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Seoul praises legal change banning activist balloon launches toward North Korea
Unification ministry says amendment to aviation law no longer allows launches under 2 kg, amid crackdown on leafleting
December 4, 2025
Seoul boosts spending on inter-Korean cooperation, but guts human rights budget
Unification ministry focuses heavily on improving ties with North Korea, cutting spending on human rights by 97%
December 3, 2025
Seoul says it can release North Korean POWs when asked about ROK detainees
Top security official proposes repatriation after Lee Jae Myung says he’s unaware of South Koreans imprisoned in DPRK
December 3, 2025
North Korea in November 2025: A month in review and what’s ahead
An analytical look at the main developments from November 1 to November 30, 2025
December 3, 2025
Inside Russia’s system for disguising North Korean workers as student ‘trainees’
Documents seen by NK Pro detail how a recruitment firm and a college in Moscow bring in DPRK laborers despite sanctions
December 2, 2025
North Korea lauds ‘spirit’ of workers who built power plants under duress
An in-depth analysis of new state media propaganda on self-reliance, an urban development law and the sacrificial death
November 28, 2025
Russian language is now a mandatory subject in North Korean schools: minister
One expert says Russian was the dominant foreign language in North Korean schools before being replaced by English
November 28, 2025
Kim Jong Un says mega farm project chiefly about cultivating patriotic youth
North Korea frames worker dispatch to Sinuiju greenhouse farm as exercise in hardening spirits through ‘difficulties’
November 27, 2025
North Korea enjoys favorable weather to start winter farming season: FAO
But UN organization says rain during fall harvest may have led to crop losses, despite good summer growing conditions
November 27, 2025
Ask a North Korean: How does North Korea fight forest fires?
A defector writes about being mobilized to create firebreaks and how a lack of resources stifles fire response
