Shows / NK News – North Korea News
NK News – North Korea News
Breaking North Korea News, Opinion, Culture & Curiosities + Professional, Academic & Student resources on North Korea / DPRK
Episodes
- NK News – North Korea News
North Korea bans smoking while driving, jaywalking, walking pets without collar
North Korean media this week has promoted a sweeping revision to traffic laws that bans smoking while driving, jaywalking and walking pets without a collar…
- NK News – North Korea News
Bus carrying 30 North Koreans crashes in western Russia: Reports
A bus carrying around 30 suspected North Korean workers crashed in western Russia on Monday, according to reports. Police in the city of Nizhny Novgorod…
- NK News – North Korea News
Singapore’s top diplomat to visit North Korea before talks in South
Singapore’s top diplomat is scheduled to visit North Korea on Tuesday, two days before talks with his South Korean counterpart in Seoul, according to the…
- NK News – North Korea News
North Korea fires multiple close-range ballistic missiles westward: Seoul
North Korea launched “various projectiles” including a close-range ballistic missile from the northwestern part of the country into the Yellow Sea on Tuesday…
- NK News – North Korea News
China tight-lipped about Xi Jinping’s reported plans to visit North Korea
China has remained tight-lipped about leader Xi Jinping’s potential visit to North Korea, following reports that it could take place as early as this week. At…
- NK News – North Korea News
Families of South Koreans detained in North launch group to advocate for release
Family members of South Koreans detained in North Korea for over a decade have established a new association to advocate for their release, amid renewed…
- NK News – North Korea News
North Korean soccer team defeats Japan to win women’s championship
A Pyongyang-based women’s soccer team defeated a Japanese opponent 1-0 to clinch the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women’s Champions League title over the…
- NK News – North Korea News
Why military strikes on North Korea’s nuke program would have made things worse
The U.S. war with Iran has raised questions about whether America’s bombing campaign can truly eliminate Iranian nuclear facilities, reawakening a debate about…
- NK News – North Korea News
North Korea to convene major party meeting on ‘important issues’ in late June
North Korea will convene a major party meeting in late June to review the implementation of annual plans and “a series of important issues,” state media…
- NK News – North Korea News
North Korea’s chance to win $1 million soccer prize may come with caveats
A North Korean soccer club’s victory in a rare inter-Korean match earlier this week set the stage for a shot at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women’s…
- NK News – North Korea News
Russian researchers begin oil and gas exploration off North Korea’s east coast
Russian researchers have kicked off a maritime expedition in search of gas and oil on North Korea’s shelf in the Sea of Japan (East Sea), official documents…
- NK News – North Korea News
Ask a North Korean: How do North Koreans deal with trash and recycling?
“Ask a North Korean” is an NK News series featuring interviews with and columns by North Korean defectors, most of whom left the DPRK within the last few…
- NK News – North Korea News
New book details uneasy lives of North Korea’s privileged but powerless
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article incorrectly identified the title of Jieun Baek’s book. It is “Privileged but Powerless.” For…
- NK News – North Korea News
Cheering for two Koreas: How South Koreans welcomed the North in soccer clash
Choi Seon-hee sat in the pouring rain at the Suwon Sports Complex on a cold Wednesday evening, watching something that hadn’t happened in South Korea in…
- NK News – North Korea News
Andrei Lankov on DPRK’s new doctrine – North Korea Unpacked with Jacco Zwetsloot
In the first episode of North Korea Unpacked with Jacco Zwetsloot, Jacco sits down with Professor Andrei Lankov of Kookmin University and a director of Korea…
- NK News – North Korea News
Putin and Xi reject ‘foreign pressure’ on North Korea after Beijing summit
The Russian and Chinese presidents have pledged to shield North Korea from sanctions and military pressure, according to a joint statement released after their…
- NK News – North Korea News
South Korean soccer team loses to North Korea 2-1 on home turf
North Korea’s Naegohyang Women’s Football Club defeated South Korea’s Suwon FC Women 2-1 in a rare inter-Korean sporting matchup Wednesday to advance to the…
- NK News – North Korea News
South Korea conducts major air drills amid scrutiny over North Korea posture
South Korea’s air force is conducting live-fire drills over the Yellow Sea this week after the military pushed back against a news report suggesting it had…
- NK News – North Korea News
Two Koreas, one game: How the inter-Korean rivalry plays out in women’s soccer
For decades, the Korean Peninsula’s deep divide has been measured in missiles, ideology and military standoffs. But on football pitches across Asia, another…
- NK News – North Korea News
North Korea’s Russian pork imports surge in first 4 months of 2026
