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Easing COVID rules a way for North Korea to project control — including to China
Experts say changes may seek to allay public dissatisfaction and convince Beijing to resume cross-border trade
Japanese donations likely funded Unification Church projects in North Korea
Former Tokyo intelligence officer tells NK News the church built Pyeonghwa Motors factory in Nampho with Japanese money
When North Korea invited East German secret police to Pyongyang – Ep. 249
Bernd Schaefer discusses how the Stasi helped the DPRK host a massive festival just months before the Berlin Wall fell
Washington backs Yoon’s plan to provide aid to North Korea if it disarms
US also voices support for trilateral cooperation with Japan after Yoon calls Tokyo a ‘common partner’ in speech
China resumes North Korea border tourism despite COVID restrictions on DPRK side
Reopened attractions could pose test to Pyongyang, which fears new variants could spread across the border
Kim Jong Un exchanges letters with Putin on bolstering North Korea-Russia ties
Letters come after DPRK recognized Moscow-backed breakaway states in Ukraine and drew up plans to send workers there
Yoon urges South Korea and Japan to move on. But history keeps bubbling up.
Yoon stresses common North Korea threat in Liberation Day speech, but imminent forced labor ruling could derail efforts
North Korea accuses UN chief of ‘pouring gas over flames’ of peninsula tensions
Pyongyang’s foreign ministry alleges Guterres sided with US ‘hostile policy’ by endorsing DPRK’s denuclearization
Breakaway Luhansk republic seeks North Korea’s help to rebuild from Ukraine war
Self-declared state says it held talks with DPRK on issue after Pyongyang confirmed plans to send laborers to Donetsk
100,000 North Korean soldiers won’t fight in Ukraine. But a few dozen might.
The DPRK has deployed troops to foreign conflicts before, from the Vietnam War to the civil war in Syria
