North Korea is building a new facility at Yongbyon with features resembling its known uranium enrichment sites, according to the IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency ⚛️. The site could indicate plans to expand nuclear warhead production, Colin Zwirko reports for NK NEWS. nknews.org/2025/06/north-…

🇰🇵 North Korean diplomats in New York have refused to accept a letter from Trump aimed at restarting talks with Kim Jong Un, a source told NK News. 🎥 “I was surprised… I thought Kim would be more interested in at least listening to what Trump has to say,” says Chad O'Carroll.

North Korea has deleted its top navy commander and a key shipyard manager from state media photos after a failed warship launch, suggesting wider purges than previously reported, Colin Zwirko reports for NK NEWS. Full story: nknews.org/2025/06/north-…

Russia’s Shoigu back in North Korea to meet Kim Jong Un for 2nd time this month cstu.io/24078d

🇷🇺 Top Russian security official Sergei Shoigu arrived in Pyongyang on Tuesday for his second visit this month, Russian media reported, hours after NK NEWS tracked two government jets landing in North Korea. nknews.org/2025/06/russia…

🇷🇺🇰🇵 Kim Jong Un has ordered 6,000 North Korean military workers to help rebuild infrastructure and clear mines in Russia’s Kursk region, Shoigu said — calling it “brotherly assistance” from the DPRK. Full story by Anton Sokolin: nknews.org/2025/06/kim-jo…

🇰🇷 The South Korean government is weighing legal measures to block anti-regime leaflet launches into North Korea, as President Lee Jae-myung pushes renewed engagement with Pyongyang. Full story by Shreyas Reddy: nknews.org/2025/06/seoul-…

🇷🇺🧵 The tiger hunter who wouldn’t kill Kim Il Sung A Russian émigré recruited by Japan to assassinate a young Kim Il Sung refused, saying he only hunted “four-legged beasts.” But that was just one chapter in the Yankovsky family's wild journey through DPRK history.

South Korea is moving fast. Korea Pro’s Month in Review helps you keep up — and stay ahead. A must-read for anyone who needs to understand not just what happened — but why it matters. ✍️Jeongmin Kim John Lee Joon Ha Park 🔗koreapro.org/2025/06/south-…

🇨🇳📖 What does China want from Lee Jae-myung’s Seoul? Join John Delury & Jeongmin Kim to decode Beijing’s playbook, shifting global views on Korea, and the Lee–Xi–Trump triangle. 🗓️ (Tues) July 22 | Seoul Limited seats available: events.koreapro.org/xi-leaf-readin…

South Korea’s new president 이재명 is moving away from talk of unification and focusing instead on peaceful coexistence with the North. But what does that mean? Ankit Panda of Carnegie Endowment breaks it down in conversation with Jeongmin Kim during our latest NK Pro breakfast

When nations united: 75 years of global good through the United Nations Command cstu.io/f62a7f

When nations united: 75 years of global good through the United Nations Command cstu.io/3b386c

"The spirit that drove nations to spend blood and treasure in Korea so that the Korean nation might rise remains relevant today," writes Gen. Xavier T. Brunson (GEN. Xavier Brunson) in NK NEWS & KOREA PRO's latest op-ed. nknews.org/2025/07/when-n…

VIDEO: Russia’s Rossiya 1 aired footage of Kim Jong Un receiving FM Lavrov aboard his yacht near Wonsan on Saturday. Lavrov called the three-hour talks “useful,” as Kim pledged “unconditional support” for Russia’s war in Ukraine. Anton Sokolin: nknews.org/2025/07/kim-jo…

A small Russian firm quietly arranged the airlift of cobalt-60 — a highly radioactive isotope — to North Korea, an NK Pro investigation reveals. An NK Pro investigation reveals what Moscow tried to keep hidden. Anton Sokolin: nknews.org/pro/radioactiv…

INVESTIGATION: The Korea Foundation funneled at least $9.4M to U.S. think tanks from 2019-2023 - making it one of the top global funders of American policy research in the world - while avoiding foreign agent registration requirements. w/ Ifang Bremer: koreapro.org/2025/07/how-so…

What’s driving China’s strategy toward South Korea under Lee Jae-myung? We explored this and more at our latest Seoul Circuit dinner with John Delury and Jeongmin Kim. Thank you to everyone who joined us! Join our next conversation: events.koreapro.org.

Gave my thoughts on the North Korean survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in this excellent piece for NK NEWS Very few know about the Korean victims and even fewer know of those who went to North Korea. Thanks to Shreyas Reddy for reaching out! nknews.org/2025/08/legacy…

On the 80th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, tributes are pouring in to those who died in the tragic event, as well as the survivors. But on this solemn occasion, one group remains largely forgotten - North Korean survivors. My latest for NK NEWS: nknews.org/2025/08/legacy…