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UNC refutes allegations of hindering Tamiflu delivery to N. Korea

Dec 3, 2020

The US-led United Nations Command (UNC) on Thursday rebutted allegations that it blocked South Korea's attempt to send antiviral medication to North Korea last year. South Korea tried to send 200,00...
[Newsmaker] North Korea enforces tougher antivirus measures in Pyongyang amid heightened alert

Dec 3, 2020

North Korea has been enforcing tougher antivirus measures in Pyongyang since the capital was recently put on the highest level of alert against the global coronavirus pandemic, according to state med...
Biden needs to make 'early' decision about N. Korea: US expert

Dec 3, 2020

WASHINGTON -- The incoming US administration will need to quickly make a decision about how it will deal with North Korea to have a better chance of engagement, a former US diplomat said Wednesday. ...
N. Korea advancing nuclear, missile capabilities: Milley

Dec 3, 2020

WASHINGTON -- North Korea continues to develop its nuclear and long-range missile capabilities, but so are South Korea and the United States to deter provocations, the top US military officer said We...
NK denuclearization is mission impossible: Perry

Dec 2, 2020

Getting North Korea to give up its nuclear arsenals is “mission impossible,” former US Defense Secretary William Perry said, underlining that any future negotiators should enter talks with the reclus...
Unification ministry welcomes passage of anti-leafleting bill by parliamentary committee

Dec 2, 2020

The unification ministry on Wednesday welcomed a parliamentary committee's passage of a proposal to ban the flying of propaganda leaflets into North Korea, saying the measure will help protect reside...
Court rejects info disclosure request regarding deported N. Korean fishermen in 2019

Dec 2, 2020

The two fishermen confessed to killing 16 fellow crew members and expressed a desire to defect, but South Korean authorities dismissed their intentions as insincere. It was the first deportation of N...
US says China's failure to enforce sanctions delaying N. Korea denuclearization

Dec 2, 2020

WASHINGTON -- China's failure, if not refusal, to implement UN sanctions aimed at denuclearizing North Korea may be delaying the process, a senior US diplomat said Tuesday. Alex Wong, deputy assista...
UN to allow longer period of sanctions exemption for humanitarian aid to N. Korea

Dec 1, 2020

A UN Security Council panel has approved a proposal to extend the exemption period for sanctions on humanitarian assistance to North Korea and streamline procedures to allow easier delivery of aid to...
N. Korea might seek to improve cross-border ties to strengthen leverage over Washington: think tank

Dec 1, 2020

North Korea could try to improve its currently chilled relations with South Korea next year so as to strengthen its leverage in future nuclear negotiations with the United States, a state-run think t...
[Newsmaker] Ex-CIA official suggests Biden administration propose working-level talks with N. Korea

Dec 1, 2020

A proposal by the incoming US administration of President-elect Joe Biden to hold working-level talks with North Korea can be a "good starting point" to resume the long-stalled nuclear negotiations, ...
NK’s Kim condemns economic policies at Politburo meeting

Nov 30, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un condemned the country’s economic agencies for failing to carry out policies on a “scientific basis,” in a Politburo meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party that he chaire...
S. Korea in talks with WFP to redeem money sent for NK rice aid

Nov 30, 2020

The unification ministry said Monday that it is in talks with the World Food Programme (WFP) to redeem the money it sent for a project to provide rice assistance to North Korea after Pyongyang reject...
NK leader 'harshly criticizes' economic agencies ahead of party congress

Nov 30, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has held a politburo meeting of the Workers' Party and "harshly criticized" economic agencies for failing to handle policy in a scientific manner, state media reported...
[Newsmaker] N. Korea reinforces border control amid mounting COVID-19 worries

Nov 29, 2020

North Korea said Sunday it was reinforcing border lockdown to prevent the coronavirus pandemic from spreading into its territory. The regime still claims zero COVID-19 cases. “Every effort is made t...