North Korea has increased imports of Russian pork products so far this year, new data shows, as Moscow and Pyongyang expand trade in agricultural goods…
- NK News – North Korea News
Parades, panaceas and a sunken ship: North Korea-Russia cooperation grows
This week on the NK News Podcast, Data Correspondent Anton Sokolin talks about the expanding North Korea-Russia relationship — from military pageantry in…
- NK News – North Korea News
Lee, Takaichi agree to join hands to restore peace on Korean Peninsula
The leaders of South Korea and Japan discussed efforts to restore peace on the Korean Peninsula on Tuesday in a summit that primarily focused on energy supply…
- NK News – North Korea News
Seoul ministry acknowledges two state ‘reality’ with North Korea
Seoul released a report Monday that for the first time recognized the “de facto two states” of the peninsula, signaling a tonal shift from the previous…
- NK News – North Korea News
Russian jet lands at North Korean resort city after flurry of official visits
A Russian military aircraft landed at North Korea’s resort town of Wonsan on Monday, aviation data and satellite imagery showed, marking Russia’s third jet…
- NK News – North Korea News
North Korea’s trade with China hits highest monthly total in over 8 years
North Korea’s trade with China surged to its highest monthly level in more than eight years in April, official data showed, with an expert attributing the…
- NK News – North Korea News
North Korean soccer team appears in rare press conference before game in South
Members of a North Korean women’s soccer team appeared before foreign news reporters in a rare press conference Tuesday in Suwon city, South Korea, ahead of…
- NK News – North Korea News
North Korean officials tour drone operator training facility in Russian Far East
North Korean officials toured a key facility for training drone operators in Russia’s Far East on Friday, local authorities reported, amid efforts to boost…
- NK News – North Korea News
North Korean soccer team trounces Japan to win fifth U-17 Women’s Asian Cup
North Korea continued its regional dominance in women’s youth soccer by winning the U-17 Women’s Asian Cup on Sunday, trouncing Japan 5-1 to defend its title…
- NK News – North Korea News
US, China to work on denuclearizing North Korea: White House
The leaders of the U.S. and China have agreed to jointly work toward the denuclearization of North Korea, according to the White House, following President…
- NK News – North Korea News
Kim Jong Un demands military turn border with South into ‘impregnable fortress’
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un convened all military commanding officers for a special meeting on Sunday where he demanded improvements to training systems…
- NK News – North Korea News
North Korean women’s soccer team arrives in South for inter-Korean game
A North Korean women’s soccer team arrived in South Korea on Sunday ahead of a highly anticipated inter-Korean match, the first time in almost eight years a…
- NK News – North Korea News
Trump says U.S. in contact with Kim Jong Un amid China state visit
U.S. President Donald Trump said he has kept in touch with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un while wrapping up his two-day state visit to China on Friday and…
- NK News – North Korea News
South Korea to kick off ‘Taegeuk’ exercise aimed at mitigating North’s threats
South Korea’s military will conduct its annual Taegeuk command post exercise next week to strengthen crisis management capabilities against North Korean…
- NK News – North Korea News
North Korean ginseng wonder drug set to reenter Russia: records
North Korea is set to continue exporting a cure-all drug touted as a treatment for cancer and other ailments to Russia in a likely sanctions breach, export…
- NK News – North Korea News
North Korea ordered to pay $70,300 in damages to five Korean War-era POWs
A Seoul court on Thursday ordered North Korea and its leader Kim Jong Un to pay 21 million won ($14,060) to each of the five former South Korean prisoners of…
- NK News – North Korea News
Top diplomats of North Korea and Vietnam vow to boost exchanges and cooperation
North Korea and Vietnam pledged to deepen cooperation across multiple sectors during foreign minister talks in Pyongyang on Wednesday, as Hanoi’s dispatch of a…
- NK News – North Korea News
How North Korea recycles propaganda to engrave its messaging in people’s minds
Under Kim Jong Un’s rule, North Korea has made strides to improve the quality and diversity of its propaganda output, seeking to appeal in particular to youth…
- NK News – North Korea News
Russian travelers to North Korea fall to 2-year low in first quarter
Russian visits to North Korea slumped to a two-year low in the first quarter of the year, official border data showed, as Moscow continues to withhold…
- NK News – North Korea News
U.N. human rights chief makes first trip to South Korea in 11 years
The U.N.’s human rights chief on Tuesday visited South Korea for the first time in 11 years, warning that Seoul must ensure diplomatic engagement with…
- NK News – North Korea News
How the US can break its cycle with North Korea through forced transparency
Editor’s note: The following article is an opinion piece by Ki-ho Han, a research professor at the Ajou Institute of Unification Studies. Views expressed in…
