North Korea foreign policy encompasses Pyongyang’s diplomatic posture, international negotiations, and strategic relationships with major powers including China, Russia, and the United States. Daily NK tracks North Korea foreign policy developments through its network of in-country sources and regional analysts, covering summits, sanctions diplomacy, multilateral talks, and the Kim regime’s evolving approach to the outside world. For bilateral coverage see our dedicated tags on Sino-North Korean relations, inter-Korean relations, North Korea-Russia relations, and US-North Korean relations.
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N. Korea’s new foreign minister Ri Son Gwon: just a figurehead?
In a major reshuffle of senior leadership, North Korea recently appointed Ri Son Gwon, former chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of...
Kim Jong Un urges wartime readiness after Soleimani killing
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged his military to adopt a stance of "wartime readiness" on Jan. 4, following the US assassination of...
North Korea delays agricultural workers conference
North Korea has postponed an agricultural workers conference originally scheduled to be held in Pyongyang this month to January next year, sources revealed on...
Sources: New Yalu River Bridge may open next year
Daily NK sources recently confirmed that construction resumed on the North Korean road leading to the New Yalu River Bridge, which links Sinuiju to...
Is China’s policy toward female N. Korean defectors changing?
Daily NK learned recently that Chinese police investigated a group of female defectors from North Korea rather than deporting them back to North Korea...
N. Korea bolsters combat readiness of elite military unit
On Dec. 7, a special education session was reportedly provided to the “Storm Corps,” an elite military unit tasked with the infiltration of South...
N. Korea is moving closer to achieving its “strategic position”
North Korea is again raising the stakes. Having urged a change in the US denuclearization calculus in the runup to their “end-of-the-year” deadline for...
N. Korea dispatches more workers into China despite sanctions
North Korean authorities have dispatched even greater numbers of workers to China with less than a month left until all North Korean workers abroad...
China’s government frets about N. Korea’s nukes, expert says
Following the breakdown of negotiations between North Korea and the US in Stockholm, Sweden, at the beginning of October, some foreign media outlets speculated...
Daily NK snapshots from North Korea
Daily NK snapshots are summaries of select articles from our Korean website. Snapshots are written by our staff and are aimed at putting even...
