N. Korea's exports of beauty products jump over 13 times in 2023: data North Korea's exports of beauty products to China, such as wigs and false eyelashes, soared more than 13 times last year from the previous year amid the North's border opening, Chinese customs data showed Monday.Jan 22, 2024
N. Korea calls for economic development in provincial regions North Korea called Monday for developing the country's provincial regions to improve the livelihood of people living outside the capital area.Jan 22, 2024
N. Korea defends its stepped-up military measures at int'l forum North Korea has defended its measures to bolster military capabilities as a just exercise of the sovereign right against Washington-led military confrontations at the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Uganda, state media reported Monday.Jan 22, 2024
INTERVIEW South Korea needs multifaceted strategy to bring NK to dialogue Since the beginning of this year, tensions on the Korean Peninsula have been escalating to their highest level in years, with South and North Korea exchanging threats and warnings instead of New Year pleasantries.Jan 22, 2024By Lee Hyo-jin
S. Korea sees NK's claimed test of underwater nuclear attack drone as 'exaggerated, fabricated' South Korea's presidential office said Sunday it is weighing the possibility that North Korea's latest purported test of an underwater nuclear weapons system is an "exaggerated and fabricated" claim.Jan 21, 2024
INTERVIEW Russia brushes off arms deal allegations, flaunts ties with North KoreaIn the face of growing condemnation of the alleged arms transfers between North Korea and Russia, Moscow’s ambassador to Seoul has rejected the speculation, saying that there was no evidence vindicating the accusations of its violation of international law.Jan 21, 2024By Kim Hyun-bin
NK parliament's longest-serving chairman dies Choe Thae-bok, a former chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (SPA), North Korea's rubber-stamp legislature, has died, the North's official news agency reported Sunday. Choe was 93.Jan 21, 2024
N. Korea condemns UN Security Council meeting on its hypersonic missile test North Korea on Sunday strongly condemned a recent meeting of the U.N. Security Council convened to discuss Pyongyang's recent test-fire of a hypersonic missile and other issues.Jan 21, 2024
Putin expressed willingness to visit Pyongyang at early date, North Korea says North Korea said Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed his willingness to visit Pyongyang at an early date and the country is ready to "greet the Korean people's closest friend with the greatest sincerity."Jan 21, 2024
US calls on N. Korea to refrain from 'provocative' actions after claim of underwater nuclear weapons system test The United States called on North Korea, Friday, to refrain from further "provocative" and "destabilizing" actions, and to return to dialogue, after Pyongyang claimed to have tested an underwater nuclear weapons system.Jan 20, 2024
