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The U.S. State Department is planning to fund efforts to document human rights abuses in North Korea and counter the regime’s propaganda apparatus, despite President Donald Trump’s recent attempts to revive diplomatic engagement with Pyongyang. The State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) is seeking “organizations to document the DPRK’s human rights […]
Kim Ji Yong, the chief editor of the Choson Sinbo, has resumed writing bylined opinion columns rebutting Washington, Tokyo and Seoul after a roughly two-year silence, most recently attacking the international community’s calls for denuclearization in an article Aug. 5. The Choson Sinbo is a Tokyo-based outlet run by the pro-North General Association of Korean […]
Kim Yo Jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, derided South Korea on Thursday for scaling back joint exercises at the U.S.’s request, hours after Pyongyang launched a barrage of ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan. In a statement published by the state-owned Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) Thursday night, […]
President Donald Trump raised eyebrows Wednesday by putting an unusually specific number on how many nuclear weapons North Korea possesses: 57. The U.S. president did not provide the source for this number when addressing reporters, leaving questions over whether it reflects intelligence assessments, an estimate of operational warheads or simply a figure drawn from another […]
A potential U.S.-DPRK summit this year has emerged as a new focus in the relationship, with President Donald Trump stepping up overtures to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un while Pyongyang raises the bar for renewed engagement. Trump said Wednesday that he plans to meet Kim later this year, despite North Korea giving little indication […]
North Korea launched a suspected ballistic missile around 5 p.m. KST on Thursday, according to the Japanese defense ministry. The ministry released an alert through the coast guard at 5:08 p.m. warning vessels to watch out for falling objects. It said in another alert 11 minutes later that the missile appeared to have “already fallen,” […]
A former state-run Russian farm is seeking to bring 50 North Korean men and women to work at its greenhouse as “student trainees,” procurement documents show, with the help of a firm controlled by a businessman known for arranging DPRK labor flows into Russia. Documents reviewed by NK News show that the Alekseevsky Agricultural and […]
President Donald Trump said Wednesday he plans to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un later this year, despite Pyongyang’s apparent denial hours earlier that the two leaders are in contact. Speaking to White House pool reporters, Trump responded to a question about his expectations for a summit with Kim by answering, “Yeah, I will […]
Kim Jong Un’s influential sister Kim Yo Jong has seemingly denied U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that he is in contact with the North Korean leader, dismissing the possibility of renewed engagement with Washington. In a statement released Wednesday night through the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), Kim Yo Jong said she knows “absolutely […]
Donald Trump is once again reaching out to Kim Jong Un, praising their personal relationship, calling for a reduction in U.S.-South Korea military exercises and claiming the North Korean leader has responded “very positively.” This week, NK News Lead Correspondent Shreyas Reddy joins the podcast to unpack what Trump actually said, how closely it resembles […]
Dozens of North Koreans appeared to work at a Moscow factory handling canned food for cats and dogs marketed as a Finnish brand, according to footage released by a businessman implicated in DPRK labor procurement schemes. Multiple North Koreans underwent vocational training inside the facility in the Moscow region on a packaging line featuring boxes […]
The United States and South Korea have shortened their large-scale annual military exercise and scaled back some combined field training at Washington’s request, Seoul’s military said Wednesday. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) announced in a press release that the allies agreed to conduct this year’s Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) summertime exercise from Aug. […]
South Korea’s agency responsible for military conscription is exploring the idea of requiring male North Korean defectors to complete military service as the number of service members continues to decline. The Military Manpower Administration (MMA) commissioned the state-funded Korea Institute for Defense Analyses (KIDA) to study the ethics in compelling male defectors to serve in […]
