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13 Sep 2016, 11:28 am by Rishabh Bhandari
Antonio Inoki, Japanese lawmaker with close ties to Pyongyang’s inner circle, reported that North Korea’s nuclear program is targeted at the United States instead of Japan. [read post]
22 Jun 2016, 11:40 am by Caitlin Gilligan, Rishabh Bhandari
A sharp debate is emerging in South Korea over how the country should process defectors from North Korea after a human rights group took the country’s spy agency, the National Intelligence Service, to court alleging that the NIS has blocked the legal rights of 12 North Korean women who arrived in South Korea in April. [read post]
21 Jun 2024, 5:06 am by Beatrice Yahia
NORTH KOREA-SOUTH KOREA TENSIONS Russia and North Korea’s signing of a bilateral defense pact this week, the most significant agreement signed by the two allies in decades, has rattled the region. [read post]
27 Oct 2017, 8:56 am by Matthew Kahn
The visit comes as the Trump administration weighs its options for containing the threat from North Korea amid cycles of escalation between Washington and Pyongyang. [read post]
11 Apr 2018, 1:32 pm by William Ford
The ship’s primary duty will be to contribute to efforts aimed at monitoring and preventing prohibited trade to North Korea, which plays a significant role in financing Pyongyang’s nuclear program. [read post]
28 Mar 2018, 11:17 am by William Ford
Trips by past North Korean leaders to China have been similarly shrouded in secrecy, with Beijing only confirming reports of visits after North Korea’s leaders safely crossed the border back into their country by train. [read post]
19 Apr 2009, 3:00 am
Born in Pyongyang in the north of Korea in 1901, the 17-year-old Kwon saw a stunt aviation demonstration that inspired her, following imprisonment for political activities at home, to move to China. [read post]
27 Oct 2016, 12:22 pm by Zachary Burdette
The Post looks at Pyongyang’s most recent activity and asks: “Did North Korea just try to launch two long-range missiles? [read post]
8 Jan 2018, 1:52 pm by Alex Potcovaru
North Korea has not given a statement about the talks. [read post]
7 Aug 2018, 11:49 am by Victoria Clark
National security adviser John Bolton reported that North Korea has not taken any of the steps “necessary to denuclearize,” says the Post. [read post]
23 Jun 2016, 10:50 am by Rishabh Bhandari, David Hopen
Japan is worried about North Korea’s growing military prowess. [read post]
21 Feb 2017, 10:41 am by Jordan Brunner
The Journal writes that China began suspension of all coal imports from North Korea on Sunday for the rest of the year, ratcheting up a prohibition it installed last April as it pressures the government in Pyongyang to give up its nuclear and ballistic missile programs. [read post]
14 Sep 2016, 1:11 pm by Rishabh Bhandari
Reuters reports that North Korea will have enough material for roughly 20 nuclear bombs by the end of this year. [read post]
25 Aug 2016, 11:50 am by Rishabh Bhandari
In March, the Security Council issued its harshest sanctions on North Korea in two decades in response to Pyongyang’s missile program. [read post]
19 Aug 2016, 10:36 am by Rishabh Bhandari, David Hopen
Analysts suggest that Pyongyang is looking to create a narrative in which the U.S. military presence in South Korea is perceived as the primary catalyst for regional instability. [read post]
9 Feb 2018, 11:59 am by Jordan Brunner
The South Korean government took the interaction between Moon and Kim as a sign of North Korea’s “willingness to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula. [read post]
7 Sep 2017, 10:24 am by Rachel Bercovitz
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi acknowledged yesterday that the U.N. should “make a further response and take necessary measures” to curb North Korea’s nuclear program, Reuters reports. [read post]
21 Mar 2017, 1:30 pm by Jordan Brunner
Reuters writes that the Trump administration is considering sweeping sanctions aimed at cutting off North Korea from the global financial system as part of a broad review of measures to counter Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile threat. [read post]
17 Aug 2016, 12:10 pm by Rishabh Bhandari, Caitlin Gilligan
The defection of a high-ranking political official is not uncommon in Pyongyang, but some North Korea watchers believe this is a sign of the troubles beleaguering the Hermit Kingdom. [read post]