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Heat wave deaths mount in N. Korea’s agricultural regions
Daily NK
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July 22, 2025
A string of recent deaths in North Korea’s rural areas has been linked to extreme heat during weeding operations. According to a source in South Hwanghae province recently, a man in his 50s from Jaeryong county and a woman in her 60s from Goksan...
Health minister nominee's confirmation hearing report passed as PPP boycotts committee
Korea JoungAng Daily
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July 21, 2025
Published: 21 Jul. 2025, 17:36 Health minister nominee Jeong Eun-kyeong answers questions from lawmakers during her confirmation hearing at the National Assembly’s Health and Welfare Committee in western Seoul on July 18. [JOONGANG ILBO] Health...
From propaganda to passion: N. Korean TV show mimics K-drama to fend off banned media from the South
The Straits Times
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July 19, 2025
SEOUL – A new North Korean television drama has drawn attention for its plot and characters that are more reminiscent of K-dramas produced in South Korea – a soft-power phenomenon that Pyongyang has been trying to curb within its shores. Just like...
North Korea praises medical students for donating own skin to infant burn victim
NK News
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July 18, 2025
An in-depth analysis of a ‘touching’ health care tale, criticism of B-52 drill, enemy wreckage and a hagiographic play Students and medical workers of Kanggye University of Medicine with Kang Eun Chong, a child who suffered severe burns | Image:...
N. Korean women drive booming cross-border trade in Chinese jewelry
Daily NK
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July 18, 2025
Smugglers in North Hamgyong province have been working overtime importing accessories from China this summer, driven by surging demand among young people who are eager to accessorize their lighter summer outfits. The accessories trade has become...
N. Korean women skip maternity leave to keep well-paying jobs
Daily NK
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July 17, 2025
While North Korean law guarantees maternity leave, many women prefer returning to work soon after giving birth. New mothers are unable to take full advantage of these benefits for various reasons, including the need to make a living. “While...
‘North Korea is now a more important ally for Russia than Iran or China’
Yahoo News
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wept as he threw himself over the coffin of a soldier draped in the national flag, one of six or so who were lined up in a row. Photographs of him mourning were shown at a gala performance at a theatre in Pyongyang...
Expert Explains North Korea's Fiery Comeback from Isolation
JAPAN Forward
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July 17, 2025
North Korea's economy is rebounding. Just a few years ago, the reclusive regime was reeling from pandemic lockdowns and biting international sanctions. But after three consecutive years of contraction, the tide turned in 2023. North Korea's real...
N. Korean uranium plant ramps up operations under cover of darkness
Daily NK
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July 15, 2025
Daily NK has obtained critical intelligence about North Korea’s uranium processing facility in Pyongsan, located in North Hwanghae province. According to sources, North Korea is well aware that the international community monitors its major...
China’s Cultural Offensive: How Beijing Is Quietly Reshaping North Korea
The Diplomat
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July 15, 2025
As the United States steps back from promoting democracy in North Korea through information campaigns, China is seizing this strategic opportunity to fill the void. Through a sophisticated approach spanning technology, media, education, and...
Responding to a deepening military alliance between North Korea and Russia
Korea JoungAng Daily
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July 15, 2025
Published: 16 Jul. 2025, 00:04 Doo Jin‑ho The author is the director of the Eurasia Research Center at the Korea National Strategy Institute Ties between North Korea and Russia are increasingly resembling a “blood alliance forged through...
Why Your Team Sucks 2025: Tennessee Titans
Defector
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July 22, 2025
Some people are fans of the Tennessee Titans. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Tennessee Titans. This 2025 Defector NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here. Your team: The Tennessee...
Chinese recruiter flaunts dispatch of North Korean workers despite UN sanctions
NK News
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July 15, 2025
A Chinese human resource agency is openly advertising its recruitment of North Korean workers for both domestic and multinational corporations, despite U.N. sanctions aimed at stopping Pyongyang from using overseas labor to fund its nuclear...
The Book That All Americans Should Be Reading Now
ZME Science
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July 22, 2025
Nations fail because of their institutions, write Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson. The two should know. Along with Simon Johnson, they were awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for their groundbreaking work on why some nations thrive while...
North Korea’s first-ever quintuplets named to honor supreme leader
Korea JoungAng Daily
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July 10, 2025
Published: 10 Jul. 2025, 21:18 Quintuplets, three girls and two boys, born to mother Pak Kyong-sim and her husband, Son Chung-hyo, are seen at a maternity clinic in Pyongyang, in this undated photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central...
N. Korean teachers skip mandatory indoctrination sessions, face public criticism
Daily NK
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July 10, 2025
"Five-minute indoctrination" sessions — conducted daily by whoever teaches the first class — teach students loyalty to the ruling party and North Korea's leadership North Korean authorities have emphasized the importance of ideological...
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Bangladesh air force jet crash: Should the ageing Chinese F-7 fighter still be flying?
Firstpost
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July 22, 2025
A Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) fighter aircraft crashed into a school building in Dhaka on Monday (July 21, 2025), killing 27 people — including 25 schoolchildren — and injuring over 100 others. The incident has drawn attention to the safety record...
N. Korea elevates chemical weapons as strategic deterrent
Daily NK
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July 9, 2025
North Korea is elevating chemical weapons to serve as strategic weapons alongside nuclear weapons and systematically developing them as battlefield weapons in preparation for a full-scale war. Internal military documents reveal that chemical...
N. Korean students mobilized for military airfield work
Daily NK
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July 9, 2025
Students at a senior middle school in Taechon county, North Pyongan province, are being mobilized en masse to clear weeds at a nearby Air Force airfield without access to basic supplies or proper medical care, raising serious concerns about the...
South Korea, US, Japan reaffirm 'resolute' commitment to complete denuclearization of North Korea
The Morung Express
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This photo, provided by South Korea's foreign ministry, shows (from L to R) Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice Foreign Minister Park Yoon-joo posing for a photo at the start of their meeting on...