Rob York is director for regional affairs at the Pacific Forum. He previously worked as a production editor for The South China Morning Post and chief editor of NK News. He is also a Ph.D. candidate in Korean history at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Party bigwig recommends ban on most financial transactions in absence of abductee negotiations progress
Unification Ministry says bilateral, multilateral diplomatic measures pursued to free four prisoners, declines to add specifics
As inter-Korean trade remains banned, Park suggests inter-city ventures
Sources say buildup of regular forces looks to be a long-term development following recent killings
Detentions, forced labor constitute violations of Geneva Conventions, lawyers' organization notes
Recent hacking allegations by South Korean media to distract from 'crime' of causing outbreak, state organ says
First voting for municipal, county, provincial committees since Kim Jong Un took power in late 2011
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