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Latest North Korea news from NK News correspondents
South Korea, US report ‘meaningful progress’ toward wartime OPCON transfer
Top military officers pledge to work to meet transfer conditions and bolster defense against North Korean threats
New Zealand sends plane to monitor North Korean sanctions evasion from Japan
P-8A Poseidon long-range patrol aircraft will track illicit ship-to-ship transfers in second such mission this year
Defectors give harrowing accounts of North Korea’s neglect of disabled citizens
Participants in Seoul seminar share stories of infanticide, forced sterilization and collapse of DPRK’s medical system
Foreign ministers of North Korea, Belarus agree to expand ties ‘in all areas’
Minsk reports two sides also discussed ‘future contacts,’ possibly preparing for Lukashenko to visit Pyongyang
Kim Jong Un inspects new hospital at center of plans for health care reform
North Korean leader says Kangdong facility should be model for country, criticizes ‘backwardness’ in medical training
Lee, Takaichi agree to coordinate on North Korea denuclearization at first talks
South Korean and Japanese leaders otherwise make little mention of DPRK issues, focusing on ‘future-oriented’ ties
Both North Korean POWs in Ukraine now say they want to defect to South: NGO
But two DPRK soldiers who were deployed to Russia reportedly suffering psychological distress after lengthy detention
Top diplomats of US, ROK, Japan vow to work for North Korea’s denuclearization
First trilateral meeting since new government took office in Tokyo comes as DPRK insists it will never give up nukes
Trump says he will ‘work very hard with Kim Jong Un’ to achieve Korean peace
US president and ROK counterpart Lee Jae-myung pledge to pursue diplomacy despite low prospects for Trump-Kim meeting
UNICEF and WHO to send delegations to North Korea in November: Sources
Mission tied to vaccine aid would mark the first time foreign staff from two agencies have entered since pandemic began
