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How North Korea is embracing more entertaining propaganda for the TikTok era
Mini documentaries and flashy missile launch videos show Pyongyang can adapt delivery, though messages remain the same
August 12, 2022
China following ‘example of North Korea’ with risky missile launches: Taipei
Crisis in Taiwan Strait could aggravate regional security and impede cooperation over DPRK nuclear issue, experts say
August 5, 2022
Up close and personal at the Demilitarized Zone – Ep. 247
NK News team members and former military cross Civilian Control Line to get close to North Korea in central border area
August 2, 2022
Ask a North Korean: What are toilets like in the DPRK?
Public restrooms and toilet paper are in short supply, while expense of flush toilets results in a porcelain ‘hierarchy’
July 29, 2022
Prosecutors raid unification ministry over suspected Moon-era wrongdoing
Investigation into hiring practices latest example of ROK presidents' ‘vindictive hounding’ of predecessors, expert says
July 27, 2022
Elderly North Korean veterans pack stadium for conference despite COVID spread
Participants forgo masks at event to mark end of Korean War, as Pyongyang vows conflict ‘not over’
July 27, 2022
How ride-sharing services like Uber could end Seoul’s dire taxi shortage
Drivers aren’t returning after industry exodus during pandemic, leaving people stranded even in city center at night
July 26, 2022
North Korea’s COVID-19 testing limitations cast fog over outbreak’s future
Expert says DPRK’s ‘crude’ approach to identifying variants could lead to continued uncertainty about true case counts
July 26, 2022
How North Korean police corruption became essential to the growth of markets
Businesspeople pay bribes to police in order to create the space necessary for them to buy, sell and trade their wares
July 21, 2022
A North Korean defector blazes her own trail as an artist in Seoul: Interview
‘I want to demonstrate that North Korean refugees can do just as well as anybody else in South Korea and beyond’
July 21, 2022
