The Korean won weakened sharply on Tuesday against the dollar on unconfirmed reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is seriously ill.
North Korea Continues to Flout Trump, Advance Nuclear Ambitions
North Korea Continues to Flout Trump, Advance Nuclear Ambitions North Korea Continues to Flout Trump, Advanc… North Korea continues to advance its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs, …
U.S. Fast Tracks Humanitarian Aid to Help North Korea Fight Coronavirus
The United States has expeditiously facilitated the approval of assistance from U.S. and international aid and health organizations to counter and contain the spread of coronavirus in the DPRK,” a …
Power scarcity affecting industrial production, North Korea official says
North Korea’s power supply situation is “not good,” and the regime must strive for better results, Pyongyang’s minister of electric power industry said Monday.
North Korea claims it has zero coronavirus cases — defectors and experts think otherwise
Outsiders strongly suspect that coronavirus has already spread to North Korea because it shares a long, porous border with China …
Defectors Cast Doubt on North Korea’s Claim It Has Zero Coronavirus Cases
Experts say North Korea’s reluctance to admit major outbreaks of disease and its extreme sensitivity to any potential threat to Kim Jong Un’s authoritarian rule means that Pyongyang is likely handling …
North Korea News: Government Denies Kim Jong Un Sent Trump A ‘Nice Note,’ Refuting White House Claim
I received a nice note from him recently. It was a nice note. I think we’re doing fine,” Trump told reporters Saturday, referring North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
UN Experts Want to Blacklist 14 Ships Over North Korea Sanctions
The UN Security Council has imposed increasingly tough sanctions against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the country’s official name, including banning most of its exports and severely …
Amid lockdown binge watching, U.S. viewers savor story that puts a human face on North Korea
A South Korean heiress-slash-business executive crash lands in North Korea after her paraglider is caught in typhoon, and ends up falling out of a tree, straight into the arms of a strait-laced and …
North Korea is advancing its nuclear program and increasing illicit trade, new UN report says
Although North Korea has dodged sanctions for many years, the report says, the government of Kim Jong Un has “continued to flout Security Council resolutions through illicit maritime exports of …