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US aircraft carrier sails into ROK port as allies pledge to deter North Korea
Deployment of US carrier strike group follows high-level alliance talks and marks second such visit this year
November 5, 2025
How North Korea impacted the APEC summit from afar
The NK News team unpacks Trump’s visit to Korea, Lee Jae-myung’s diplomacy and how Pyongyang responded
November 4, 2025
Kim Yong Nam, North Korea’s former nominal head of state, dies at 97
As head of rubber-stamp parliament, Kim represented the regime on world stage for decades, avoiding frequent purges
November 4, 2025
Russia agrees to train North Korean doctors, supply medicines under new deal
Agreement to expand bilateral health care cooperation comes as joint economic commission meets in Pyongyang
November 3, 2025
Lee Jae-myung asks China’s Xi to support denuclearization of North Korea
But Beijing’s readout of summit talks makes no mention of DPRK, suggesting little appetite for pressuring Pyongyang
November 3, 2025
North Korea in October 2025: A month in review and what’s ahead
An analytical look at the main developments from October 1 to October 31, 2025
November 3, 2025
New Zealand sends plane to monitor North Korean sanctions evasion from Japan
P-8A Poseidon long-range patrol aircraft will track illicit ship-to-ship transfers in second such mission this year
November 3, 2025
Defectors give harrowing accounts of North Korea’s neglect of disabled citizens
Participants in Seoul seminar share stories of infanticide, forced sterilization and collapse of DPRK’s medical system
October 31, 2025
North Korea breaks silence on Japan’s Takaichi, slamming her as a warmonger
An in-depth analysis of commentary on Tokyo’s ‘right-wing’ shift, Pyongyang’s fall trade fair and orphan volunteers
October 31, 2025
Foreign ministers of North Korea, Belarus agree to expand ties ‘in all areas’
Minsk reports two sides also discussed ‘future contacts,’ possibly preparing for Lukashenko to visit Pyongyang
October 31, 2025
