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North Korean museum targets drug use, K-pop in campaign against social ills

North Korean museum targets drug use, K-pop in campaign against social ills

Propaganda display also acknowledges ‘smuggling’ issue but relies on images of early-2000s tech

North Korean museum targets drug use, K-pop in campaign against social ills
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko January 16, 2023
North Korea’s child mortality and stillbirth rates improve in 2021: UN report

North Korea’s child mortality and stillbirth rates improve in 2021: UN report

Despite positive trend, DPRK’s child death rate remains five times higher than in South Korea

North Korea’s child mortality and stillbirth rates improve in 2021: UN report
Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer January 13, 2023
State media review: North Korea says Kim Jong Un made Dennis Rodman famous
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State media review: North Korea says Kim Jong Un made Dennis Rodman famous

An in-depth analysis of a new propaganda book, class education anniversary, Kim’s birthday and more

State media review: North Korea says Kim Jong Un made Dennis Rodman famous
Seung-Yeon Chung
Seung-Yeon Chung January 12, 2023
Libyan hospital welcomes dozens of North Korean medical workers

Libyan hospital welcomes dozens of North Korean medical workers

UN sanctions forbid DPRK laborers from working abroad, but country’s doctors have been active in Africa during pandemic

Libyan hospital welcomes dozens of North Korean medical workers
Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer January 12, 2023
North Korea’s ambitious rural housing project off to slow start: Analysis
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North Korea’s ambitious rural housing project off to slow start: Analysis

Only a few thousand new homes appeared across the country last year as state media stays coy about construction targets

North Korea’s ambitious rural housing project off to slow start: Analysis
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko January 11, 2023
Judge raises legal avenue to stop extradition of man who raided DPRK Embassy

Judge raises legal avenue to stop extradition of man who raided DPRK Embassy

Lack of formal end to Korean War means Christopher Ahn’s actions may not have been crime in US, district judge suggests

Judge raises legal avenue to stop extradition of man who raided DPRK Embassy
Ethan Jewell
Ethan Jewell January 11, 2023
North Korea built secret network of over 50 COVID isolation facilities: Imagery
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North Korea built secret network of over 50 COVID isolation facilities: Imagery

Compounds resemble known isolation ward and point to efforts to isolate patients long before DPRK’s first outbreak

North Korea built secret network of over 50 COVID isolation facilities: Imagery
Jacob Bogle
Jacob Bogle January 10, 2023
Only 67 North Korean defectors reach South in 2022, second fewest ever

Only 67 North Korean defectors reach South in 2022, second fewest ever

Reality on ground inside DPRK more opaque than ever as COVID border measures pose barriers to escape, expert says

Only 67 North Korean defectors reach South in 2022, second fewest ever
Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer January 10, 2023
Activist says he will send drones into North Korea carrying anti-regime leaflets

Activist says he will send drones into North Korea carrying anti-regime leaflets

Park Sang-hak tells NK News drones are on ‘standby,’ weeks after DPRK’s unmanned aerial vehicle breached Seoul airspace

Activist says he will send drones into North Korea carrying anti-regime leaflets
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim January 10, 2023
Pyongyang Chronicles: The North Korean roommates who spied on foreign students

Pyongyang Chronicles: The North Korean roommates who spied on foreign students

It was an open secret that local students wrote reports on us, but some took their mission more seriously than others

Pyongyang Chronicles: The North Korean roommates who spied on foreign students
Alek Sigley
Alek Sigley January 10, 2023