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The number of malaria cases in North Korea increased for the first time in a decade last year, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report, even as the U.N. agency seeks to eradicate the disease from the country by 2025. The DPRK's malaria caseload rose 22.8% from 1,819 in 2020 to 2,357 in […]NK News is an American subscription-based news website that provides stories and analysis about North Korea. Established in 2011, it is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea with reporters in Washington, D.C., and London. [1] Reporting is based on information collected from in-country sources, recently returned western visitors to North Korea ... Apr 16, 2023 · Jeongmin Kim is the Lead Correspondent at NK News and Editorial Director at KOREA PRO, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean relations and North and South Korean foreign and military affairs. Kim has covered the 2022 ROK presidential election on the ground, and prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C ... There have been a number of North Korean missile tests. North Korea has also fired a number of short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan, in what have been interpreted as political gestures.. As of 20 March 2020, North Korea has carried out 147 tests of strategic missiles since its first such test in 1984. 15 were carried out under the rule of Kim Il Sung and 16 under Kim Jong Il.May 12, 2022 · Updated at 6:15 p.m. May 12 KST to include Kim Jong Un’s remarks and more expert comments North Korea says it’s battling its first COVID-19 outbreak, nearly two-and-a-half years after the worldwide pandemic began. Kim Jong Un led a politburo meeting the same day to discuss ‘maximum’ anti-COVID-19 response measures after the Omicron ... North Korean projectile debris fell in or near Pyongyang after a failed test on Wednesday morning, images seen by NK News shows and multiple witnesses confirmed.. The photos appear to confirm a South Korean military statement that claimed Pyongyang tried and failed to launch a "projectile" around 9:30 a.m. KST, with the test failing shortly after launch.Please check back for further updates. (Last updated at 12:50 p.m. KST on Feb. 20, 2023 with additional quotes from Kim Yo Jong and ROK military’s response.) North Korea fired two “tactical nuclear” rockets toward the East Sea (Sea of Japan) on Monday morning in response to U.S.-ROK aerial drills held the previous day, state media has ...As part of their initial contact strategy, the group impersonated Chad O'Carroll, the founder of NK News and the associated holding company Korea Risk Group, using an attacker-created domain, nknews[.]pro, which closely resembles the legitimate NK News domain nknews.org. The initial email requests the review of a draft article analyzing the ...Let us know! “Beyond Utopia,” a documentary about the perilous journeys of North Koreans looking to escape their oppressive regime, offers one of the most vivid …Cybercriminals from North Korea's Lazarus Group are likely responsible for the recent theft of at least $70 million worth of cryptocurrency from an exchange, a U.S. cybersecurity firm reported Friday, the threat group's fifth major heist in just over three months. Elliptic attributed last Tuesday's attack on Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange CoinEx to the prominent […]Jeongmin Kim is the Lead Correspondent at NK News and Editorial Director at KOREA PRO, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean relations and North and South Korean foreign and military affairs. Kim has covered the 2022 ROK presidential election on the ground, and prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C ...Andrei Lankov is a Director at NK News and writes exclusively for the site as one of the world's leading authorities on North Korea. A graduate of Leningrad State University, he attended Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung University from 1984-5 - an experience you can read about here. In addition to his writing, he is also a Professor at Kookmin University.South Korea, the U.S., and Japan are on high alert. North Korea possesses an unusually high level of missile and rocket technology compared to the size of its economy. This abnormal focus on ...Typhoon Khanun (Thai: ขนุน), known in the Philippines as Typhoon Falcon, was a powerful, erratic and long-lived tropical cyclone that moved along Okinawa, Japan and west coast of the Korean Peninsula.The sixth named storm, and the fourth typhoon of the 2023 Pacific typhoon season.Khanun started as a low-pressure area in the Pacific Ocean.It rapidly …To ask a question, simply send an email to: [email protected]. Please remember the following points when sending in your questions: 1. We welcome questions about daily life, culture, or life in South Korea – but please do not ask questions that require our writers to give personal insights which could cause relatives still in North Korea trouble. 2.Greetings, one and all, and welcome back to Ask a North Korean: the NK News feature where readers can ask our defector writers about what life is really like on the ground in North Korea. Today’s question is about the North Korean healthcare system. The official line boasts that healthcare is free for all citizens, but is […]NK News is the internet’s No.1 source for breaking North Korean news, analysis, culture and curiosities. We place a strong focus on editorial rigour and smart design, and aim ourselves at both ...North Korea confirms custody of U.S. soldier Travis King, who crossed DMZ in July. The report in state-run media KCNA is the first time the isolated country has remarked at length on the American ...Apr 28, 2023 · And experts say that North Korean arms are likely playing a role in the bloodshed. On Thursday, a military blogger posted a video that allegedly shows a North Korean BM-11 Multiple Rocket Launcher (MRL) that the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces captured from the Sudanese army. While NK News could not independently verify when the video was ... KCNA/AP Photo. North Korea ratifies the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), a multilateral agreement whose dozens of signatories have committed to halting the spread of nuclear weapons and ...Jeongmin Kim is the Lead Correspondent at NK News and Editorial Director at KOREA PRO, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean relations and North and South Korean foreign and military affairs. Kim has covered the 2022 ROK presidential election on the ground, and prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in …

Seoul officials suggest North Korea capable of ‘Hamas tactics’ to attack South. Ministers and JCS compared attack on Israel to inter-Korea tension, pushing for suspension of military pactThe former head of the U.N. Panel of Experts overseeing North Korea sanctions chastised Russia and China on Friday for obstructing the panel’s work and sabotaging its investigations. Eric Penton-Voak, a former British diplomat with 30 years of service, served as coordinator of the panel tasked with monitoring the DPRK sanctions regime from May 2021 […]Nate Thayer, an unshakeable investigative journalist who was the last reporter to interview Cambodian dictator Pol Pot, has died at the age of 62 following a number of health problems. Known best for his award-winning fieldwork from the jungles of Southeast Asia, Nate later developed a strong interest in North Korea and wrote extensively on the ..."Ask a North Korean" is an NK News series featuring interviews with and columns by North Korean defectors, most of whom left the DPRK within the last few years. Readers may submit their questions for defectors by emailing [email protected] and including their first name and city of residence. Today's question is about what it was […]

North Korea's trade with China posted a ninefold increase in May from the year before, official data shows, despite declining slightly from April. According to China's General Administration of Customs, the total trade volume between Beijing and Pyongyang reached $189.57 million last month, a dramatic increase from $20.31 million in May 2022 following the country's […]FILE - A portrait of Army Pvt. Travis King is displayed as his grandfather, Carl Gates, talks about his grandson on July 19, 2023, in Kenosha, Wis. King, who fled to North Korea before being returned home to the United States has been detained by the U.S. military, two officials said Oct 19, and is facing charges including desertion and possessing sexual images of a child.Jeongmin Kim is the Lead Correspondent at NK News and Editorial Director at KOREA PRO, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean relations and North and South Korean foreign and military affairs. Kim has covered the 2022 ROK presidential election on the ground, and prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C ...…

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