Inter-Korean
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How North Korea’s Kim rulers manage elites to guarantee regime survival
Edward Goldring and Peter Ward discuss the tools autocrats use to consolidate power during leadership transitions
July 24, 2025
Kim Jong Un tests ‘combat deployment’ readiness at artillery drills
Drills feature anti-South Korea war tactics but come amid North’s deployment to help Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
July 24, 2025
North Korean scholar separated from family in South reappears in state media
Essay by Rim Soon Ung appears to confirm he is alive, 25 years after he met his siblings in Seoul
July 23, 2025
North Korean ChatGPT, renaming the unification ministry and Seoul’s main enemy
NK News’ Joon Ha Park discusses a flurry of hearings for ROK ministry nominees and what they had to say about the DPRK
July 22, 2025
North Korea issues heavy rain warnings for border areas hit by floods last year
Northern provinces forecast to receive up to 12 inches of rain through Tuesday amid focus on disaster prevention
July 21, 2025
Seoul’s spy agency reportedly suspends radio, TV broadcasts into North Korea
Experts say move, if confirmed, would cut off another key source of outside information for the DPRK people
July 21, 2025
ROK foreign minister pick pledges to work to resume dialogue with North Korea
At confirmation, Cho Hyun emphasizes strengthening ties with US and Japan while seeking neighbors’ support for peace
July 17, 2025
Labor minister nominee faces backlash over views on North Korea, attempted visit
South Korean opposition sharply questions Kim Young-hoon over whether the DPRK is the South’s ‘main enemy’
July 16, 2025
Defense minister nominee vows to pursue OPCON transfer amid North Korea threats
Ahn Gyu-back pledges to complete transition under President Lee, while identifying Pyongyang as the South’s ‘enemy’
July 15, 2025
North Korea now operating three semiconductor plants, ROK minister nominee says
Chung Dongyoung reveals existence of two new factories, while stating DPRK may be developing own version of ChatGPT
July 15, 2025
