Russian TV airs ad promoting sale of North Korean clothes despite sanctions

Commercials promoting inexpensive North Korean clothes ran on Russian state television over the weekend, revealing an active import business and unprecedented effort to promote it that one expert called a blatant violation of international sanctions on DPRK textiles. “Sensation! For the first time ever, North Korean high-quality clothes and shoes in Russia,” the commercial that […]

Rare video exposes North Korea’s brutal crackdown on teens who watch K-dramas

nknews.org - 10/Sep 07:38

Newly published video of North Korean authorities handcuffing teenagers and forcing them to confess to consuming South Korean music and dramas has...

Rare video exposes North Korea’s brutal crackdown on teens who watch K-dramas

nknews.org - 10/Sep 07:38

Newly published video of North Korean authorities handcuffing teenagers and forcing them to confess to consuming South Korean music and dramas has...

Fact check: Russia greenlit imports of beer from China, not North Korea

nknews.org - 04/Sep 10:37

Russia issued a license for a local company to import beer from China, not North Korea, contrary to reports in Russian and South Korean media. The...

Top Russian security official arrives in North Korea for talks with Kim Jong Un

nknews.org - 13/Sep 08:35

Top Russian security official Sergei Shoigu arrived in North Korea for talks with leader Kim Jong Un on Friday, according to Moscow’s Security...

Top Russian security official arrives in North Korea for talks with Kim Jong Un

nknews.org - 13/Sep 08:35

Top Russian security official Sergei Shoigu arrived in North Korea for talks with leader Kim Jong Un on Friday, according to Moscow’s Security...

North Korea agrees to send lecturers to Russian Far East to teach Korean

nknews.org - 03/Sep 06:53

North Korea has agreed to send lecturers to the Russian Far East to teach the Korean language to local youth, Russian authorities announced Monday, in...