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Ifang Bremer

Ifang Bremer

Ifang Bremer is a Seoul Correspondent at NK News. He has worked on investigations for The Guardian and The Observer and previously wrote features on Korea for Dutch newspaper NRC.

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Forced to fight: How North Korea’s troop dispatch to Russia abuses human rights

Forced to fight: How North Korea’s troop dispatch to Russia abuses human rights

Experts say 12K soldiers waging war against Ukraine are both violators and victims, acting under undefiable orders

Forced to fight: How North Korea’s troop dispatch to Russia abuses human rights
Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer January 7, 2025
UN demands North Korea clarify if it executed two women repatriated from China

UN demands North Korea clarify if it executed two women repatriated from China

Envoys express ‘grave concern’ over reports of harsh sentences for 11 women, including life in prison and death penalty

UN demands North Korea clarify if it executed two women repatriated from China
Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer January 7, 2025
North Korea on pace to restore 6.5K square miles of forest, reach 10-year goal

North Korea on pace to restore 6.5K square miles of forest, reach 10-year goal

ROK study finds Kim Jong Un’s reforestation campaign has succeeded, but warns fuel shortages could undermine gains

North Korea on pace to restore 6.5K square miles of forest, reach 10-year goal
Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer December 30, 2024
What life was like for North Koreans in 2024, from high prices to crackdowns

What life was like for North Koreans in 2024, from high prices to crackdowns

Economic pressure on households mounted as forex prices surged, while border controls exacerbated medicine shortages

What life was like for North Koreans in 2024, from high prices to crackdowns
Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer December 30, 2024
North Korean defectors report highest-ever life satisfaction in 2024: Survey

North Korean defectors report highest-ever life satisfaction in 2024: Survey

But ROK government also finds rising unemployment among female escapees, underscoring persistent economic challenges

North Korean defectors report highest-ever life satisfaction in 2024: Survey
Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer December 27, 2024
Year-end special: A look back at the most compelling North Korea stories of 2024
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Year-end special: A look back at the most compelling North Korea stories of 2024

NK News journalists share the stories that meant the most to them and offer insights into how they reported on the DPRK

Year-end special: A look back at the most compelling North Korea stories of 2024
Canadian NGOs receive green light to deliver aid to North Korea

Canadian NGOs receive green light to deliver aid to North Korea

UN sanctions exemption allows two organizations to send soymilk production tools and supplies for children’s hospital

Canadian NGOs receive green light to deliver aid to North Korea
Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer December 25, 2024
North Korea could test hypersonic missile around year-end plenum: Seoul

North Korea could test hypersonic missile around year-end plenum: Seoul

JCS says DPRK may carry out ‘sudden missile launch’ with eye on Trump return, as well as send suicide drones to Russia

North Korea could test hypersonic missile around year-end plenum: Seoul
Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer December 23, 2024
Smoke and secrets: Inside the North Korean Embassy’s hasty flight from Damascus

Smoke and secrets: Inside the North Korean Embassy’s hasty flight from Damascus

Locals describe a rushed operation to evacuate personnel and destroy documents after the fall of Syria’s Assad regime

Smoke and secrets: Inside the North Korean Embassy’s hasty flight from Damascus
Heidi Pett
Heidi Pett | Ifang Bremer December 20, 2024
Yoon’s impeachment throws future of North Korean human rights policy into doubt

Yoon’s impeachment throws future of North Korean human rights policy into doubt

South Korean leader presented himself as ally to cause, and now activists fear reversal of his policies following ouster

Yoon’s impeachment throws future of North Korean human rights policy into doubt
Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer December 18, 2024
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