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North Korea in March 2025: A month in review and what’s ahead
An analytical look at the main developments from March 1 to March 31, 2025
ROK says North Korean troops unaware of Ukraine deployment as casualties top 5K
British defense ministry assesses some 1,500 DPRK troops have been killed as Russia makes ‘territorial gains’
ROK commission to label killings by North Korean soldiers in 1950s as ‘massacre’
Truth and Reconciliation Commission to urge Seoul to seek apology from Pyongyang for mass executions during Korean War
North Korea holds first national training event for children’s union instructors
Workshop was aimed at ensuring young people grow up loyal to regime and follows rare meeting of neighborhood unit heads
What Americans think about travel to North Korea, 8 years after Warmbier’s death
The DPRK is reopening to foreigners in fits and starts, but a new survey shows Americans remain wary amid travel ban
Major Chechen construction firm likely behind new North Korea-Russia car bridge
NK News investigation suggests small company that Moscow tasked with $100M project is a front for bigger firm
UN Command coordinating ‘appropriate’ steps for two North Koreans in ROK custody
Statement comes as DPRK reportedly ignores messages to arrange repatriation of fishermen found in Yellow Sea
North Korea raises alarm about wildfire risks amid devastation in ‘puppet Korea’
An in-depth analysis of fire prevention measures, ‘war criminal’ Japan, a boxing gold and a purge of term ‘North Korea’
Russia is shipping North Korean artillery to Ukraine via Crimea, photo suggests
Expert says Koksan self-propelled guns and 240mm MLRS will likely enter combat in southern Ukraine
The view of North Korea from Trump’s Washington
NK News journalists share what they learned from a US trip about DPRK policy, prospects for diplomacy and more
