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North Korea blames ‘alien things’ for COVID-19 outbreak – NKNews Podcast Ep. 244
The NK News team discusses anti-DPRK balloon launches, trilateral military drills, tactical nuke deployments and more
12 North Korean fishermen sentenced for attacking Russian coast guard
Russian court gives prison terms to two for deadly 2019 incident over illegal fishing, while releasing rest
Ex-Marine who raided North Korean Embassy asks US court to stop his extradition
Christopher Ahn’s attorneys say government treating him as ‘sacrificial lamb’ for US foreign policy
Anti-North Korea balloons could spark the peninsula’s next military crisis
Pyongyang has set stage for retaliatory action by blaming balloons for spreading COVID, posing a dilemma for Seoul
Shinzo Abe, key advocate for resolution of abduction issue, dead at 67
Japan’s longest-serving prime minister dies after being shot in the late Friday morning
Ask a North Korean: The long, dangerous journey to freedom in the South
The final chapter in a harrowing escape from North Korea that forced one defector to leave her child and husband behind
State media review: Pyongyang celebrates anti-flood efforts as heat wave arrives
An in-depth analysis of severe weather event coverage and a rise in anti-US propaganda
41% of North Koreans face malnourishment during pandemic: Report
UN agencies say DPRK among the countries with highest rates of hunger as aid slows to a trickle
Kim Jong Un demands ‘absolute obedience’ at 5-day meeting on party life
Thousands gather from around country without masks or social distancing in show of confidence after COVID outbreak
Seoul’s spy agency accuses Moon officials of abuse of power in North Korea cases
NIS alleges Park Jie-won and Suh Hoon subverted investigations into killed official and repatriated DPRK fishermen
