S. Korean spy agency monitoring possible Russia visit by N. Korean leader South Korea’s spy agency said, Wednesday, that it is closely monitoring the possibility of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visiting Russia.Nov 20, 2024By Kwak Yeon-soo
UN calls China's 2023 repatriation of NK defectors 'arbitrary,' urges their release A United Nations working group has concluded that China's repatriation of North Korean defectors last year constitutes an "arbitrary deprivation of liberty" and urged China and North Korea to take steps to address the issue, a document showed Wednesday.Nov 20, 2024By Yonhap
NK troops assigned to Russia's airborne brigade, marine corps; some entered combat: NIS North Korean troops deployed to Russia were assessed to have been assigned to Moscow's airborne brigade and marine corps on the ground, with some of the North's soldiers having already entered combat, South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers Wednesday.Nov 20, 2024By Yonhap
N. Korea's Kim inspects regional factory construction site, urges successful completion North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has inspected industrial factories under construction and urged their successful completion in 20 regions as planned, the North's state media reported Wednesday.Nov 20, 2024By Yonhap
N. Korea, Russia discuss issues of mutual cooperation at committee meeting on economy North Korea has held the 11th meeting of the intergovernmental committee on economic cooperation with Russia and discussed a range of issues on mutual cooperation, the North's state media reported Wednesday.Nov 20, 2024By Yonhap
US has not yet seen N. Korea's atmospheric reentry missile capability: Indo-Pacific Command chief The commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said Tuesday that the United States has "not yet" seen North Korea's atmospheric reentry capability, a key technology required for the recalcitrant regime to advance its intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) program.Nov 20, 2024By Yonhap
Rights activists tell NK soldiers fighting Ukraine to 'stand on the side of justice' Human rights activists released an open letter, Tuesday, calling for North Korean troops in Russia to stop helping the Kremlin’s “unjustifiable” war efforts against Ukraine amid reports that some of them have already been killed.Nov 19, 2024By Jung Min-ho
N. Korea's Kim urges extensive promotion of relations with Russia: KCNA North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has met with Russia's visiting natural resources minister and called for "more extensive and diversified" promotion of cooperative relations between their countries, state media reported Tuesday.Nov 19, 2024By Yonhap
Military coup unlikely in protest of 3rd hereditary power transfer in N. Korea: ex-diplomat North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is attempting to extend his hereditary power into a fourth generation, but a military coup over the matter is unlikely, a former North Korean diplomat said Monday.Nov 18, 2024By Yonhap
Seoul offers to play key role in possible talks between Washington, Pyongyang South Korea believes the chances of Pyongyang and Washington resuming dialogue without Seoul’s involvement under a second Trump administration are low, given the strengthened South Korea-U.S. alliance and the significant changes in the geopolitical landscape since Donald Trump’s first presidency, the government said, Monday.Nov 18, 2024By Kwak Yeon-soo
