N. Korea's Kim likely preparing red-carpet welcome for Putin ahead of potential visit North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is expected to give a grand and lavish welcome to Russian President Vladimir Putin when he visits Pyongyang this week as widely projected, extending the highest level of hospitality fraught with elaborate parades and cheering crowds.Jun 17, 2024
Civic groups, border residents urge restrictions on activists' anti-Pyongyang leafleting Civic groups and border residents urged the government Monday to restrict activists from launching anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets into North Korea, citing concern it could provoke Pyongyang to send trash-carrying balloons into South Korea again.Jun 17, 2024
North Korean military construction activities spotted inside DMZ: source North Korea's military has been carrying out unexplained construction inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, according to a military source Saturday.Jun 15, 2024
Unification ministry holds talks with anti-Pyongyang leafleting group The unification ministry on Friday held talks with an activist organization that has launched anti-Pyongyang leaflets into North Korea amid heightened tensions over the North's reaction to the campaign.Jun 14, 2024
North Korea shows strong discontent over UNSC's meeting on its human rights situation North Korea expressed strong discontent Friday regarding the U.N. Security Council's (UNSC) meeting on Pyongyang's human rights situation held earlier this week.Jun 14, 2024
North Korea criticizes Swiss-hosted Ukraine peace summit as 'conspiracy gathering' North Korea on Friday strongly condemned the Ukraine peace summit to be hosted by Switzerland later this week, describing it as a "conspiracy gathering under the pretext of peace" to exclude Russia, according to the North's state media.Jun 14, 2024
Unification minister says N. Korea's socialist rationing system has collapsed Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho said Friday that North Korea's socialist rationing system has completely collapsed, leading people to rely on local "jangmadang" markets for survival.Jun 14, 2024
US calls on N. Korea to stop provocative acts, reaffirms security commitment to S. Korea A U.S. State Department spokesperson called on North Korea Thursday to stop provocative activities as tensions have flared anew due to the North's recent sending of trash-filled balloons to the South and its troops' brief incursion across the inter-Korean border.Jun 14, 2024
NK submarine movements may foreshadow SLBM, SLCM test preparations: US monitor A U.S. monitor on Thursday reported recent North Korean ballistic missile submarine movements at a shipyard on the country's east coast, saying they may presage the start of submarine trials this summer or preparations for a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) test.Jun 14, 2024
Putin's Pyongyang visit factors Northeast Asia into diplomatic equation Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to visit North Korea within a few days, in an apparent reciprocal gesture to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s trip to Russia’s Far East last November.Jun 13, 2024By Nam Hyun-woo
