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Nearly 1,000 North Korean Defectors at Risk After Hackers Leak Their Personal Data

2018-12-28

Information stolen from computer in South Korean resettlement center.

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North Korea Acknowledges Agricultural Failures in Rare Admission

2018-12-28

Regime's openness about shortcomings seen as departure from previous eras.

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North Korean Military Officers Resort to Drug Running to Make Ends Meet

2018-12-28

Authorities are failing to stop corruption in the KPA as officers struggle on low salaries.

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HRNK Releases Report on Human Rights Denial at the Local Level in North Korea

2018-12-20

Robert Collins report focuses on the suffering of ‘Ma and Pa Kim’

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North Korea-China Trade Only Slows Under UN Sanctions

2018-12-20

Minerals and seafood are smuggled out, while oil is smuggled in, sources on the border say.

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North Koreans Cynical of Kim Jong Un-praising Propaganda Lectures

2018-12-19

Lecture materials shower supreme leader with adulation, but attendees collectively roll their eyes.

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North Korean Restaurants in Russia Struggle with Staff Shortages Caused by UN Sanctions

2018-12-17

Freeze on working visas thins the numbers of North Korean musician-waitresses in Vladivostok

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North Korean Migrants in Vladivostok Forced to Repatriate Under UN Sanctions

2018-12-17

Many who remain work illegally on tourist visas.

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Russian Shipping Company Accused of Doing Business With North Korea Hard-Hit by US Sanctions

2018-12-13

Gudzon Shipping in dire straits for its role in ship-to-ship oil transfers

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Russian Port City Exits Lucrative Sanctions-Dodging North Korean Coal Trade

2018-12-12

Once central to North Korea’s coal-laundering operations, international pressure forces Nakhodka to back off on illicit trade

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North Korean Small Businesses Threatened by State-run Food Factories

2018-12-03

At year’s end, provincial shops and restaurants struggle as local markets flooded with instant noodles