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North Korea in October 2024: A month in review and what’s ahead
An analytical look at the main developments from October 1 to October 31, 2024
ROK border residents clash with activists over anti-North Korea leafleting
Locals show up in mass to stop balloon launch near border, accusing activists of aggravating security concerns
Kim Jong Un sensitive to criticism of regime’s human rights abuses: Ex-diplomats
Former North Korean envoys say leader ordered measures to deflect attention from abuses and even pushed limited reforms
North Korea plagued by one of world’s highest tuberculosis rates: WHO data
UN health agency lists DPRK as high-risk country for seventh straight year, with estimated 135K cases in 2023
North Korean soldiers in Kursk, ROK retaliation and propaganda leaflets in Seoul
NK News’ Jeongmin Kim discusses how DPRK troops could help repel incursion and ROK plans to send experts to Ukraine
UN aid groups receive OK to send health care, farming equipment to North Korea
Sanctions exemptions allow UNICEF and FAO to ship items through next year, though aid workers still unable to return
Roman Husarski: How North Koreans practice religion in the atheistic state
Religious studies scholar discusses DPRK’s five officially recognized faiths and Kim regime’s stance toward believers
Ukraine urges North Korean soldiers to surrender, promising food and shelter
Korean-language appeals target DPRK troops deployed to Russia, which experts say could be vulnerable to psyops
Skadoosh! North Korean school uses ‘Kung Fu Panda’ to teach kids English
State media shows students repeating after panda protagonist of Hollywood animation, despite crackdowns on foreign media
Kim Jong Un calls out problems rebuilding flood-hit villages near weapons plants
Satellite imagery shows progress repairing broken bridges in Jagang as North Korean leader pushes back project deadline
