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Wed, September 19, 2018 | 12:03

Documentary on North Korea's TB to be aired Monday

A documentary on international volunteers helping North Korea to fight multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) will be aired on MBC at 11:10 p.m. Monday.

North Korea | 2018-08-31 21:58

[INTERVIEW] 'Medical exchanges should come first in inter-Korean exchanges'

Moon to send envoys to Pyongyang on Sept. 5

President Moon Jae-in will send special envoys to Pyongyang on Sept. 5, Cheong Wa Dae said Friday. The plan was drawn up at a time denuclearization talks between North Korea and the U.S. are in a stalemate, after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's visit to Pyongyang was canceled last week.

North Korea | 2018-08-31 21:08

North Korea highlights incentive system in agriculture

North Korea is offering incentives to encourage farmers to produce more ahead of the harvest. Workers Party's mouthpiece Rodong Sinmun Thursday ran interviews with agriculture ministry officials, highlighting a “field responsibility system within sub-work team system” for improved output.

North Korea | 2018-08-31 17:15

North Korea accuses US of hostile steps

North Korea's media accused the United States of taking "hostile" measures against Pyongyang on Friday, calling on Washington to faithfully implement the agreement that the two countries reached in their historic June 12 summit.

North Korea | 2018-08-31 10:13

US extends travel ban on North Korea

US extends travel ban on North Korea

The U.S. government said Thursday it has decided to keep a ban on its nationals traveling to North Korea amid what officials in Washington describe as a "slow and tough" denuclearization process. "The safety and security of U.S. citizens overseas is one of our highest priorities," the Department of State said in a statement. "The travel warning for North Korea remains in plac...

North Korea | 2018-08-31 09:09

North Korea accuses US of hostile steps

North Korean players seen in sanctioned Nike shoes

Although North Korean basketballers are banned from wearing Nike-sponsored uniforms, they have been spotted wearing Nike basketball shoes.U.S. sporting goods brand Nike recently said it did not provide uniforms for the unified Korean women's basketball team in the Jakarta Palembang 2018 Asian Games because of international sanctions on North Korea.

North Korea | 2018-08-30 16:56

Unified Korean team reaches women's hoops final [PHOTOS]

US-controlled UNC puts brakes on inter-Korean railway inspections

The United Nations Command (UNC) for the first time disapproved plans for an inter-Korean railway inspection, amid a deadlock in denuclearization talks between North Korea and the U.S. The plan was for a South Korean train to travel up to the North's northwestern city of Sinuiju so officials of the two Koreas could inspect the condition of the tracks in the North from Aug. 22...

North Korea | 2018-08-30 16:51

North Korea seeks bitcoin mining to finance regime

North Korea is highly likely deploying malicious software that enables its army of cyber hackers to “illicitly” mine and gain bitcoins without a trace, analysts claimed Tuesday. Given Pyongyang does not have the computer firepower, it is most likely targeting bitcoins as a means to finance the Kim Jong-un regime amid U.N. sanctions, they added. “In general, there are two main...

North Korea | 2018-08-29 17:33

Japan holds secret talks with NK: report

Japan held a secret talk with North Korea without notifications to the United States to discuss the repatriation of Japanese people abducted by the regime, according to reports, Wednesday. The meeting was between Shigeru Kitamura, head of Japan's Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office, and North Korea's Kim Song-hye who is in charge of unification issues, the Washington Pos...

North Korea | 2018-08-29 16:55

North Korea vows to deepen relations with Cuba

North Korea said Wednesday that it will strengthen relations with Cuba as the two marked the anniversary of the establishment of their diplomatic ties almost six decades ago.

North Korea | 2018-08-29 10:40

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Inter-Korean Summit in Pyongyang [PHOTOS]