Eight employees of Russia’s Embassy in North Korea and their families spent more than 34 hours trying to leave North Korea this week, a grueling trip that ended with at least one diplomat pushing his …
Video shows Russian diplomats pushing themselves out of North Korea on a railway trolley after COVID-19 restrictions blocked all other forms of travel
The group traveled 32 hours by train, 2 hours by bus, and did the final 0.6 miles over the border by railway trolley, Russian officials said.
Video shows Russian diplomats pushing themselves out of North Korea on a railway trolley after COVID-19 restrictions blocked all other forms of travel
The group traveled 32 hours by train, 2 hours by bus, and did the final 0.6 miles over the border by railway trolley, Russian officials said.
Senegal, Morocco, Caymans added to terror finance watch list
An international agency that monitors terrorism funding has kept North Korea and Iran as the only two countries on its black list but added four new places to its watch list for increased monitoring …
USS Pueblo: court orders North Korea to pay $2.5bn damages to spy ship’s crew
Crew of navy vessel seized in 1968 were tortured over 11 months but it is unclear how damages could be recovered from Pyongyang …
Singapore disposed thousands of red wine cases to be smuggled to North Korea last year: report
Singapore has been dumping cases of red wine which were meant to be smuggled into North Korea, an indication of the high demand for luxury goods in the country.
Video shows North Korean defector who swam to South Korea, evaded border guards
New video obtained by a South Korean broadcaster offers a glimpse of a daring defection by a North Korean man who last week swam, crawled through a tunnel, and wandered around the heavily guarded …
North Korea enslaved South Korean prisoners of war in coal mines
Generations of South Korean prisoners of war are being used as slave labour in North Korean coal mines to generate money for the regime and its weapons programme, according to a report released by a …
Outrage in South Korea after North Korean able to wander around for hours in high-security border area
The incident of a North Korean man who reportedly defected to South Korea after crossing the heavily guarded border and roamed around unchecked for hours has sparked outrage in Seoul. The incident …
Why North Korea replaced its ambassador to China after 11 years
North Korea recently appointed a former trade minister … including Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, to discuss business cooperation projects. “Ri may have little experience …