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Lofty goals in challenging circumstances: UN hopes for North Korean aid in 2020

Lofty goals in challenging circumstances: UN hopes for North Korean aid in 2020

The OCHA's annual Global Humanitarian Overview's funding goals are both remarkably low and incredibly ambitious

Lofty goals in challenging circumstances: UN hopes for North Korean aid in 2020
Nazanin Zadeh-Cummings
Nazanin Zadeh-Cummings December 26, 2019
Trump approves at least $4 million for promoting human rights in North Korea

Trump approves at least $4 million for promoting human rights in North Korea

New funding was included in massive appropriations legislation that the president signed into law last Friday

Trump approves at least $4 million for promoting human rights in North Korea
Jacob Fromer
Jacob Fromer December 25, 2019
Sanctions, security, and a white horse: our top ten North Korea stories in 2019

Sanctions, security, and a white horse: our top ten North Korea stories in 2019

Don’t go into the new year without having read these top stories

Sanctions, security, and a white horse: our top ten North Korea stories in 2019
Oliver Hotham
Oliver Hotham December 25, 2019
Russia to give almost $5 million to North Korea through UNICEF

Russia to give almost $5 million to North Korea through UNICEF

Notice of donation accepted by DPRK official Wednesday, to go towards addressing child mortality

Russia to give almost $5 million to North Korea through UNICEF
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko December 25, 2019
EXCLUSIVE: U.S. citizen says he snuck into North Korea, was imprisoned in 2015

EXCLUSIVE: U.S. citizen says he snuck into North Korea, was imprisoned in 2015

American who crossed into the DPRK illegally four years ago tells his story for the first time

EXCLUSIVE: U.S. citizen says he snuck into North Korea, was imprisoned in 2015
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll | Oliver Hotham December 24, 2019
Unfinished business in North Korea – NK News podcast special episode part 3
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Unfinished business in North Korea – NK News podcast special episode part 3

Part three of an exclusive NK News series

Unfinished business in North Korea – NK News podcast special episode part 3
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot December 24, 2019
An American prisoner in North Korea – NK News podcast special episode part 1
Podcast

An American prisoner in North Korea – NK News podcast special episode part 1

Part one of an exclusive NK News series

An American prisoner in North Korea – NK News podcast special episode part 1
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot December 24, 2019
UN extends NGO’s North Korea sanctions exemption after slow U.S. approval
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UN extends NGO’s North Korea sanctions exemption after slow U.S. approval

American aid organization LNKM complained U.S. Treasury to blame for passing original six-month exemption window

UN extends NGO’s North Korea sanctions exemption after slow U.S. approval
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko December 23, 2019
Ask a North Korean: how do you feel about the UN ban on overseas workers?

Ask a North Korean: how do you feel about the UN ban on overseas workers?

"I couldn't help but sigh at the news that North Korean overseas workers were being sent back to North Korea"

Ask a North Korean: how do you feel about the UN ban on overseas workers?
In-hua Kim December 23, 2019