May 09, 2024

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Lina Park

Lina Park is a news trainee at NK News. She previously researched North Korean human rights issues at Hanvoice and South Korean foreign relations at the Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada.

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Deciphering reports of North Korean workers’ strike in Chinese textile factories

Deciphering reports of North Korean workers’ strike in Chinese textile factories

Experts weigh in on whether large-scale action took place and how years of unpaid wages could have sparked a backlash

Deciphering reports of North Korean workers’ strike in Chinese textile factories
Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer | Lina Park January 29, 2024
Interview: Depicting the inequalities of North Korean army life in film

Interview: Depicting the inequalities of North Korean army life in film

DPRK escapee Jung Haneul discusses how he drew on his own experiences in the military to craft his directorial debut

Interview: Depicting the inequalities of North Korean army life in film
Lina Park
Lina Park January 19, 2024
US, ROK and Japan hold largest-ever joint naval drills to deter North Korea

US, ROK and Japan hold largest-ever joint naval drills to deter North Korea

Three-day exercise featuring nine ships comes as DPRK appears to be reasserting territorial claims in Yellow Sea

US, ROK and Japan hold largest-ever joint naval drills to deter North Korea
Alannah Hill
Alannah Hill | Lina Park January 17, 2024
South Korean military rings in new year with drills against North Korea

South Korean military rings in new year with drills against North Korea

Army conducts live-fire drills in border areas, while navy holds exercises on countering enemy submarines

South Korean military rings in new year with drills against North Korea
Lina Park
Lina Park January 3, 2024
North Korea likely to carry out ‘provocations’ around US and ROK elections: NIS

North Korea likely to carry out ‘provocations’ around US and ROK elections: NIS

Seoul’s spy agency says historical patterns and DPRK’s defense posture point to military and cyber activity in new year

North Korea likely to carry out ‘provocations’ around US and ROK elections: NIS
Joon Ha Park
Joon Ha Park | Lina Park December 29, 2023
South Korean naval conscript indicted for spreading North Korean propaganda

South Korean naval conscript indicted for spreading North Korean propaganda

Sailor also charged with leaking classified information to Chinese contact, facing up to 17 years in prison

South Korean naval conscript indicted for spreading North Korean propaganda
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim | Lina Park December 20, 2023
North Korean defector arrested in Vietnam faces repatriation to China: Activists

North Korean defector arrested in Vietnam faces repatriation to China: Activists

Justice for North Korea says 38-year-old woman was arrested last month, accusing Seoul of doing little to help her

North Korean defector arrested in Vietnam faces repatriation to China: Activists
Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer | Lina Park December 15, 2023
ROK police investigating defectors for sending money to family in North Korea

ROK police investigating defectors for sending money to family in North Korea

Defector leader says probes have caused confusion among escapees, who have long been able to send funds through brokers

ROK police investigating defectors for sending money to family in North Korea
Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer | Lina Park November 28, 2023
Panmunjom tours to resume this week, four months after Travis King crossing

Panmunjom tours to resume this week, four months after Travis King crossing

Seoul says only South Koreans will be able to join tours to village bordering North Korea for now

Panmunjom tours to resume this week, four months after Travis King crossing
Lina Park
Lina Park November 21, 2023
Voice to the voiceless: Exhibit highlights suppression of speech in North Korea

Voice to the voiceless: Exhibit highlights suppression of speech in North Korea

Newly opened North Korean Human Rights Museum holds up testimonies of defectors on abuses suffered under the Kim regime

Voice to the voiceless: Exhibit highlights suppression of speech in North Korea
Joon Ha Park
Joon Ha Park | Lina Park November 17, 2023