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Minister hopes NK agrees to COVID-19 cooperation

Dec 8, 2020

Inter-Korean relations could improve in the coming year, and Pyongyang may respond to Seoul’s proposal on dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, Unification Minister Lee In-young predicted Tuesday, s...
NK, China no longer hiding illicit trade in coal: report

Dec 8, 2020

North Korea and China are no longer even trying to avoid international surveillance when trading coal illegally, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Citing senior officials in the US State Depa...
[Newsmaker] US says willing to help N. Korea fight coronavirus

Dec 8, 2020

The United States will seriously consider helping North Korea contain the spread of the coronavirus if it requests such assistance, Robert O’Brien, US President Donald Trump’s national security advis...
US flies early warning aircraft, spy planes over S. Korea: aviation trackers

Dec 8, 2020

US early warning aircraft and reconnaissance planes have flown over South Korea, aviation trackers showed Tuesday, in an apparent move to monitor North Korea. One E-3B Sentry airborne early warning ...
US again designates N. Korea as violator of religious freedom

Dec 8, 2020

WASHINGTON -- The United States on Monday renewed its designation of North Korea as one of the state violators of religious freedom. It marks the 19th consecutive year the North has been named a sta...
US not seeing weapons proliferation from N. Korea: O'Brien

Dec 8, 2020

WASHINGTON -- North Korea is not currently engaged in proliferation of weapons at any significant level, US National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien said, adding such activity would mean crossing the...
[Newsmaker] International human rights group condemns anti-leafleting bill as violation of free expression

Dec 6, 2020

A human rights group condemned the South Korean parliament’s push to penalize the launching of propaganda leaflets into North Korea as a violation of the freedom of expression, calling on the Nationa...
[News Analysis] Experts weigh in on aftereffects from N. Korea’s full COVID-19 lockdown

Dec 6, 2020

North Korean watchers are weighing in on ramifications of the regime’s extreme response to COVID-19, as it has suspended all travel by land, sea and air and shut down public facilities. Leader Kim J...
NK to convene Supreme People's Assembly meeting in late January

Dec 5, 2020

North Korea will convene a Supreme People's Assembly meeting in late January, state media reported Saturday. The SPA usually meets once a year in April to rubber-stamp decisions by the ruling Worker...
Experts rap Seoul for ban on flying anti-Pyongyang leaflets across border

Dec 4, 2020

North Korea experts on Thursday criticized a move by the South Korean parliament to criminalize sending propaganda leaflets, along with food and medicine, into the North across the inter-Korean borde...
Unification minister promises support for N. Korea aid groups

Dec 4, 2020

Unification Minister Lee In-young on Friday met with aid organization leaders and promised active support for their efforts to send humanitarian assistance to North Korea. During the meeting with th...
Unification minister cites European Coal and Steel Community as model for inter-Korean cooperation

Dec 4, 2020

Unification Minister Lee In-young said Friday that South and North Korea should look for creative ways to build peace and prosperity just as the European Coal and Steel Community led Europe into unit...
US should signal willingness for dialogue with N. Korea at early date: official

Dec 3, 2020

The incoming US administration of President-elect Joe Biden should signal its willingness to resolve the North Korean nuclear standoff through dialogue so as to prevent Pyongyang from undertaking pro...
Unification ministry's budget rises 3.6% with new fund for developing big data, AI program

Dec 3, 2020

The unification ministry's budget for next year has been set at about 1.5 trillion won ($1.34 billion), including a new fund to build an artificial intelligence and big data program to analyze North ...
North Korean hackers targeted South Korean COVID-19 drug and vaccine makers

Dec 3, 2020

North Korean hackers have attempted a cyberattack on local pharmaceutical companies developing COVID-19 vaccines and treatments in recent weeks, international media reported Wednesday. The Wall...