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News North Korea Government: North Korea boosts Kim’s rising status as global statesman

Published on: Sunday 11 August 2019
North Korea boosts Kim’s rising status as global statesman
News source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/north-korea-boosts-kims-rising-status-as-global-statesman/2019/08/11/ec28041a-bc98-11e9-a8b0-7ed8a0d5dc5d_story.html

North Korea’s government has yet to weigh in on the change. “The constitutional revisions reinforce the shift Kim Jong Un has been trying to make away from the ‘military first’ politics of his ...

News North Korea Government: Japan uses trade restrictions as a weapon against South Korea

Published on: Saturday 20 July 2019
Japan uses trade restrictions as a weapon against South Korea
News source: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-07-21/japan-trade-restrictions-hit-south-korea

Japan placed restrictions on exports to South Korea of materials essential to its semiconductor industry amid an impasse between the two governments over reparations dating from World War II. It's part of a trend among some of the world's most powerful nations.

News North Korea Government: Harry Kazianis: Increased US-North Korea tensions could return them to brink of nuclear war

Published on: Sunday 21 July 2019
Harry Kazianis: Increased US-North Korea tensions could return them to brink of nuclear war
News source: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/harry-kazianis-north-korea-thinks-trump-broke-a-promise-to-them-heres-why-thats-a-problem

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un seems to believe that President Trump broke a promise. That's a big problem – and in the worse-case scenario, it could return the U.S. and the North to the brink of a catastrophic nuclear war.

News North Korea Government: U.S., South Korea exercise could drop 'alliance' from name, report says

Published on: Sunday 21 July 2019
U.S., South Korea exercise could drop 'alliance' from name, report says
News source: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2019/07/21/US-South-Korea-exercise-could-drop-alliance-from-name-report-says/2681563717950/

The report comes about a week after North Korea warned U.S.-South Korea military exercises ... The training would take place for three weeks. A South Korean government source told local paper Seoul ...

News North Korea Government: Former U.S. Marine in North Korean embassy raid is released ahead of extradition trial

Published on: Tuesday 16 July 2019
Former U.S. Marine in North Korean embassy raid is released ahead of extradition trial
News source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-marine-in-north-korean-embassy-raid-is-released-ahead-of-extradition-trial/2019/07/17/668268b2-a840-11e9-8733-48c87235f396_story.html

“The FBI has confirmed that the North Korean government has threatened his life,” reads the order by Rosenbluth. “He reasonably argues that because Spain has diplomatic relations with North Korea, he ...

News North Korea Government: Sanctions on Russia and North Korea Put Tiny Latvia in U.S. Cross Hairs

Published on: Wednesday 17 July 2019
Sanctions on Russia and North Korea Put Tiny Latvia in U.S. Cross Hairs
News source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/17/business/latvia-money-laundering.html

The government is an unstable alliance of five center-right ... who according to media reports is in Russia. The report also identified North Korea, which has a long history in Latvia, as an ABLV ...

News North Korea Government: Trump Is Running Out of Time to Denuclearize North Korea

Published on: Wednesday 17 July 2019
Trump Is Running Out of Time to Denuclearize North Korea
News source: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/07/trump-kim-north-korea-talks/594235/

One way the United States could partially ease sanctions is by granting exemptions for inter-Korean economic projects to reward North Korea for major concessions on its nuclear program—something the ...

News North Korea Government: Trump Has Been Unrealistic About His Talks With North Korea. Here's Why We Shouldn't Dismiss the Meetings Altogether

Published on: Monday 08 July 2019
Trump Has Been Unrealistic About His Talks With North Korea. Here's Why We Shouldn't Dismiss the Meetings Altogether
News source: https://time.com/5622347/ending-korean-war-dmz/

It isn’t a gift to North Korea or an endorsement of the government’s actions; peace is the means that allows us to achieve our goals. It is a necessary condition for normalization of relations ...

News North Korea Government: Why South Korea Is Sending $8 Million In Food Aid To North Korea

Published on: Sunday 09 June 2019
Why South Korea Is Sending $8 Million In Food Aid To North Korea
News source: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/06/09/730441007/why-aid-wont-fix-north-koreas-recurring-food-shortages

... say are the worst harvests there in a decade and severe food shortages affecting 40% of the North's population. Despite the South Korean government's insistence on separating the aid from politics ...

News North Korea Government: North Korea: Hundreds of public execution sites identified, says report

Published on: Monday 10 June 2019
North Korea: Hundreds of public execution sites identified, says report
News source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-48590691

A South Korean NGO says it has identified 318 sites in North Korea that have been used by the government to carry out public executions. The Transitional Justice Working Group interviewed 610 North ...

News North Korea Government: Eyewitnesses help document public executions in North Korea for a day of reckoning

Published on: Monday 10 June 2019
Eyewitnesses help document public executions in North Korea for a day of reckoning
News source: https://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-north-korea-public-executions-20190610-story.html

both U.S. and South Korean officials have tiptoed around mentioning the North Korean government’s human rights record for fear of upending talks. Even with the negotiations indefinitely on ice since ...

News North Korea Government: North Korea boat crew repatriated, Seoul says

Published on: Tuesday 11 June 2019
North Korea boat crew repatriated, Seoul says
News source: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2019/06/11/North-Korea-boat-crew-repatriated-Seoul-says/3831560271019/

RELATED South Korean politicians mourn death of former first lady The South Korean government said the crewmembers were returned to the North at 7:08 p.m., local time, at the Northern Limit Line on ...

News North Korea Government: Analysts: Shinzo Abe a shape-shifter on North Korea in Trump era

Published on: Wednesday 05 June 2019
News source: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2019/06/05/Analysts-Shinzo-Abe-a-shape-shifter-on-North-Korea-in-Trump-era/9281559660433/

Japan also avoided a potential confrontation after Trump dismissed the significance of North Korea's most recent short-range missile tests. Tatsumi said Trump's approach likely irritated the Japanese ...

News North Korea Government: Pompeo’s Dangerous North Korea Fabrications

Published on: Wednesday 05 June 2019
News source: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/pompeos-dangerous-north-korea-fabrications/

Pompeo won’t stop lying about North Korea and what their government agreed to do: Speaking at the end of a week-long visit to Europe, Mr. Pompeo stressed that Mr. Kim agreed to give up his nuclear ...

News North Korea Government: Travel agency uses memes to encourage people to visit North Korea

Published on: Tuesday 04 June 2019
News source: https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/north-korea-travel-memes/

Thanos recommends you visit North Korea. The United States government does not recommend you visit North Korea. The State Department lists the nation, officially known as the Democratic People’s ...

News North Korea Government: Kim's sister back in public eye at North Korea's mass games

Published on: Tuesday 04 June 2019
News source: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/kim-jong-uns-sister-reappears-iconic-mass-games-63465615

South Korea's government and media have a mixed record on tracking developments among North Korea's ruling elite, made difficult by Pyongyang's stringent control of information about them. ...