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Economy has been battered by Covid but dictator has refused to accept foreign aid
Increase in tankers active in waters around the two countries suggests resurgence in fuel transfers or sales
Using a new database, activists are tracing the many thousands of people who have gone missing inside the ‘hermit kingdom’. Can they succeed?
US hopes to keep nuclear-armed Pyongyang quiet as it tackles more pressing problems
Dictator references 1990s famine as aid agencies express fears over a humanitarian disaster
Heavy losses for ruling party in mayoral races set stage for unpredictable presidential poll
Decision sinks hopes of rekindling relations with Seoul and restarting nuclear talks
Kim Jong Un resorting to military provocations to prove Pyongyang’s relevance, warn analysts
Missiles launched as Washington struggles to engage with Pyongyang
Antony Blinken stresses the US is ‘committed to the denuclearisation of North Korea’
Comments come as US secretary of state Antony Blinken arrives in region for talks
Leader Kim Jong Un’s ideology of self-reliance risks causing food shortages and economic collapse
South Korea questions efficacy of sanctions meant to inhibit Pyongyang’s nuclear programme
US accuses defendants of taking part in attack targeting Sony and the WannaCry ransomware assault
The former North Korean diplomat on life under the Kims — and how the world should counter the regime
Several regions in the EU suspended inoculations over the shortage of jabs
Shady overseas operations critical to raising cash for Pyongyang have been curtailed by sanctions
Google uncovers use of bogus Twitter and LinkedIn profiles to identify and exploit vulnerabilities
International health experts ready to deploy jabs in North Korea — if they are allowed in
NK leader demands high price from Seoul and Washington to resume negotiations, analysts say
North Korea raises tensions with incoming US administration of Joe Biden
Uncertainty over US engagement and China’s ambitions spark defence spending boost
Dictator has demonstrated preference for state control over market reforms
A law in South Korea restricting leafleting to the North will be deeply damaging in the long term
Satellite images show economic crisis is delaying North Korean leader’s vanity projects
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