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Citing legal complaints, YouTube purges more North Korea-focused channels

Citing legal complaints, YouTube purges more North Korea-focused channels

Both DPRK-run and supporter-run accounts among at least six targeted, though others continue to operate

Citing legal complaints, YouTube purges more North Korea-focused channels
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko January 14, 2020
UN approves sanctions exemptions for MSF, Swiss Humanitarian Aid in North Korea
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UN approves sanctions exemptions for MSF, Swiss Humanitarian Aid in North Korea

Médecins Sans Frontières and Swiss Humanitarian Aid are first aid groups to receive UN sanctions exemptions in new year

UN approves sanctions exemptions for MSF, Swiss Humanitarian Aid in North Korea
Jacob Fromer
Jacob Fromer January 10, 2020
U.S. jury formally indicts researcher for blockchain lecture in North Korea

U.S. jury formally indicts researcher for blockchain lecture in North Korea

One of Virgil Griffith's alleged accomplices expected to be arrested soon, court documents say

U.S. jury formally indicts researcher for blockchain lecture in North Korea
Oliver Hotham
Oliver Hotham January 9, 2020
Why sanctions won’t turn North Koreans against Kim Jong Un any time soon

Why sanctions won’t turn North Koreans against Kim Jong Un any time soon

The country’s elite have too much to lose, and the common people are too repressed, for an uprising to be feasible

Why sanctions won’t turn North Koreans against Kim Jong Un any time soon
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov January 9, 2020
38 aid exemptions, no designations from UN’s DPRK sanctions committee in 2019

38 aid exemptions, no designations from UN’s DPRK sanctions committee in 2019

Annual report by UNSC sanctions committee points to continuing standstill in new enforcement actions

38 aid exemptions, no designations from UN’s DPRK sanctions committee in 2019
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko January 9, 2020
Moon says he’s willing to meet Kim again, work to resume inter-Korean tourism

Moon says he’s willing to meet Kim again, work to resume inter-Korean tourism

In New Year's speech, South Korean President calls for "realistic" steps to restart cooperation

Moon says he’s willing to meet Kim again, work to resume inter-Korean tourism
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim January 7, 2020
Kim Jong Un touts chemical industry in first economic site visit of 2020

Kim Jong Un touts chemical industry in first economic site visit of 2020

Unfinished Sunchon Phosphatic Fertilizer Factory considered a top state-led construction project

Kim Jong Un touts chemical industry in first economic site visit of 2020
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko January 6, 2020
Cambodia, citing visa irregularities, expels 16 North Korean programmers

Cambodia, citing visa irregularities, expels 16 North Korean programmers

Men reported to have been working for Chinese online gambling operation

Cambodia, citing visa irregularities, expels 16 North Korean programmers
Oliver Hotham
Oliver Hotham January 6, 2020
Inter-Korean relations “frozen” because of U.S. sanctions, top Moon advisor says

Inter-Korean relations “frozen” because of U.S. sanctions, top Moon advisor says

Moon Chung-in, top advisor to ROK President, warns that Seoul is facing a "dilemma" over lack of U.S. progress with DPRK

Inter-Korean relations “frozen” because of U.S. sanctions, top Moon advisor says
Jacob Fromer
Jacob Fromer January 6, 2020
Egypt claims full compliance with sanctions on North Korean guest workers

Egypt claims full compliance with sanctions on North Korean guest workers

Claim follows U.S. President Trump’s past pressure on Cairo to drop relations with Pyongyang

Egypt claims full compliance with sanctions on North Korean guest workers
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko January 3, 2020