N. Korean minister says Pyongyang ready to cooperate with Iranian carmaker Saipa North Korea's external economic relations minister has expressed intent for his country's cooperation with Iranian automaker Saipa during a recent rare trip to Tehran.May 7, 2024
N. Korea's premier calls for enhancing irrigation amid food shortages North Korea's premier has inspected regional farms and called for enhancing an irrigation system to cope with droughts and heat waves, state media reported Tuesday, amid the country's chronic food shortages.May 7, 2024
NK leader calls on public security officials to 'firmly defend' state unity North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called on neighborhood police chiefs to "firmly defend" the country's unity, state media reported Monday, in an apparent effort to tighten the country's grip on social discipline.May 6, 2024
NK slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel North Korea on Sunday denounced the United States and other countries for seeking an alternative to the United Nations monitoring panel that enforced sanctions against Pyongyang, saying that such a move will be doomed to face "self-destruction."May 5, 2024
Spy agency warns North Korea plotting attacks on embassies The National Intelligence Service said it had recently "detected numerous signs that North Korea is preparing for terrorist attacks against our embassy staff or citizens in various countries, (such as) China, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East".May 3, 2024
Germany yet to decide whether to reopen embassy in Pyongyang: envoy German Ambassador to Seoul Georg Schmidt said Friday his country has yet to decide whether to reopen its embassy in North Korea following its withdrawal in early 2020 due to Pyongyang's COVID-19 border shutdown.May 3, 2024
N. Korea approves 1st post-pandemic entry of Chinese students North Korea has approved the entry of more than 80 Chinese students seeking to study in the North in the first such acceptance of overseas students after years of stringent border lockdowns aimed at fending off the pandemic.May 3, 2024
Toy Story's animated character found at N. Korea's fashion show in suspected trademark violation North Korea appears to have violated trademark rights as it displayed clothing with a famous animated character from Disney-Pixar's 2010 movie "Toy Story 3" at the latest fashion exhibition, photos carried by state media showed Friday.May 3, 2024
N. Korean economic delegation returns from Iran amid suspected military ties A North Korean economic delegation has returned home from Iran, Pyongyang's state media said Friday, ending a rare trip that raised suspicions of possible weapons cooperation between the two nations.May 3, 2024
N. Korea holds 1st meeting of police officials in 12 years amid drive to tighten social control North Korea has held a meeting of chiefs of branch public security stations earlier this week, state media reported Thursday, in an apparent move to tighten the country's grip on social discipline.May 2, 2024
