Tag: sanctions
North Korea orders diplomats to lock in nuclear status, pursue multipolar...
North Korea's ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) issued a classified directive to senior foreign ministry officials in early April 2026 ordering them to...
Satellite imagery shows Yongbyon nuclear complex in active modernization phase
Recent satellite imagery and analysis by international monitoring organizations indicate that North Korea's Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center, the country's primary nuclear complex located...
North Korea resumes China transport links but clamps down on tourist...
North Korea resumed rail and air links with China in late March after a roughly six-year COVID-19 suspension, marking a significant development in North...
Pyongyang tells diplomats to drop denuclearization, push arms control instead
North Korea's government issued a strategic directive in late March ordering its foreign affairs and military officials to abandon denuclearization as a negotiating framework...
North Korea discharges soldiers early to send them to Russia as...
North Korea has been discharging soldiers early from active military service and sending them to Russia as overseas laborers, Daily NK has learned. Families...
North Korea courts Chinese fishing investment while preaching self-reliance
Despite publicly championing "self-reliance," North Korea has been quietly courting Chinese investment in its fishing and aquaculture sectors, dispatching officials to China's border regions...
North Korea-China trade grows, but new customs rules shut out small...
China's customs authorities have sharply tightened export requirements for North Korea-bound goods since the second half of last year. The new rules are squeezing...
How North Korea built its African empire of stone and steel
For decades, North Korea has generated foreign currency by designing and constructing commemorative monuments across Africa — statues, museums, and public memorials built for...
Built by Pyongyang: The North Korean company behind Africa’s most iconic...
North Korea has long relied on unconventional means to earn hard currency in the face of sweeping international sanctions that have effectively shut off...
Eased restrictions fuel optimism as North Korea’s crab season gets under...
North Korea appears to be allowing private individuals to go crabbing for the first time since the pandemic, with entrepreneurs flocking to the Yellow...
