The State Department is now also believed to have been compromised by hackers reportedly acting under orders from Moscow.
North Korean defector says he’ll risk jail to defy South Korea’s propaganda leaflet ban
A prominent North Korean defector has vowed to continue sending messages to his homeland — at the risk of going to prison — after South Korea banned the launching of propaganda leaflets into North …
South Korea bans activists from flying propaganda balloons over North Korea
Controversial move angers opposition lawmakers who support sending leaflets criticising the Pyongyang regime …
South Korea to ban balloon leafleting of North
Pyongyang leaflets into North Korea, ending a propaganda exercise that has taken place for decades.Activists would tie the leaflets to balloons and float them over the border for North Korean …
North Korea accused of using virus to crack down on rights
Eight mainly Western nations accused North Korea on Friday of using the pandemic “to crack down further on the human rights of its own people,” pointing to reports of …
Europeans, U.S. Accuse North Korea of Using Pandemic to Crack Down on Rights
The United Nations Security Council discussed on Friday human rights abuses in North Korea after the issue was raised by seven members who accused Pyongyang of using the coronavirus pandemic “to crack …
Life of labour: North Korea ordeals of South’s POWs
He spent the next 50 years in North Korea, toiling for decades in a coalmine like thousands of his compatriots. Like us on Facebook to see similar stories Please give an overall site rating: …
U.S. secondary sanctions hurting North Korea, defector says
The United States’ secondary sanctions on firms conducting trade with North Korea have had an impact on the Kim Jong-un regime, but more pressure needs to be applied, a defector said.
‘Is this Seoul, or Pyongyang?’: in Moon’s Korea, defectors from North face jail for propaganda fliers
For more than a decade, Park Sang-hak has flown leaflets attacking North Korea’s ruling Kim dynasty across the heavily militarised border that divides the Koreas. Like other North Korean …
State Department No. 2 hits North Korea over lack of negotiations, acknowledges Biden win
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s second in command has become the latest Trump administration official to acknowledge that President-elect Joe Biden will take over the White House in January.Deputy …