
What the official end of COVID emergency means for North Korea’s border controls
Pyongyang has closely monitored news from WHO, suggesting that downgrading of pandemic could trigger policy changes
May 9, 2023
Seoul court orders North Korea to pay former ROK prisoners for forced labor
Three South Koreans taken captive during Korean War awarded $38K each, now seek payout from inter-Korean fund
May 9, 2023
Defector-activist says he sent anti-Kim leaflets and medicine into North Korea
Park Sang-hak’s latest balloon launch follows Supreme Court ruling in his favor in case over cross-border leafleting
May 8, 2023
Ask a North Korean: What was it like to travel abroad for the first time?
Joshua Kim writes about marveling at Incheon airport, how Vietnam reminded him of the DPRK and more
ROK court reverses ruling against activists over anti-North Korea leafleting
Supreme Court says defector group's balloon launches don’t harm public interest, finds legal status unjustly revoked
May 5, 2023
Food security remains ‘fragile’ in North Korea but data hard to come by: Report
US-backed food security network says poor water supply and COVID border closures likely making bad situation worse
May 4, 2023
