Tag: west sea
N. Korea’s challenge to the NLL
North Korea has intensified efforts to nullify the Northern Limit Line (NLL) through strategic moves that signal a fundamental shift in maritime boundary claims....
N. Korea discharges uranium waste into waters flowing to S. Korea
North Korea operates a critical uranium refining facility in North Hwanghae province's Pyongsan county that serves as a critical link in its nuclear weapons...
N. Korea’s Yesong River power plants and carbon credit challenges
During a National Assembly Diplomatic and Unification Committee audit on Oct. 13, 2017, a lawmaker asked the South Korean government, "North Korea is secretly...
North Korea upgrades naval office to strategic combat agency
North Korea has begun reorganizing its Naval Hydrographic Office into a combat-oriented strategic operations agency following orders from leader Kim Jong Un to strengthen...
N. Korea to transport new destroyer across seas to bolster east...
North Korea intends to transport its newly launched 5,000-ton destroyer from Nampo Shipyard to the East Sea via barge, where it will join the...
North Korea’s imports of oil from China and Russia are going...
North Korea is increasing oil supplies to naval units based in Nampo and Nason as the nation imports massive amounts of petroleum from China...
N. Korea places western and eastern coast maritime patrol units on...
North Korean military authorities ordered units patrolling the maritime military demarcation line (MDL) off the country's eastern and western coasts to adopt "top combat...
Kim Jong Un orders military to “rigorously” handle violations of territorial...
A Daily NK military source has reported that the day after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un apologized for the shooting of a South...