May 09, 2024

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Lina Park

Lina Park

Lina Park is a news trainee at NK News. She previously researched North Korean human rights issues at Hanvoice and South Korean foreign relations at the Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada.

Analysis

Deciphering reports of North Korean workers’ strike in Chinese textile factories

Experts weigh in on whether large-scale action took place and how years of unpaid wages could have sparked a backlash

Ifang BremerIfang Bremer | Lina ParkJanuary 29, 2024
Interviews

Interview: Depicting the inequalities of North Korean army life in film

DPRK escapee Jung Haneul discusses how he drew on his own experiences in the military to craft his directorial debut

Lina ParkLina ParkJanuary 19, 2024
News

US, ROK and Japan hold largest-ever joint naval drills to deter North Korea

Three-day exercise featuring nine ships comes as DPRK appears to be reasserting territorial claims in Yellow Sea

Alannah HillAlannah Hill | Lina ParkJanuary 17, 2024
News

South Korean military rings in new year with drills against North Korea

Army conducts live-fire drills in border areas, while navy holds exercises on countering enemy submarines

Lina ParkLina ParkJanuary 3, 2024
News

North Korea likely to carry out ‘provocations’ around US and ROK elections: NIS

Seoul’s spy agency says historical patterns and DPRK’s defense posture point to military and cyber activity in new year

Joon Ha ParkJoon Ha Park | Lina ParkDecember 29, 2023
News

South Korean naval conscript indicted for spreading North Korean propaganda

Sailor also charged with leaking classified information to Chinese contact, facing up to 17 years in prison

Jeongmin KimJeongmin Kim | Lina ParkDecember 20, 2023
News

North Korean defector arrested in Vietnam faces repatriation to China: Activists

Justice for North Korea says 38-year-old woman was arrested last month, accusing Seoul of doing little to help her

Ifang BremerIfang Bremer | Lina ParkDecember 15, 2023
News

ROK police investigating defectors for sending money to family in North Korea

Defector leader says probes have caused confusion among escapees, who have long been able to send funds through brokers

Ifang BremerIfang Bremer | Lina ParkNovember 28, 2023
News

Panmunjom tours to resume this week, four months after Travis King crossing

Seoul says only South Koreans will be able to join tours to village bordering North Korea for now

Lina ParkLina ParkNovember 21, 2023
Features

Voice to the voiceless: Exhibit highlights suppression of speech in North Korea

Newly opened North Korean Human Rights Museum holds up testimonies of defectors on abuses suffered under the Kim regime

Joon Ha ParkJoon Ha Park | Lina ParkNovember 17, 2023