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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.

News

South Korea restoring 15 military guard posts facing North Korea at cost of $17M

Move reinstates four more posts than were abandoned under inter-Korean deal in 2018, despite doubts about their utility

Ifang BremerIfang BremerOctober 8, 2024
News

North Korea has expanded notorious political prison in northeast, imagery shows

Over a dozen buildings built or renovated at concentration camp No. 16 since 2022 in sign facility is operational

Ifang BremerIfang BremerOctober 7, 2024
News

Kim Jong Un threatens nuke strikes on South Korea if sovereignty ‘infringed’

North Korean leader also questions Yoon Suk-yeol’s sanity over speech at military parade that showed off new ROK missile

Ifang BremerIfang BremerOctober 4, 2024
News

North Korean escapee detained after attempting to flee the South in stolen bus

Police say defector cited difficulties adapting to life in ROK as reason for trying to return across inter-Korean border

Ifang BremerIfang Bremer | Joon Ha ParkOctober 2, 2024
News

North Korea says it won’t negotiate away nukes regardless who wins US election

In speech, envoy tells UN that US-ROK nuclear consultative group is biggest threat to DPRK, justifying military buildup

Ifang BremerIfang BremerOctober 1, 2024
News

ROK lawmaker accuses website of allowing illegal sale of North Korean art

But expert says private sale of decades-old paintings is unlikely to violate sanctions imposed after they were imported

Ifang BremerIfang BremerSeptember 30, 2024
News

North Korea resumes printing English newspaper as foreigners trickle back in

Russian Embassy says Pyongyang Times has returned after ‘long break,’ in possible sign DPRK intends to reopen further

Ifang BremerIfang BremerSeptember 27, 2024
News

Seoul airports have suspended flights 20 times due to North Korean balloons

Official data records almost 7 hours of disruptions, which expert says likely increased operational costs

Ifang BremerIfang BremerSeptember 26, 2024
Interviews

Outgoing special envoy says Seoul must lead North Korean human rights efforts

Lee Shin-wha says her heart is ‘heavier’ after tenure and calls for more collective action to resolve DPRK human rights

Ifang BremerIfang BremerSeptember 19, 2024
News

WHO receives sanctions exemption to send vaccine equipment to North Korea

Approval of $43K shipment comes as UN agency supports new DPRK campaign to vaccinate over 1M people

Ifang BremerIfang BremerSeptember 17, 2024
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