April 24, 2024

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Shreyas Reddy

Shreyas Reddy is a correspondent at NK News, based in Seoul. He previously worked as a researcher at BBC Monitoring, where his work focused on news and key people and organizations from the Korean Peninsula, Japan, Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Follow him on Twitter.

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Kim Jong Un inspects North Korea’s typhoon-hit farms, praising recovery work

Kim Jong Un inspects North Korea’s typhoon-hit farms, praising recovery work

Expert says visit betrays food supply concerns, while seeking to show leadership is concerned for local communities

Kim Jong Un inspects North Korea’s typhoon-hit farms, praising recovery work
Shreyas Reddy
Shreyas Reddy August 18, 2023
US blacklists 3 companies over alleged North Korean weapons sales to Russia

US blacklists 3 companies over alleged North Korean weapons sales to Russia

Treasury Department says companies owned by sanctioned Slovak national facilitated support for invasion of Ukraine

US blacklists 3 companies over alleged North Korean weapons sales to Russia
Shreyas Reddy
Shreyas Reddy August 17, 2023
‘Abuse and racism’ drove Travis King to seek asylum in North Korea: State media

‘Abuse and racism’ drove Travis King to seek asylum in North Korea: State media

First statement from Pyongyang on matter comes around one month after King crossed inter-Korean border on JSA tour

‘Abuse and racism’ drove Travis King to seek asylum in North Korea: State media
WHO receives sanctions exemption to send disaster relief to North Korea

WHO receives sanctions exemption to send disaster relief to North Korea

UN sanctions body approves proposal to ship tents for humanitarian aid efforts, as DPRK grapples with typhoon damage

WHO receives sanctions exemption to send disaster relief to North Korea
Shreyas Reddy
Shreyas Reddy August 14, 2023
Yoon hails importance of UNC as barrier to DPRK’s ‘communist’ unification vision

Yoon hails importance of UNC as barrier to DPRK’s ‘communist’ unification vision

U.N. forces still critical for South Korea’s defense in the event of renewed conflict, says South Korean leader

Yoon hails importance of UNC as barrier to DPRK’s ‘communist’ unification vision
Shreyas Reddy
Shreyas Reddy August 11, 2023
Nicaragua and North Korea to open embassies in each others’ capitals: Managua

Nicaragua and North Korea to open embassies in each others’ capitals: Managua

Move would elevate ties between anti-US regimes to highest level in decades, though DPRK has yet to confirm plans

Nicaragua and North Korea to open embassies in each others’ capitals: Managua
Shreyas Reddy
Shreyas Reddy August 10, 2023
Unification ministry to crack down on unauthorized exchanges with North Korea

Unification ministry to crack down on unauthorized exchanges with North Korea

Seoul says it will introduce stronger penalties and reporting center, despite near total lack of inter-Korean engagement

Unification ministry to crack down on unauthorized exchanges with North Korea
Shreyas Reddy
Shreyas Reddy August 8, 2023
North Korea invites foreign golfers to join tournament, but doesn’t say when

North Korea invites foreign golfers to join tournament, but doesn’t say when

Tourism website’s promotion of amateur golf likely ‘aspirational’ rather than sign of imminent reopening, expert says

North Korea invites foreign golfers to join tournament, but doesn’t say when
Shreyas Reddy
Shreyas Reddy August 8, 2023
North Korea hurls racist and sexist insults at new US human rights envoy

North Korea hurls racist and sexist insults at new US human rights envoy

Criticism of Julie Turner as ‘wicked woman’ of ‘uncertain ethnicity’ reflects DPRK’s regressive views, experts say

North Korea hurls racist and sexist insults at new US human rights envoy
Shreyas Reddy
Shreyas Reddy August 2, 2023
Travis King’s fate still up in the air, two weeks after he fled to North Korea

Travis King’s fate still up in the air, two weeks after he fled to North Korea

Experts say Pyongyang’s silence suggests talks on release of American soldier could drag on longer than initially feared

Travis King’s fate still up in the air, two weeks after he fled to North Korea
Shreyas Reddy
Shreyas Reddy August 1, 2023
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