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N. Korea warns youth against adopting foreign speaking habits, lifestyles

Jul 18, 2021

North Korea's official newspaper on Sunday called on younger generations to speak the country's own standard language and follow traditional lifestyles, amid the regime's crackdown on language expres...
[Weekender] Why is Kim Jong-un clamping down on millennials, K-pop and slang?

Jul 17, 2021

Kim wages culture war against North Korea’s younger generation amid deepening economic crisis
Only 2 NK defectors arrive in S. Korea in Q2, lowest ever

Jul 16, 2021

Only two North Korean defectors arrived in South Korea in the second quarter, the lowest number ever since the government began compiling quarterly defector data in 2003, the unification ministry sai...
NK propaganda outlets decry calls to abolish gender ministry, keeps mum on scrapping unification ministry

Jul 14, 2021

North Korean propaganda outlets slammed the head of South Korea's main opposition party Wednesday for calling for the abolition of the gender equality ministry but stayed mum on a more relevant issue...
N. Korea says its food production down to 10-year low in 2018

Jul 14, 2021

North Korea has reported to the United Nations that its food production dropped to the lowest level in 10 years in 2018 due to natural disasters, lack of farming materials and low levels of mechaniza...
UN says 42 percent of North Koreans undernourished

Jul 13, 2021

Around 42 percent of North Koreans were undernourished last year, a UN report said Tuesday, as the impoverished nation faces acute food insecurity amid the prolonged pandemic and severe weather condi...
NK propaganda website warns S. Korea against staging joint military drill with US

Jul 13, 2021

A North Korean propaganda outlet on Tuesday warned South Korea against pushing ahead with its planned joint military drill with the United States, saying that war exercises and peace cannot go hand i...
N. Korea reports no coronavirus cases: WHO report

Jul 13, 2021

North Korea has conducted coronavirus tests on around 35,000 people so far but found no infections, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday, amid the global spread of the more contagious del...
NK propaganda outlet denies Pyongyang's hacking of S. Korean think tank

Jul 12, 2021

A North Korean propaganda outlet on Monday denied allegations Pyongyang was behind the recent hacking attacks on South Korea's nuclear power think tank and an aircraft manufacturer, denouncing such c...
NK foreign ministry accuses US of using humanitarian aid for 'sinister purpose'

Jul 12, 2021

North Korea's foreign ministry on Monday accused the United States of using humanitarian aid as a political tool for interfering in internal affairs and taking issue with human rights. Kang Hyon-cho...
Call to scrap Unification Ministry stirs debate

Jul 11, 2021

Debate over the Unification Ministry, which oversees inter-Korean affairs, further heightened Sunday after remarks from the main opposition party leader drew backlash from the minister and ruling par...
Kim and Xi highlight strong relations on treaty-signing anniversary

Jul 11, 2021

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Chinese President Xi Jinping highlighted their commitment to further strengthen relations between the two countries as they exchanged messages to mark the 60th ann...
N. Korea could return to dialogue with US, spy agency says

Jul 9, 2021

South Korea's spy agency has told lawmakers that North Korea could return to nuclear dialogue with the United States as it is intent on ending hostile relations with the country, a source said Friday...
Unification minister voices strong regret over PPP leader's call for abolition of his ministry

Jul 9, 2021

Unification Minister Lee In-young expressed strong regret Friday after the chief of the main opposition People Power Party suggested a need to abolish the ministry handling inter-Korean affairs. PPP...
Brother of late fisheries official asks NK diplomatic missions to deliver letter to leader Kim

Jul 9, 2021

The brother of a South Korean fisheries official killed in North Korean waters said Friday he sent emails to the North's diplomatic missions in Hong Kong and Mongolia asking them to deliver his lette...