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N. Korea bans smoking in restaurants, bus stops and public squares

Dec 11, 2020

North Korea has designated restaurants, bus stops, public squares and other venues as nonsmoking areas after adopting an anti-smoking law last month, a propaganda outlet said Friday. DPRK Today, one...
Biegun says diplomacy 'best' and 'only' course to resolving NK challenges

Dec 10, 2020

US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun said Thursday that diplomacy remains the "best" and "only" course to address the North Korean nuclear quandary, calling for Pyongyang to return to dialogue...
Ministry mulling adjustments to Panmunjom tours over virus concerns

Dec 10, 2020

The unification ministry considers adjusting a recently resumed tour program to the truce village of Panmunjom amid toughened social distancing measures against the coronavirus, a ministry official s...
N. Korea likely to propose beefed-up 'self-reliance' drive at party congress: think tank

Dec 10, 2020

North Korea is likely to propose a beefed-up drive for "self-reliance" at the upcoming party congress to bolster its faltering economy under the strain of global sanctions and the fallout from the gl...
N. Korea-China trade hits all-time low in Oct. amid pandemic

Dec 10, 2020

North Korea's trade with China nose-dived to a record low in October due to Pyongyang's border closure with its ally to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, a report showed Thursday. Exports and ...
Biegun stresses close cooperation with Seoul in dealing with NK

Dec 9, 2020

US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun, who doubles as Washington’s point man on North Korea, stressed close bilateral cooperation with Seoul as he reflected over the past years of nuclear diplo...
[Newsmaker] NK’s Kim Yo-jong lashes out at South Korean FM for coronavirus remark

Dec 9, 2020

Kim Yo-jong, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s powerful younger sister, lashed out at South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha for questioning Pyongyang’s claim that it is free of the coronavirus...
US sanctions N. Korea over coal smuggling

Dec 9, 2020

The US Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control on Tuesday announced sanctions against six trading companies and four vessels over their involvement in North Korea’s illicit trade of...
NK leader's sister says S. Korean FM will 'pay dearly' for remarks on COVID-19

Dec 9, 2020

North Korean leader's sister Kim Yo-Jong on Wednesday slammed South Korea's foreign minister over her recent remarks on Pyongyang's antivirus measures, saying that she will "pay dearly" for them and ...
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...