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Blaming Russia for North Korean deaths, 100 days of Lee Jae-myung and drills
NK News’ Joon Ha Park talks new state media footage of DPRK troops in Ukraine and the ROK president’s press conference
September 16, 2025
Mark Sauter: What to make of the reported US Navy SEAL mission into North Korea
Researcher discusses what allegedly happened and how it echoes decades of covert ops on the Korean Peninsula
September 11, 2025
North Korea’s engine test, Kim Jong Un’s Beijing diplomacy and trade fair plans
NK News’ Colin Zwirko talks the DPRK’s missile advances and why it has barred Western businesses from an upcoming event
September 9, 2025
The optics of Kim Jong Un’s appearance at China’s military parade
NK News’ Shreyas Reddy discusses what Kim standing next to Xi and Putin says about DPRK’s place in evolving world order
September 4, 2025
Go Myong-hyun: US-ROK talks and North Korea’s diplomatic theater in Beijing
Researcher discusses key takeaways from Lee-Trump summit and what to expect from Kim Jong Un at China’s military parade
September 2, 2025
Joseph Torigian: How Xi Jinping’s father rebuilt China-North Korea ties
Scholar examines Xi Zhongxun’s delicate diplomacy with Pyongyang and how that pivotal period shapes relations today
August 28, 2025
The first Lee-Trump summit, and North Korea’s commemoration of war dead
NK News’ Alannah Hill talks Trump’s hope to meet Kim Jong Un this year and lessons from Kursk combat footage
August 26, 2025
Tycho van der Hoog: North Korea’s forgotten allies in Africa
Scholar traces the DPRK’s enduring influence on continent thanks to support for liberation movements, monuments and more
August 21, 2025
An ex-North Korean soldier’s bid for repatriation, and controversial remittances
NK News’ Jooheon Kim discusses why a 95-year-old man wants to cross border and a crackdown on sending money to the DPRK
August 19, 2025
Adrian Buzo, Australian diplomat in Pyongyang and Korea scholar, dies at 77
Buzo helped open, and later close, Canberra’s embassy in North Korea, going on to author key works of DPRK scholarship
August 18, 2025
