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Only 12 North Korean defectors reached the South between April and June: MOU

Only 12 North Korean defectors reached the South between April and June: MOU

Figures are the lowest since records began in 2003, likely linked to COVID-19 border closures

Only 12 North Korean defectors reached the South between April and June: MOU
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim July 1, 2020
Dialling up the volume: what is the Kims’ game?
COLUMN

Dialling up the volume: what is the Kims’ game?

North Korean rhetoric is just like a guitar solo: full of sound and fury, yet ultimately dreary and self-indulgent

Dialling up the volume: what is the Kims’ game?
Aidan Foster-Carter
Aidan Foster-Carter June 29, 2020
“Pressing” need to restart inter-Korean family reunions, UN official says

“Pressing” need to restart inter-Korean family reunions, UN official says

Pyongyang is to blame for the continued delay in family reunions, Signe Poulsen tells NK News

“Pressing” need to restart inter-Korean family reunions, UN official says
Oliver Hotham
Oliver Hotham June 29, 2020
Back from the inter-Korean breakdown brink? – NKNews Podcast Ep.135
Podcast

Back from the inter-Korean breakdown brink? – NKNews Podcast Ep.135

The NK News team discuss recent tensions between North and South Korea ⁠— and where things could go from here

Back from the inter-Korean breakdown brink? – NKNews Podcast Ep.135
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot June 29, 2020
North Korea likely no longer ready to give up nukes: South Korean gov’t adviser

North Korea likely no longer ready to give up nukes: South Korean gov’t adviser

Pyongyang now "pessimistic" about Washington's intensions, Moon Chung-in tells media

North Korea likely no longer ready to give up nukes: South Korean gov’t adviser
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim June 26, 2020
Leaflets, schmeaflets: Pyongyang’s bogus pretext for escalating tensions
COLUMN

Leaflets, schmeaflets: Pyongyang’s bogus pretext for escalating tensions

North Korea's purported motive for recent provocations doesn't stand up to scrutiny

Leaflets, schmeaflets: Pyongyang’s bogus pretext for escalating tensions
Aidan Foster-Carter
Aidan Foster-Carter June 26, 2020
90% of South Koreans believe North won’t surrender nuclear weapons, survey says

90% of South Koreans believe North won’t surrender nuclear weapons, survey says

South Koreans are losing trust in Kim Jong Un, but still largely support engagement with North Korea: KINU report

90% of South Koreans believe North won’t surrender nuclear weapons, survey says
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim June 26, 2020
Activist group launches balloons containing bibles towards North Korea

Activist group launches balloons containing bibles towards North Korea

Despite recent inter-Korean tensions, Voice of Martyrs conducts discrete balloon launch adjacent to inter-Korean border

Activist group launches balloons containing bibles towards North Korea
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll June 25, 2020
70 years since the Korean War, thousands still waiting to reunite with families

70 years since the Korean War, thousands still waiting to reunite with families

Advocate for separated families says the matter should be discussed "regardless of political situation"

70 years since the Korean War, thousands still waiting to reunite with families
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim June 25, 2020
Volte-face: What explains Kim Jong Un’s sudden change of heart?
NK PRO

Volte-face: What explains Kim Jong Un’s sudden change of heart?

North Korea seems to be adopting a wait-and-see stance towards the South

Volte-face: What explains Kim Jong Un’s sudden change of heart?
Christopher Green
Christopher Green June 24, 2020