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North Korea says US should ‘not expect’ dialogue due to latest sanctions
DPRK foreign ministry official vows 'patience' in face of Washington's 'hostile' pressure
North Korea is preparing for potential summit with US, Seoul’s spy agency says
NIS tells lawmakers a Kim-Trump meeting is highly likely after March, DPRK getting ready to send more troops to Russia
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
