North Korea’s human rights abuses are on a “gravity, scale and nature” that are unparalleled “in the contemporary world,” Human Rights Watch said. The advocacy group on Jan. 13 (more…)
The dissemination of outside information to the North Korean populace is the key to reunifying the two Koreas, the North’s ex-deputy ambassador to London, a recent defector, said. “The (more…)
Thae Yong-ho, the highest-ranking diplomat ever to defect from North Korea, is set to leave the protection of South Korea’s National Intelligence Service and enter South Korean society. And (more…)
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un watched from on observation post as a unit of the North’s special operations forces conducted a drill simulating an attack on South Korea’s presidential (more…)
President-elect Donald Trump may have to confront the North Korean problem early in his term, Obama administration officials say. U.S. President Barack Obama is said to have conveyed to (more…)
Beijing will not bail on the Kim Jong-Un regime because North Korea provides the Chinese Communist Party a critical “strategic buffer zone”, an analyst said on Nov. 17. U.S. (more…)
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…)
