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North Korea in May 2024: A month in review and what’s ahead
An analytical look at the main developments from May 1, 2024 to May 31, 2024
Timeline: From a satellite launch explosion to a volley of trash balloons
NK Pro timeline charts the key events from May 1 to May 31, 2024
Activist vows more leafleting unless Kim Jong Un apologizes for trash balloons
Seoul says it has no authority to stop civic groups launches, raising concerns North Korea will restart balloon blitz
Kim Jong Un sends top officials to reeducation in push to enforce obedience
Even members of North Korea’s Politburo must attend classes at new party school to become ‘genuine revolutionaries’
US exports over $200K in goods to North Korea, likely humanitarian aid
Census Bureau data shows multiple shipments of apparent private aid since November, the first in seven years
North Korea calls feces-carrying balloons a ‘gift’ to the South from its people
Kim Yo Jong justifies balloons as citizens’ exercise of free expression, mocking Seoul for allowing anti-DPRK leafleting
UN Command says North Korean trash balloons breach armistice, international law
Military force condemns DPRK for sending ‘feces and contaminants’ over border, but doesn’t mention launches from ROK
Why the US seeks dialogue with North Korea on human rights – Ep. 344
Julie Turner discusses her work as US envoy on DPRK human rights and how the global community can help North Koreans
Seoul weighs increased support for North Korean children born in third countries
Unification ministry says its reviewing policies for growing defector population that has often fallen through cracks
At site of kidnapping, ROK demands North Korea repatriate abducted students
‘My only wish is to see my son's face before I die,’ mother says at dedication of memorial to victim taken in 70s
