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Fed up with COVID-19 rules, dozens of diplomatic staff exit North Korea

Fed up with COVID-19 rules, dozens of diplomatic staff exit North Korea

In a candid Facebook post, Russia’s Embassy said that living in Pyongyang feels like “coronavirus detention”

Fed up with COVID-19 rules, dozens of diplomatic staff exit North Korea
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim April 1, 2021
Forget planes. South Korea wants to ride a North Korean railway to the Olympics.

Forget planes. South Korea wants to ride a North Korean railway to the Olympics.

Seoul’s unification minister wants North and South Korean athletes to pull up to the Beijing Olympics together

Forget planes. South Korea wants to ride a North Korean railway to the Olympics.
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim March 29, 2021
Tokyo 2021? North Korean Olympic Committee holds mystery meeting in Pyongyang

Tokyo 2021? North Korean Olympic Committee holds mystery meeting in Pyongyang

North Korea is more likely to show up to the 2022 Olympics in Beijing than the games in Tokyo, one expert says

Tokyo 2021? North Korean Olympic Committee holds mystery meeting in Pyongyang
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim March 26, 2021
North Korea reports zero confirmed COVID-19 cases, but key data is still missing

North Korea reports zero confirmed COVID-19 cases, but key data is still missing

For 10 weeks in a row now, the World Health Organization has not published testing or quarantine numbers for the DPRK

North Korea reports zero confirmed COVID-19 cases, but key data is still missing
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim March 22, 2021
North Korea orders foreigners in Pyongyang to stay indoors amid dust storm fears

North Korea orders foreigners in Pyongyang to stay indoors amid dust storm fears

Expats in Pyongyang received warning call late on Monday evening, sources say

North Korea orders foreigners in Pyongyang to stay indoors amid dust storm fears
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll March 16, 2021
Here we go again: Kim Jong Un is pinning false hope on tech to fix his economy

Here we go again: Kim Jong Un is pinning false hope on tech to fix his economy

From Mao to Stalin, communist leaders have pushed bad science in hope of achieving their socialist utopias

Here we go again: Kim Jong Un is pinning false hope on tech to fix his economy
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov March 12, 2021
Seoul to launch English website to promote ‘balanced discourse’ on North Korea

Seoul to launch English website to promote ‘balanced discourse’ on North Korea

Unification ministry budgets $500,000 for content platform modeled after 38 North

Seoul to launch English website to promote ‘balanced discourse’ on North Korea
Won-Gi Jung
Won-Gi Jung March 11, 2021
Bodacious bikini babes: South Korean propaganda leaflets in the 1980s

Bodacious bikini babes: South Korean propaganda leaflets in the 1980s

Pictures of sexy women were designed to distract North Korean soldiers on duty and encourage them to defect

Bodacious bikini babes: South Korean propaganda leaflets in the 1980s
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim March 11, 2021
Daily videos show candid North Korean street life during pandemic

Daily videos show candid North Korean street life during pandemic

Chinese observer shares detailed footage of Hyesan city in the DPRK border area on social media

Daily videos show candid North Korean street life during pandemic
Sanctions may be pushing North Korea to cut down trees for construction

Sanctions may be pushing North Korea to cut down trees for construction

Loss of tree cover appears to have jumped four times within a year, but questions remain: Experts

Sanctions may be pushing North Korea to cut down trees for construction
Won-Gi Jung
Won-Gi Jung March 8, 2021
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