May 09, 2024

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jacob Fromer

Jacob Fromer

Jacob Fromer is NK News's Washington DC correspondent. He previously worked in the U.S. Senate.

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North Korea is an “illegal nuclear power,” IAEA chief insists

IAEA Director General Grossi said DPRK will present an "enormous challenge" if agency is allowed back in the country

Jacob FromerJacob FromerFebruary 5, 2020
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North Korea issue won’t be resolved unless China enforces sanctions: O’Brien

National Security Advisor says Beijing must work with U.S. to push North Korea toward denuclearization

Jacob FromerJacob FromerFebruary 5, 2020
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No mention of North Korea in Trump’s third State of the Union Address

Speech departed from previous two addresses, both of which made prominent mention of DPRK issue

Jacob FromerJacob FromerFebruary 4, 2020
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Chinese grain shipments to North Korea rose in December, data shows

Chinese corn exports to DPRK jumped 362% from November to December

Jacob FromerJacob FromerFebruary 4, 2020
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State Department offers $2.4 million for human rights projects in North Korea

Projects should focus on information dissemination in DPRK, global awareness of human rights abuses, State Dept. says

Jacob FromerJacob FromerFebruary 1, 2020
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China’s imports, exports to North Korea grew in 2019: data

Rise in China-DPRK trade comes despite sweeping global sanctions targeting North Korea's economy

Jacob FromerJacob FromerJanuary 31, 2020
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At House hearing on Korea, U.S. official says China is enforcing UN sanctions

Lawmakers push back and question China's lax enforcement of UN Security Council sanctions

Jacob FromerJacob FromerJanuary 28, 2020
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North Korea “clearly” trying to build long-range, nuclear-capable missile: Esper

"We're conscious of what they're trying to do," the U.S. Secretary of Defense said on Friday

Jacob FromerJacob FromerJanuary 24, 2020
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In final months before UN worker ban, thousands of North Koreans went to Russia

New data published as Moscow admits it has not yet fully complied with UN rules on overseas DPRK laborers

Jacob FromerJacob FromerJanuary 24, 2020
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Citing nuclear North Korea, “Doomsday Clock” moves closer than ever to midnight

World is "sleepwalking its way through a newly unstable nuclear landscape," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists says

Jacob FromerJacob FromerJanuary 23, 2020
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