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UN approves sanctions exemptions for MSF, Swiss Humanitarian Aid in North Korea
Médecins Sans Frontières and Swiss Humanitarian Aid are first aid groups to receive UN sanctions exemptions in new year
January 10, 2020
Ahead of Paektu trip, horse tracks replaced two of Kim Jong Un’s private runways
New infrastructure may have served as a riding practice ground before December's highly-publicized mountain trek
January 8, 2020
Chinese grain exports to North Korea drop again in November: data
An estimated 40 percent of the DPRK population remains in "urgent need" of food assistance, according to the UN
December 27, 2019
Prestigious Pyongyang shoe factory appears to be making inventory for export
Photos show labels in English and featuring international sizing measures
December 27, 2019
Construction of stalled China-DPRK tourist zone near Samjiyon sees new progress
Long-planned Mubong Special Zone part of wider developments in Yanbian’s cross-border projects
December 26, 2019
UN extends NGO’s North Korea sanctions exemption after slow U.S. approval
American aid organization LNKM complained U.S. Treasury to blame for passing original six-month exemption window
December 23, 2019
Russian oil exports to North Korea drop again in October: UN
Russia shipped more than 30,000 tons of refined petroleum to the DPRK between January and October 2019, new UN data show
December 18, 2019
UN awards another sanctions exemption to UNICEF for work in North Korea
Aid group plans to use equipment for vaccinations, maternity care, water sanitation projects in DPRK
December 16, 2019
Chinese grain exports to North Korea drop by half in October: data
DPRK's grain imports from China still higher than any point between spring 2018 and summer of this year
December 13, 2019
North Korean top-priority fertilizer plant appears to be nearing completion
Stated aims of project which opened in mid-2017 are to boost agricultural production and “C1” chemical industry
December 13, 2019
