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US and Japan vow to work on North Korea denuclearization at Washington summit
President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga also agreed to work on other “shared security” issues.
Kim Jong Un’s $2 million aid donation raises cash transfer questions
The North Korean leader has gifted aid funds and stipends to Chongryon in Japan every year since becoming leader
US and South Korean president to discuss North Korea in Washington next month
Experts say Joe Biden and Moon Jae-in will chiefly discuss sanctions against North Korea
Russian ambassador: North Korea faces ‘tough’ times, but famine is ‘unlikely’
Ambassador Alexander Matsegora weighs in on North Korean food prices, supply shortages and dropoffs to trade
North Korea isn’t happy about South Korea’s conservative resurgence
Kim Jong Un would much rather work with the current liberal, pro-engagement Blue House than the rising alternative
Senate confirms former North Korea negotiator as deputy secretary of state
Wendy R. Sherman is a foreign policy veteran and previously traveled to Pyongyang to meet former DPRK leader Kim Jong Il
China will speak up on North Korea issues with new ‘wolf warrior’ appointee
Experts say Liu Xiaoming, China’s new appointee for Korean Peninsula affairs, will be a strong voice on DPRK issues
North Korea faces uncertain future after mass exodus of UN and foreign NGO staff
Last month, the last international NGO worker and last remaining U.N. staff members left North Korea
China appoints new special representative for Korean Peninsula affairs
Liu Xiaoming — formerly an ambassador to the U.K., Egypt and North Korea — will now handle both Seoul and Pyongyang
North Koreans are stranded in Nigeria or illegally working in local clinics
A 2019 U.N. ban ordered all North Korean workers home, but COVID-19 disruptions leave some still waiting for deportation
