While reaffirming it will not give up its nuclear weapons program, North Korea hailed U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s call for South Korea to pay more for the upkeep of (more…)
North Korea in September imported 18,477 tons of grains from China, a record for the Kim Jong-Un regime. According to an analysis by Kwon Tae-jin of South Korea’s GS (more…)
North Korean operatives have stepped up cyber attacks on defectors and human rights groups in South Korea. The hackers use complex techniques to steal personal information, videos and photos (more…)
Getting news from defectors into secretive North Korea is a difficult and usually expensive endeavor. But as news of a better life in the South begins to seep across (more…)
The United States is zeroing in on Chinese companies that violate sanctions by doing business with North Korea as the failure of past strategies to stop strategic advances in (more…)
The U.S. Treasury Department has confirmed it is “actively investigating” Chinese firms over dealings with North Korea that would violate U.S. sanctions on Pyongyang. The acknowledgment of the investigations (more…)
North Korea has deployed security agents to flood-ravaged areas near its border with China in an effort to prevent residents from defecting, a report said. “The ministry sent its (more…)
North Korea on Sept. 9 carried out its fifth nuclear test and third since Kim Jong-Un took over the country’s leadership in December 2011. “This test must be viewed (more…)
Kim Yong-Nam, North Korea’s ceremonial head of state, arrived in China on Sept. 13 on his way to Venezuela to attend a summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). Official (more…)