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Latest North Korea news from NK News correspondents
Kim Yong Nam, North Korea’s former nominal head of state, dies at 97
As head of rubber-stamp parliament, Kim represented the regime on world stage for decades, avoiding frequent purges
North Korea launched artillery rockets during Hegseth’s DMZ visit, JCS says
South Korean military belatedly reveals DPRK fired over 10 rockets into Yellow Sea on both Saturday and Monday
Hegseth peeks into North Korea during Panmunjom visit with ROK counterpart
Allies frame joint appearance as demonstration of strong defense posture ahead of high-level military talks this week
Russia agrees to train North Korean doctors, supply medicines under new deal
Agreement to expand bilateral health care cooperation comes as joint economic commission meets in Pyongyang
Lee Jae-myung asks China’s Xi to support denuclearization of North Korea
But Beijing’s readout of summit talks makes no mention of DPRK, suggesting little appetite for pressuring Pyongyang
Kim Jong Un praises elite troops that fought Ukraine as model for DPRK military
Inspection of North Korea’s ‘Storm Corps’ deployed to Russia points to effort to apply lessons from combat, expert says
Seoul places fifth and final spy satellite in orbit to monitor North Korea
Launch aboard SpaceX rocket wraps up 10-year push to establish network to track DPRK military activities in real time
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
