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NK urges vigilance against COVID-19 variantDec 29, 2020North Korea’s main newspaper on Tuesday urged vigilance against the new COVID-19 variant, as a more contagious strain of the coronavirus spreads around the world, including in South Korea. The Ro... -
Human rights groups file constitutional complaint over leafleting banDec 29, 2020Nearly 30 human rights groups in South Korea filed a constitutional complaint Tuesday over a recently legislated ban on sending anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets into North Korea and requested an in... -
NK official paper urges heightened alert against coronavirus variantDec 29, 2020North Korea's official newspaper called Tuesday for heightened alert against the coronavirus pandemic, warning that a more contagious variant of the virus is spreading in many countries around the wo... -
NK leader could skip New Year's Day speech ahead of party congress: expertsDec 28, 2020North Korean leader Kim Jong-un could skip a New Year's Day address later this week because he could unveil policy directions at a Workers' Party congress expected to convene in the coming weeks, exp... -
Thousands spotted in Pyongyang for party congress: 38 NorthDec 28, 2020North Korea appears to be gearing up for its party congress next month, a US-based North Korea monitoring website said, with thousands of people mobilized in the main square in the capital, Pyongyang... -
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[Graphic News] Malaria infections in N. Korea halve in 2019: WHODec 28, 2020The number of malaria infections in North Korea nearly halved in 2019 from a year earlier, a UN agency’s report showed, as global aid organizations have worked to help with the impoverished country’... -
Thousands of people seen in Pyongyang practicing for party congress: 38 NorthDec 28, 2020Thousands of people in North Korea were seen at a square in central Pyongyang apparently practicing for an event believed to be related to a Workers' Party congress expected to be held next month, a ... -
![[Newsmaker] N. Korean exports to China down to $2,400 last month](http://res.heraldm.com/phpwas/restmb_idxmake.php?idx=649&simg=/content/image/2020/12/27/20201227000112_0.jpg)
[Newsmaker] N. Korean exports to China down to $2,400 last monthDec 27, 2020North Korea’s exports to China slumped to just $2,382 last month, as the reclusive regime’s all-out push to stave off COVID-19 outbreak on its soil has brought trade with its largest economic partner... -
N. Korea's newspaper calls for powerful defense capabilitiesDec 24, 2020North Korea's main newspaper on Thursday stressed the importance of strengthening national defense on the 29th anniversary of a late former leader's inauguration as the supreme commander of the army.... -
NK steps up COVID-19 fight, but year away from vaccineDec 23, 2020North Korea is stepping up efforts to hold back the coronavirus, but the isolated regime will see its people vaccinated in early 2022 at the earliest, market data firm Fitch Solutions said in its lat... -
Seoul’s new nuclear envoy holds phone calls with US, Japan counterpartsDec 23, 2020Noh Kyu-duk, South Korea’s new top nuclear negotiator, spoke on the phone with counterparts in Washington and Tokyo, in his first such talks since his appointment this week, the Foreign Ministry said... -
73% of S. Koreans positive about Biden-Kim summit: pollDec 23, 2020About 73 percent of South Koreans are positive about incoming US President Joe Biden holding a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un either unconditionally or in case of real progress in nuclea... -
Unification ministry distributes fact sheet about leafleting ban to diplomatic corps: officialDec 22, 2020The unification ministry has put together an English-language fact sheet about a recently legislated ban on sending anti-Pyongyang leaflets into North Korea and distributed it to foreign diplomatic m... -
S. Korea, US unlikely to spar over anti-NK leaflets: reportDec 22, 2020Former US officials familiar with inter-Korean affairs said Monday that the incoming US administration is not likely to fight hard with South Korea on its ban that criminalizes sending propaganda lea... -
WHO: Over 10,000 people tested in N. Korea, no confirmed casesDec 22, 2020North Korea reported zero confirmed cases of COVID-19 despite having 10,960 people tested by early December, the World Health Organization said on Monday. According to the WHO’s regional situation r...
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