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North Korea’s COVID-19 testing limitations cast fog over outbreak’s future
Expert says DPRK’s ‘crude’ approach to identifying variants could lead to continued uncertainty about true case counts
North Korean appeals 13-year sentence to Russian penal colony for 2019 attack
Fisherman was one of two sentenced to time for attack on Russian coast guard, and case will now go to higher court
Seoul preparing to allow access to North Korean media: Unification ministry
Move aims to encourage Pyongyang to open up to South Korean media and would relax ban on viewing DPRK propaganda
North Korea buys thousands more ventilators, hinting at untold COVID suffering
Import of medical equipment from China appears at odds with state media claims of only 75 deaths from 5 million cases
US recovers half million dollars stolen by North Korean hackers from hospitals
Justice Department links attack on medical centers in Kansas and Colorado to DPRK’s Maui ransomware campaign
North Korean defector numbers on pace to hit record low in 2022: Data
Seoul says COVID border controls make it difficult to escape DPRK, with just eight reaching ROK in second quarter
COVID outbreaks depress North Korea-China trade in June: Data
Trade in June just 20% of that in April, before DPRK implemented nationwide controls and two sides suspended rail trade
Sailing in the dark: North Korean ship reappears after vanishing for 5 years
Dae Bong 1’s disappearance from tracking system suggests it sailed under false identity for years, expert says
North Korea says Kyiv has no right to oppose its recognition of breakaway states
Statement comes two days after Pyongyang recognized self-declared Donetsk and Luhansk republics in eastern Ukraine
New North Korean hacking group extorting small businesses in ransomware attacks
Microsoft says H0lyGh0st hackers deploying increasingly sophisticated ransomware but have been unsuccessful so far