Shreyas Reddy is the Lead Correspondent at NK News, based in Seoul. He previously worked as a researcher at BBC Monitoring, where his work focused on news and key people and organizations from the Korean Peninsula, Japan, Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Follow him on Twitter.
Envoy Omar al-Faqih’s arrival comes as the DPRK continues vocal support for Palestinian positions and lambastes Israel
Proposal prioritizes anti-missile and coastal defenses in response to threats like DPRK’s hypersonic missiles
Record military funding, revived inter-Korean cooperation budgets highlight dual-track approach under Lee Jae-myung
Report finds AI tools like Claude allow DPRK to eliminate training ‘bottleneck’ and fast-track fundraising for regime
New designations part of coordinated actions with Seoul and Tokyo to curb DPRK activity in support of nuclear program
Former national security adviser says ‘maximum pressure’ needed to halt North Korea’s nuclear advances, not summits
Talk of owning land for bases suggests commitment to US military presence, but experts say proposal hasn’t a prayer
Leaders vow closer trilateral coordination with Washington at first meeting, sparking fierce response from Pyongyang
First congressional report of kind singles out forced repatriation of escapees and exploitation of DPRK laborers
State media says recent multilateral drills in Pacific will provoke ‘resistance and retaliation’ within the region
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