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The challenges of archiving North Korea’s volatile media – Ep. 336
Emil Boivin of the North Korean Archives and Library discusses his project to preserve DPRK media prone to disappearing
April 3, 2024
US, ROK and Japan hold nuclear bomber drills after North Korean missile launch
Seoul says first trilateral air drills of the year seek to deter DPRK’s ‘advancing nuclear and missile threats’
April 2, 2024
South Korea sanctions Russian ships over alleged arms shipments to North Korea
Seoul also designates Russian companies linked to DPRK’s deployment of overseas IT workers to earn money for regime
April 2, 2024
How North Korea’s obsession with racial purity informs its new stance on South
Kim regime has long claimed ethnic superiority and could use ROK’s multiculturalism to paint it as foreign enemy
April 2, 2024
In limbo: What’s next for North Korea sanctions after Russia vetoes UN watchdog
Last-minute deal to save Panel of Experts looks unlikely, and former members say any replacement would lack UN authority
April 1, 2024
Russia calls sanctions panel an ‘obedient tool’ of North Korea’s foes after veto
Moscow’s foreign ministry accuses West of killing UN Panel of Experts by rejecting Russian proposals for sunset clauses
April 1, 2024
Pro-North Korea friendship groups to gather in Pyongyang for first time in years
Delegates from UK, Russia, Hungary and Brazil among those expected to join Kim Il Sung birthday celebrations in April
March 29, 2024
Russia vetoes UN panel’s mandate to monitor North Korea sanctions
Panel of Experts set to dissolve later this year unless 11th-hour compromise can be reached
March 29, 2024
UN Security Council to vote on future of North Korea sanctions panel Thursday
Russia is expected to veto the extension of Panel of Experts’ mandate in New York, sources tell NK News
March 28, 2024
US, ROK sanction Russia and China-based targets funding North Korean nukes
Joint measures aim to curtail DPRK’s efforts to obtain foreign currency via overseas IT workers and blacklisted banks
March 28, 2024
