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26th May 2013
 

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What To Make Of Pyongyang’s Recent Political meetings?

What To Make Of Pyongyang’s Recent Political meetings?

Dr. Stephan Haggard and Luke Herman look at recent political meetings in Pyongyang and discuss potential ramifications. [...]

April 5, 2013 luke.herman Analysis 0

Kempinski Freezes ‘Hotel Of Doom’ Plans In North Korea

Kempinski Freezes ‘Hotel Of Doom’ Plans In North Korea

Luxury hotel operators Kempinski have told NK NEWS that plans to open rooms at the 105 floor Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang have been put on hold because of "market conditions" in North Korea. [...]

March 28, 2013 nknews Featured Content, Tourism 0

North Korea Will Allow Mobile Internet Access From March 1

North Korea Will Allow Mobile Internet Access From March 1

North Korea will soon allow foreign visitors access to the internet via its Koryolink 3G service, according to reports from the Associated Press Pyongyang bureau. [...]

February 22, 2013 nknews News 0

Russia, China Unlikely To Approve Tough North Korea Sanctions

Russia, China Unlikely To Approve Tough North Korea Sanctions

Hopes that the United Nations will pass cutting financial sanctions against North Korea to punish it for the third nuclear test have been dashed today by comments made by Russian diplomats. [...]

February 20, 2013 luke.herman News 0

How Sanctions Stop Legitimate North Korean Trade

How Sanctions Stop Legitimate North Korean Trade

With North Korea's third nuclear test likely paving the way for another round of sanctions at the United Nations in the coming weeks, it looks like business and enterprise in the DPRK is about to get even more difficult. [...]

February 18, 2013 nknews Featured Content 0

Viagra in North Korea? No Thanks

Viagra in North Korea? No Thanks

Ever wondered how sex, contraception, and dealing with impotence works in North Korea? Felix Abt, a Swiss businessman who spent seven years living in the country, knows the answer. [...]

January 29, 2013 nknews Featured Content, NK Lite, Real Life 0

North Korea Refuses To Pay $1M Embassy Refurbishment Debt

North Korea Refuses To Pay $1M Embassy Refurbishment Debt

The owner of a Polish corporation is owed over one million dollars by the North Korean embassy in Warsaw after diplomats there have refused to payback loans for a 2005 refurbishment of their offices. [...]

January 27, 2013 nknews News 0

North Korea’s Vintage Airliners Banned From China

North Korea’s Vintage Airliners Banned From China

If North Korea doesn't overhaul its rusty old Soviet fleet, they're going to have to cease dealing with China all together. [...]

January 17, 2013 nknews News 0

Meet The Man Who Lived And Worked In North Korea For Seven Years

Meet The Man Who Lived And Worked In North Korea For Seven Years

Meet Felix Abt, the Swiss man who lived and worked in North Korea for seven years. What was daily life like for a foreigner living in the most isolated nation on earth? [...]

January 16, 2013 nknews Featured Content, Interviews, Real Life 0

Google Delegation Return Without Access To Detained American

Google Delegation Return Without Access To Detained American

Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and Google boss Eric Schmidt have returned from Pyongyang empty handed after wrapping up a "private humanitarian mission" that had hoped to secure the release of detained U.S. citizen, Kenneth Bae. [...]

January 10, 2013 nknews News 0