Turkmenistan ranks as having the second-worst press freedom in the world, just above North Korea. Josef Skrdlik interviews Ruslan Myatiev, founder of Turkmen.news, an independent investigative news …
South Korean military report faults border guards for overlooking North Korean defector
The man, who swam the East Sea in a diving suit early Feb. 16, was missed eight of 10 times he showed up on military cameras on the south side of the Demilitarized Zone.
Trump offered Kim Jong Un a ride home on Air Force One following Vietnam summit
Then-President Donald Trump in 2019 offered North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a ride home on Air Force One following their Vietnam summit, a former senior administration official who was on the trip …
A Principled US Diplomatic Strategy Toward North Korea
I’ll engage in principled diplomacy and keep pressing toward a denuclearized North Korea and a unified Korean Peninsula, while working to reunite Korean Americans separated from loved ones in North …
Report: North Korea’s trade with China declined 80% in 2020
Two-way trade between North Korea and its biggest partner, China, fell 80.7% in 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to estimates from Seoul’s Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency.
Trump offered Kim Jong Un a ride home on Air Force One following Vietnam summit, source says
Then-President Donald Trump in 2019 offered North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a ride home on Air Force One following their Vietnam summit, a former senior administration official who was on the trip …
Influencer Helped North Koreans Launder Money In US; Steal $1.3B, Court Documents Show
Nigerian influencer Ray Hushpuppi allegedly conspired with three North Korean hackers to steal $1.3 billion from U.S. banks and companies …
North Korea’s economy is ravaged by sanctions and pandemic isolation. Kim is lashing out.
Kim Jong Un is angry, and he’s lashing out. North Korea’s last economic plan failed “tremendously,” he complained. And his inner circle lacked an “innovative viewpoint and clear tactics” in drawing up …
Trump offered North Korea’s Kim a ride home on Air Force One: report
Former President Trump made an unprecedented offer to North Korea’s Kim Jong Un after the pair met in 2019 for their second summit in Hanoi, Vietnam: a ride home on Air Force One, which Kim declined, …
South Korea trapped in dilemma over human rights issues
The Moon Jae-in administration has been in hot water over its ignoring of North Korean human rights abuses in order not to “provoke” Pyongyang and “promote” inter-Korean reconciliation. This was …