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NK leader sends handwritten New Year greetings to peopleJan 1, 2021North Korean leader Kim Jong-un extended New Year's greetings in a short letter to the people Friday, apparently skipping his trademark address on the first day of the year ahead of a rare party cong... -
Ex-UN chief Ban calls for rectification of ban on sending anti-N. Korea leafletsDec 31, 2020Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called Thursday for the government to "rectify" a recently legislated ban on sending anti-Pyongyang leaflets into North Korea, saying the law made South Korea ... -
Unification ministry to scale up financial support for N. Korea aid groupsDec 31, 2020The unification ministry said Thursday it will allow North Korea aid groups to receive state financial support multiple times a year in an effort to facilitate humanitarian assistance to the impoveri... -
N. Korea's rare party congress appears imminent as delegates arrive in PyongyangDec 31, 2020North Korean delegates participating in an upcoming congress of the ruling Workers' Party have gathered in Pyongyang and were awarded certificates, state media said Thursday, raising the possibility ... -
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[Newsmaker] N. Korea to set new policies at key party meeting soonDec 30, 2020North Korea said Wednesday it will open a party congress in early January where leader Kim Jong-un is expected to set fresh economic and foreign policies. “At a politburo meeting Kim chaired Tuesday... -
5 NK defectors face forcible repatriation after arrest in China: UN human rights officeDec 30, 2020Five North Korean defectors, including a teenager and a pregnant woman, are facing forcible repatriation after they were arrested in China in September, Five North Korean defectors, including a teena... -
6 countries provide $10m in food aid to N. Korea this year: UN dataDec 30, 2020Russia, Switzerland and four other countries have provided about $10 million in food assistance to North Korea this year to help its choric food shortages, UN data showed Wednesday. According to the... -
NK leader helms politburo meeting to prepare for party congress in early JanuaryDec 30, 2020North Korean leader Kim Jong-un presided over a politburo meeting of the Workers' Party and decided to hold a party congress early next month, state media reported Wednesday. The politburo meeting, ... -
US flies reconnaissance plane over Korea amid report of military parade preparations in PyongyangDec 29, 2020A US reconnaissance plane flew over central South Korea on Tuesday, an aviation tracker showed, as North Korea appeared to be gearing up for a ruling party congress. The US Air Force's RC-135W Rivet... -
N. Korea could conduct ICBM test early next year: think tankDec 29, 2020North Korea could test-fire an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in the early months of the incoming US administration of Joe Biden if nuclear talks between the two countries remain stalled, ... -
S. Korea's new top nuclear envoy holds phones talks with Chinese counterpartDec 29, 2020South Korea's new chief nuclear envoy, Noh Kyu-duk, spoke by phone with his Chinese counterpart on Tuesday in their first talks since his appointment last week, the foreign ministry said. His talks ... -
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...
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