May 02, 2024

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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

UNICEF delivers 25 containers of medical and nutritional aid to North Korea

UN organization says two separate shipments arrived at the port city of Nampho in January despite DPRK’s COVID controls

Ifang BremerIfang BremerJanuary 26, 2023
Interviews

Interview: How the wife of a North Korean diplomat convinced him to defect

Oh Hye-son, spouse of defector-lawmaker Tae Yong-ho, shares her life story for the first time in a new memoir

Ifang BremerIfang BremerJanuary 25, 2023
News

US nominates State Department veteran as North Korean human rights envoy

If approved by Senate, Julie Turner will be first woman to fill key role that has been been vacant for over six years

Ifang BremerIfang BremerJanuary 24, 2023
News

Russia says it shipped grain to North Korea, but doesn’t say how much

Primorsky Krai border region lists DPRK among buyers of grain products, as Pyongyang signals continuing food problems

Ifang BremerIfang BremerJanuary 23, 2023
News

New report shines light on secret North Korean groups fighting against K-pop

Testimony of officials and victims details inner workings of ‘non-socialist groups’ that enforce ideological conformity

Ifang BremerIfang BremerJanuary 19, 2023
News

Seoul to allow private groups to interview new North Korean defectors again

Nonprofit calls move a ‘positive’ sign but says details unclear, two years after ROK cut access to resettlement center

Ifang BremerIfang Bremer | Shreyas ReddyJanuary 19, 2023
News

Infighting in North Korean sympathizer group leads Dutch branch to split

Netherlands chief leads one-man rebellion from Korean Friendship Organization, which promotes DPRK internationally

Ifang BremerIfang BremerJanuary 18, 2023
News

Pfizer offers to sell COVID vaccines and medicines to North Korea at low cost

American firm expands not-for-profit program to DPRK, but expert says Pyongyang unlikely to take up the offer

Ifang BremerIfang BremerJanuary 18, 2023
News

ROK police arrest ex-underwear boss for alleged business deal with North Korea

Prosecutors say Kim Seong-tae orchestrated transfer of some $6.4 million to DPRK in exchange for exclusive mining rights

Ifang BremerIfang Bremer | Yeji ChungJanuary 17, 2023
Features

Eye of the TIGER: ROK drone unit holds drills with US on North Korean border

Some 800 soldiers practiced defending against mock enemy, weeks after South Korea failed to intercept DPRK drones

Ifang BremerIfang BremerJanuary 16, 2023
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