Foreign Relations
Information related to the North Korea’s foreign relations
Ask a North Korean: What do North Koreans think of regime sympathizers?
Former Pyongyang elite says few care about overseas supporters and responds to those who doubt defector stories
US to maintain military posture in South Korea to deter DPRK, Chinese threats
Pentagon announces ‘no changes’ after global posture review, as expert say US eyes expanded role for USFK
North Korean man arrested 41 days after daring Chinese prison escape
Chinese police, netizens heavily promoted efforts to capture man who was serving time in Jilin Province prison
Palestinian envoy exits DPRK while Russian ambassador refutes earlier report
Alexander Matsegora says nine Russian diplomats in North Korea after NK News report on foreign exodus from capital city
Japan unlikely to support an end-of-war declaration with North Korea: experts
Unresolved abduction issue and preference for multilateral approach inform Tokyo’s position, experts tell NK News
Lee Jae-myung vows to meet Kim Jong Un but rejects Trump’s ‘rosy’ approach
Progressive candidate criticizes focus on ‘big deal’ with North Korea and claims sanctions have not worked as intended
On North Korea, it’s not just the US that’s using ‘strategic patience’
Biden has prioritized China over the DPRK, and Beijing and Moscow have shown no urgency on denuclearization
Book review: ‘Outsiders: Memories of Migration to and from North Korea’
Markus Bell writes a sobering reflection on the tens of thousands of Koreans that voluntarily left Japan for North Korea
Interview: Past US envoy for DPRK says end-of-war declaration a ‘positive step’
Former Amb. Joseph Yun also tells NK News that declaration is unlikely to weaken US military presence on peninsula
Political disputes leave US no closer to appointing DPRK human rights envoy
Biden has yet to even announce a nominee for the key role that works to improve human rights in the country
