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Tue, June 15, 2021 | 19:52

North Korea reports no coronavirus cases: WHO

North Korea has conducted coronavirus tests on around 26,000 people so far but found no infections, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday.

2021-05-11 10:53

Defector activist grilled by police over anti-North Korea leafleting

A vocal North Korean defector and activist known for flying anti-Pyongyang leaflets into the North by balloon was questioned by police on Monday over his recent claim to have sent leaflets, in the first violation of South Korea's anti-leaflet law that took effect in March.

2021-05-10 17:55

COVID-19 vaccine likely to arrive in North Korea in second half of this year

North Korea is expected to receive COVID-19 vaccines in the second half of the year through international vaccine organizations, to help it deal with the ongoing pandemic.

2021-05-07 16:11

Prime Minister nominee calls anti-Pyongyang leafleting threat to public safety

Prime Minister nominee Kim Boo-kyum on Friday described the sending of anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets to North Korea by activist groups as a threat to the safety of South Koreans. "It is an act that threatens (the safety) of our people," Kim said about the anti-Pyongyang leafleting activities during a parliamentary confirmation hearing on his nomination at the National As...

2021-05-07 13:16

North Korea unlikely to carry out provocations ahead of South Korea-US summit: minister

Unification Minister Lee In-young said Friday that North Korea is not likely to carry out major provocations ahead of summit talks between the United States and South Korea slated for later this month. "We cannot rule out all possibilities of North Korea raising tensions but many experts say that the chances of the North heightening military tensions ahead of the South Korea-...

2021-05-07 11:01

North Korean leader holds photo session with families of army after attending performance

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un held a photo session with families of the army, a day after attending their art performance, state media reported Friday. Earlier on Wednesday, Kim and his wife, Ri Sol-ju, attended the performance of the art groups of servicemen's families from large combined units of the Korean People's Army (KPA), according to the Korean Central News Agency ...

2021-05-07 10:30

Opinions clashing in South Korea on how to handle 'pro-North' publications

South Korea is in a debate over how to handle so-called “pro-North Korea materials,” following the recent publication of North Korea founder Kim Il-sung's memoir here. With the South Korean publisher of the memoir facing a police investigation for printing the books, which the Supreme Court banned here in 2011 as anti-state materials, opinions are clashing. Some argue the cou...

2021-05-06 15:46

Police conduct raid over anti-Pyongyang leafleting

Police on Thursday raided the office of a vocal North Korean defector who claimed to have sent anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets into the North in defiance of a ban. Police launched an investigation after Park Sang-hak, head of Fighters for a Free North Korea, a North Korean defectors group, said the organization sent 10 balloons carrying around 500,000 leaflets between Apri...

2021-05-06 13:01

G7 foreign ministers urge North Korea to return to dialogue

The top diplomats of the Group of Seven (G7) countries on Wednesday urged North Korea to return to talks on ending its nuclear programs, while also urging Pyongyang to engage in inter-Korean dialogue. The foreign ministers also expressed their support for U.S. efforts to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula diplomatically.

2021-05-06 09:03

Nearly 1 in 5 North Korean children undernourished: report

Nearly 1 in 5 children under the age of 5 in North Korea suffers from stunted growth, and the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic is likely to exacerbate the trend for some years to come, an international report showed Wednesday. The child stunting rate in the impoverished state was measured at 18.2 percent, or 317,800 children under the age of 5, at the end of 2020, accordi...

2021-05-05 13:16

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