North Korean Defectors Talk About Living Conditions Under Kim Jong-Un's Rule The number of North Korean defectors has nearly tripled in 2023 compared to the previous two years. International Business Times UK · Feb 9, 2024
North Korea confronts a modern-day challenge: a declining population In a rare admission, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says his country's birth rate is too low. Experts see no working solution for a looming population crisis. WEKU · Dec 13, 2023
Fewer North Korean defectors reach South Korea, and questions grow about unification Just 67 North Korean defectors arrived last year. Inter-Korean dialogue and exchange have ground to a halt. Seoul's Unification Ministry has a new, hawkish head who wants to change the agency's role. WEKU · Sep 15, 2023
Kim Jong Un stops to see a fighter jet factory as Russia and North Korea are warned off arms deals North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has stopped in a far eastern Russian city to see a factory that builds the country’s most advanced fighter jets on his extended trip that hints at his interest in sophisticated weaponry The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2023
South Korea expresses 'concern and regret' over military cooperation talks between Kim and Putin South Korea has expressed “deep concern and regret” over a meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin that was apparently focused on expanding military cooperation as the two isolated, nuclear-armed leaders vowed to support each other in their escalating confrontations with the United States The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2023