May 10, 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.

Features

Race to freedom: New escape room simulates experience of North Korea defection

First-of-its-kind installation in Seoul uses interactive storytelling to raise awareness about DPRK human rights

Ifang BremerIfang Bremer | Lina ParkNovember 15, 2023
News

US, ROK, Japan to kick off info sharing on North Korean missiles next month

Announcement comes as Seoul and Washington revise strategy for deterring DPRK nukes for first time in decade

Jeongmin KimJeongmin Kim | Lina ParkNovember 13, 2023
Analysis

‘Son of the army’: North Korea holds up infant as future soldier for Kim Jong Un

TV program profiles boy delivered by army medics during pandemic, in propaganda campaign to shore up support for regime

Lina ParkLina Park | Seung-Yeon ChungNovember 7, 2023
News

US-ROK forces hold drill on ‘neutralizing’ North Korean attack on border islands

Large-scale maritime drill in Yellow Sea is ‘essential’ to address emerging threats, expert says

Jeongmin KimJeongmin Kim | Lina ParkOctober 26, 2023
News

US lawmaker urges action over import of seafood processed by North Koreans

Report finds that DPRK laborers illegally working in China continue to process seafood that ends up in US

Lina ParkLina ParkOctober 25, 2023
Analysis

Why some North Korean defectors don’t want exemption from ROK military service

South Korea considering mandatory conscription for escapees, and experts say it could help defectors integrate into ROK

Lina ParkLina ParkOctober 23, 2023
Features

A North Korean defector’s long journey from prison to the halls of academia

Kim Seong-ryeol tells NK News how he escaped the DPRK twice and became the first defector to work as an ROK professor

Lina ParkLina ParkOctober 18, 2023
News

China accuses Canadian plane of ‘intruding’ during North Korea sanctions mission

Beijing’s claim comes after Ottawa said Chinese jets harassed its surveillance aircraft in international airspace

Joon Ha ParkJoon Ha Park | Lina ParkOctober 18, 2023
News

North Korea shines light on teacher protests in Seoul in bid to smear South

Experts say propaganda focusing on social unrest seeks to capitalize on Yoon’s unpopularity and paint ROK as backward

Lina ParkLina ParkOctober 5, 2023
Analysis

How unification ministry overhaul could entrench militaristic North Korea policy

Experts raise concerns about eliminating departments focused on inter-Korean peace, though some call changes necessary

Jeongmin KimJeongmin Kim | Joon Ha Park | Lina ParkSeptember 1, 2023