Interview: How North Korean defector Jihyun Park found happiness in the UK
Of all the thousands of candidates standing in the U.K.’s recent local elections, few had a backstory as unique as Jihyun Park. Escaping North Korea twice under difficult circumstances, and only being...
View ArticleUS overlooks information campaigns as option to deter North Korea: Expert
The U.S. “doesn’t get” information operations against North Korea, and South Korea is ill-equipped to fight a war that could involve DPRK tactical nuclear weapons, the defense researcher Bruce Bennett...
View ArticleA North Korean defector blazes her own trail as an artist in Seoul: Interview
A recent art exhibition in North Korea to mark the Day of Anti-U.S. Struggle featured a mix of propaganda posters and realistic paintings of alleged U.S. atrocities, including of an American soldier...
View ArticleInterview: Seoul’s new North Korea human rights envoy stresses accountability
Holding Pyongyang accountable for abuses should be a priority when addressing North Korea human rights, Seoul’s new envoy for international cooperation on DPRK human rights told NK News in an exclusive...
View ArticleInterview: UN human rights envoy says ‘we cannot abandon’ North Korean people
The international community “cannot abandon” the North Korean people simply because efforts to date have failed to improve the human rights situation in the country, the U.N. special envoy on DPRK...
View ArticleInterview: How the UK’s first envoy in North Korea fought for internet access
North Korea has always been a difficult country to engage with diplomatically. The regime’s ideology of self-reliance means that it views foreigners with suspicion, and engagement has only become more...
View ArticleInterview: How North Korean defector Timothy Cho became a believer in democracy
As a North Korean defector, Timothy Cho followed a path into British politics that was far from typical. His parents fled the DPRK when he was a boy and left him an orphan whom the state branded a...
View ArticleInterview: How the wife of a North Korean diplomat convinced him to defect
Tae Yong-ho, a diplomat at the North Korean Embassy in London, made global headlines when he defected in 2016, becoming one of the highest-level officials to do so. He is now a member of South Korea’s...
View ArticleRussian ambassador rejects reports of famine in North Korea, corpses on streets
The Russian Embassy in North Korea has not observed an increase in beggars in Pyongyang or dead bodies lying in the streets, the country’s ambassador has told NK News, dismissing claims featured in a...
View ArticleInterview: John Bolton skewers Biden’s ‘do nothing’ approach to North Korea
In an exclusive interview with NK News, former U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton criticized Washington’s attempts to engage with North Korea over the years, assessing that Pyongyang has...
View ArticleInterview: How a North Korean defector’s daring escape led him to ROK politics
When Park Choong-kwon made the decision to flee North Korea, he had no idea where his risky attempt to escape would lead, only that he could not stay in the country he had always called home. Fifteen...
View ArticleInterview: Former head of Kaesong group still hopes for inter-Korean cooperation
The Kaesong Industrial Complex has seen its fair share of ups and downs as relations between North and South Korea fluctuated over the years, but Seoul’s recent move to dissolve the foundation...
View ArticleInterview: Depicting the inequalities of North Korean army life in film
Jung Haneul was a North Korean soldier on the frontlines with South Korea when he decided to escape, making a high-stakes journey across the inter-Korean border in search of freedom and a better life....
View ArticleBurgers and booze: A Russian man recalls his time at North Korean summer camp
A group of Russian nationals are gearing up to become the first tourists to enter the DPRK since it closed its borders in early 2020. The trip aligns with the ongoing cooperation between Russia and...
View ArticleInterview: Human rights envoy says US isn’t just ‘wagging finger’ at North Korea
The U.S. is not just “wagging its finger” at North Korea over human rights but is willing to discuss America’s human rights record with Pyongyang as well, the U.S. special envoy for North Korean human...
View ArticleRussian tourists share their impressions of North Korea after rare four-day trip
Nearly a hundred Russian tourists visited North Korea earlier this month, becoming the first foreign travelers to enter the country in years. Now two of the travelers who joined the tour have shared...
View ArticleWhy a private US citizen decided to take down North Korea’s internet on his own
It only took one man to shut down North Korea’s internet in one fell swoop and expose the country’s frail digital infrastructure in early 2022, but the mysterious figure behind the attacks now says the...
View ArticleAt rock bottom: Moon Chung-in surveys the ruins of North Korea diplomacy
Tensions on the Korean Peninsula took a turn for the worse this week when North Korea launched hundreds of balloons transporting a nasty surprise for residents in the South — garbage and manure —...
View ArticleWhy it may take a crisis to unlock the US-North Korea nuclear stalemate
U.S.-North Korea relations are approaching their lowest point in decades, with no official talks between the two countries since the end of the Trump administration. Inter-Korean ties are at a similar...
View ArticleArchitect of 2018 military agreement with North Korea reflects on deal’s demise
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol formally suspended the 2018 inter-Korean military agreement earlier this week in response to North Korea’s trash balloon and rocket salvo. This move effectively...
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