- NK News – North Korea News
Why the ‘most probable flashpoint’ in Korean waters is unlikely to be resolved
North Korea’s reported move to redefine its territory in a revised constitution has formalized a political reality that Pyongyang has advocated in recent…
- NK News – North Korea News
ROK air force denies live-fire reduction is linked to diplomacy with North
South Korea’s military pushed back against a local media report claiming it had drastically reduced live-fire training exercises and rejected suggestions the…
- NK News – North Korea News
ROK defense chief acknowledges gap with US over command of DPRK wartime response
South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back acknowledged Tuesday that Seoul and Washington hold “slightly different” views on the timeline and conditions for…
- NK News – North Korea News
Russian ship that sank near Spain carried nuclear parts, likely to DPRK: reports
A Russian shadow vessel that sank off Spain’s coast in late 2024 likely carried nuclear reactor parts possibly en route to North Korea, new official documents…
- NK News – North Korea News
Kim Jong Un calls for modernizing small arms production at latest factory tour
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un toured “several” weapons plants producing small arms, artillery shells and nuclear missiles on Monday, according to state…
- NK News – North Korea News
Seoul unveils controversial $15 million Korean War memorial in city center
A monument honoring troops from 22 nations that fought under the U.N. Command banner against North Korea during the 1950-53 Korean War was officially unveiled…
- NK News – North Korea News
North Korea warns citizens of hantavirus danger and overseas outbreak
North Korea on Monday warned citizens of the dangers of the hantavirus after the fatal outbreak aboard the Dutch-flagged cruise ship in the South Atlantic…
- NK News – North Korea News
Borders, nukes and welfare: Inside North Korea’s purported constitution
This week’s NK News Podcast looks at a newly revealed document that appears to show how North Korea amended its constitution to redefine relations with South…
- NK News – North Korea News
UK sanctions North Korean Songdowon camp over indoctrination of Ukrainian youth
The U.K. has slapped sanctions on North Korea’s largest international children’s camp in a broader move targeting dozens of Russia-tied entities and…
- NK News – North Korea News
North Korean workers see significant wage increase, benefits in China: report
Rising demand for North Korean labor in Russia has sharply increased wages for North Korean workers in China, according to a South Korean researcher. More than…
- NK News – North Korea News
US court clears way for vote on moving $71M in crypto stolen by North Korea
A U.S. federal judge has cleared the way for a vote to transfer tens of millions of dollars in cryptocurrency to services impacted by a recent cyberattack…
- NK News – North Korea News
Pyongyang’s journey from ‘Jerusalem of the East’ to Kim cult capital
Before Pyongyang became the capital of North Korea’s cult of personality, it was known to missionaries as the “Jerusalem of the East.” Jonathan Cheng’s Korean…
- NK News – North Korea News
North Korean soldiers parade in Moscow for first time as Kim Jong Un skips event
North Korean soldiers for the first time marched through Moscow’s Red Square in a subdued Victory Day parade on Saturday, honoring Pyongyang’s deployment to…
- NK News – North Korea News
Researchers develop AI medical tool for North Korean defectors
Seoul National University (SNU) researchers have developed an artificial intelligence tool to help North Korean defectors navigate South Korean hospitals by…
- NK News – North Korea News
North Korea says it will deploy new nuclear-armed warship in ‘mid-June’
North Korea declared it will deploy the first of its largest modern class of warships in mid-June following its first extended navigation test off the west…
- NK News – North Korea News
North Korea says it’s not bound by NPT, rejects denuclearization
North Korea is not bound by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) under any circumstances, the country’s permanent representative to the U.N. said…
- NK News – North Korea News
Putin secretly awarded North Korean generals in charge of Kursk fighting
Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded medals to North Korean commanders in charge of Pyongyang’s troop deployment in an unreported ceremony late last year…
- NK News – North Korea News
Seoul says North Korea constitution revision won’t change peace policy
South Korea’s Blue House said Thursday it remains committed to its “peaceful coexistence” policy with North Korea, a day after the release of a document…
- NK News – North Korea News
US ‘laptop farmers’ get jail time for aiding DPRK IT workers scam local firms
U.S. federal courts have imposed 18-month prison sentences on two American citizens for running laptop farms and helping North Korean information technology…
- NK News – North Korea News
North Korea’s amended constitution redefines borders, but remains vague: source
North Korea’s amended constitution has demarcated new territorial boundaries on the peninsula, effectively formalizing the separation from the South, according…