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North Korean media releases photos of balloons that leader’s sister says were found near border on Tuesday

Top US diplomat calls for China to push neighbors to cease cooperation in Ukraine, as NATO urges more sanctions

Gyeonggi Province claims prohibition has helped curb DPRK trash balloon launches since it went into effect last month

A defector writes about corrupt traffic police, the importance of bribes and the Kim regime’s disregard for rule of law

NK Pro analysis shows security personnel flanked Kim Jong Un’s closest advisers for first time at major event

A U.S. court has ruled that a key component of sanctions against a cryptocurrency mixer linked to North Korean money laundering is unlawful, a move privacy advocates have welcomed as a victory over government overreach targeting open-source tools. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said in its judgment on Tuesday that the […]

Analysis suggests alleged plan to pay workers more fails to address underlying problems in convoluted wage system

Editor’s note: The following article is an opinion piece by Benjamin R. Young, a researcher and analyst of North Korea and U.S.-East Asia relations. Views expressed in opinion articles are exclusively the author’s own and do not represent those of NK News. As Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House, he confronts a […]

On this week’s episode, retired Major General Urs Gerber joins the podcast to discuss the current state of inter-Korean relations and what has changed since he served as head of the Swiss Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission (NNSC) in Panmunjom a decade ago. He also talks about the changing role of the NNSC since its formation […]

North Korea evaded a question about whether it has deployed troops to Russia during a U.N. Security Council (UNSC) on Wednesday, arguing that the two countries are fortifying ties in line with their recently ratified mutual defense pact. During the meeting — convened to discuss recent Russian attacks on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure — U.S. representative […]