thediplomat.com — 1+ hour, 40+ min ago
North Korean Oil Tanker Stops in Chinese Port in the First Recorded Visit Since 2017
https://thediplomat.com/2021/07/north-korean-oil-tanker-stops-in-chinese-port-in-the-first-recorded-visit-since-2017/
With oil exports to North Korea under United Nations Security Council (USNC) restrictions, any oil loading ... A North Korean oil tanker pulled up to a Chinese port in April this year, the such first recorded visit ... Image courtesy of Pole Star Space Applications. ... Image courtesy of Pole Star Space Applications. ... to its North Korean counterparts at sea, while sailing under the name Tianyou and flagged to Sierra ... ...
nwaonline.com — 3+ hour, 57+ min ago
U.S. envoy frets about N. Korea crises
https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2021/jul/24/us-envoy-frets-about-n-korea-crises/?news-world
2021, Northwest Arkansas Newspapers LLC. (NWA Media) ... Speaking beside Sherman, South Korea's first vice foreign minister, Choi Jong Kun, said, "We'll wait ... China's development," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said at a daily briefing in Beijing ... _Print Headline: U.S. envoy frets about N. Korea crises_ Copyright ? ... SEOUL, South Korea -- America's No. 2 diplomat Friday expressed sympathy for North Koreans facing hardships ... ...
edition.cnn.com — 10+ hour, 39+ min ago
Why North Korea is so afraid of K-pop
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/23/asia/north-korea-culture-war-kpop-intl-hnk-dst/index.html
, director of the Korea Risk Group and professor at Kookmin University in Seoul. ... they're living, how freely they're living," said Jean Lee, senior fellow at the US-based Wilson Center ... North Korea had once been among the most industrially developed parts of East Asia, said Andrei Lankov ... Earlier this month, South Korean lawmaker Ha Tae-keung said after attending a briefing by the country's ... Intelligence Service. ... ...
cnn.com — 10+ hour, 39+ min ago
Why North Korea is so afraid of K-pop
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/23/asia/north-korea-culture-war-kpop-intl-hnk-dst/index.html
, director of the Korea Risk Group and professor at Kookmin University in Seoul. ... they're living, how freely they're living," said Jean Lee, senior fellow at the US-based Wilson Center ... North Korea had once been among the most industrially developed parts of East Asia, said Andrei Lankov ... Earlier this month, South Korean lawmaker Ha Tae-keung said after attending a briefing by the country's ... Intelligence Service. ... ...
thetimes.co.uk — 12+ hour, 11+ min ago
North Korean harvest a matter of life and death, communist party newspaper admits
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/a4be53c8-eb8e-11eb-baaa-861dba20d87a?shareToken=0170d65409e3af16a6cb25f120686f7b
Registered in England No. 894646. Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, SE1 9GF. ... In a recent report to the United Nations, North Korea said that its 2018 harvest was the worst in a decade ... or death", the official newspaper of the ruling Workers' Party has declared. ... Last month Kim Jong-un, the nation's leader, took the unusual step of admitting that North Korea had ... Friday July 23 2021, 9.45am, The Times This year's rice harvest in North Korea is a matter of "life ... ...
newspressnow.com — 12+ hour, 24+ min ago
U.S. diplomat worried about pandemic, food supply in North Korea
https://www.newspressnow.com/u-s-diplomat-worried-about-pandemic-food-supply-in-north-korea/article_16d80c80-ec0a-11eb-8eea-335a320796ca.html
____U.S. diplomat worried about pandemic, food supply in North Korea SEOUL, South Korea -- America's ... White House press secretary Jen Psaki said at a news briefing Friday. ... director at Human Rights Watch. ... Speaking beside Sherman, South Korea's first vice foreign minister, Choi Jong Kun, said, "We'll wait ... The sanctioned Americans include former Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Sophie Richardson, the China ... ...
snopes.com — 12+ hour, 27+ min ago
Did Richard Nixon order Nuclear Strike On North Korea While Drunk?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/north-korea-richard-nixon-nuclear/
Henry Kissinger, National Security Advisor for Nixon at the time, also got on the phone to the Joint ... "In 1969, a drunk Richard Nixon ordered a nuclear strike on North Korea for shooting down a spy plane ... In 1969, then-President Richard Nixon ordered a nuclear strike on North Korea while intoxicated by alcohol ... Kissinger led the executive branch's National Security Council at the time -- a position that would make ... 1995 - 2021 by Snopes Media Group Inc. This material may not be reproduced without permission. ... ...
independent.co.uk — 12+ hour, 53+ min ago
The North Korean workers in east Russia making money for themselves and Pyongyang
https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/east-asia/north-korea-russia-work-pyongyang-b1887297.html
Artyom Lukin, an international relations scholar at Vladivostok's Far Eastern Federal University, says ... can make far more money in east Russia, writes Isabelle Khurshudyan On a popular advertising site ... North Korean workers remain in Vladivostok, a port city near the Russia-North Korea border, despite UN ... what Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said were "objective difficulties" from limited transportation ... workforce, North Korean workers remain in Vladivostok, a port city of about 600,000 near the Russia-North ... ...
irishmirror.ie — 12+ hour, 54+ min ago
Megan Ryan on waiting to hear if North Korea's difficulty would be her Olympic opportunity
https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/other-sport/megan-ryan-waiting-hear-north-24603409
That's exactly the situation Megan Ryan found herself in when, in April, Kim Jong-un pulled the repressive ... Ireland's Megan Ryan in the 2021 European Gymnastics Championships (Image: (C)INPHO/Claudio Thoma) "I ... "I wouldn't say I was confident that I'd be going until word was going around with North Korea pulling ... Read More Related Articles Shoulder injury costs Shane Ryan a shot at 100m backstroke bid on Sunday ... Kim Jong-un (Image: Getty Images) "So I was uncertain about why I wasn't just hearing anything, they ... ...