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South Korea reviewing various options to improve North Korea ties, including tourist visits
Tourism is one of a narrow range of cash sources for North Korea that are not targeted under UN sanctions. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
U.S. sanctions North Korean member of Kim Jong Un's spy agency over IT worker scheme
Song Kum Hyok is accused of masterminding a scheme in which North Korean cyber operatives posed as U.S. remote IT workers for unwitting companies.
South Korea looks into ways to improve relations with Kim Jong Un’s North
South Korea is actively exploring options to enhance its relationship with North Korea, a Unification Ministry spokesperson confirmed on Monday.
Wife of North Korea's Kim Jong Un Reemerges With Luxury Handbag
Exports of luxury goods to North Korea are banned under U.N. sanctions but such items reportedly make their way into the country via diplomatic pouches.
South Korea reviewing various options to improve North Korea ties
South Korea is studying various plans to improve relations with North Korea, a spokesperson for South Korea's Unification Ministry said on Monday, in response to a media report that Seoul is considering allowing individual tours to North Korea.
South Korea Looking Into Various Policy Options to Improve Relations With Pyongyang, Ministry Says
The comment was in response to a media report that South Korea is considering allowing individual tours to North Korea. Koo Byung-sam, a spokesperson for the ministry that handles inter-Korea affairs,
Seoul reviewing measures to improve ties with Pyongyang following report on individual trips to North
South Korea is considering allowing individual trips to North Korea to improve relations and reduce tensions amid ongoing reviews.
Canada warns businesses about North Koreans posing as remote IT workers
Canadian authorities are warning businesses to beware of hiring North Koreans posing as remote IT workers. Employing such ...
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South Korea mulls allowing individual tours to North Korea as tensions ease
South Korea is considering allowing individual tours to North Korea as it studies ways to improve relations with its ...
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US, partners target North Korea with sanctions after satellite launch
The United States on Thursday targeted North Korea with fresh sanctions after its launch of a spy satellite last week, designating foreign-based agents it accused of facilitating sanctions ...
North Korea just opened a beach resort for 20,000 people. But who will visit?
The Wonsan-Kalma Coastal Tourist Zone, unveiled in a ceremony on June 24, is found on North Korea’s eastern coast.
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North Korea offers talks, likely trying to get sanctions relief
The U.S.-led sanctions were toughened after North Korea’s provocative run of nuclear and missile tests in 2016-17, and Kim Jong Un has said the sanctions, the COVID-19 pandemic and natural ...
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North Korea Says It's Willing To Resume Talks With The South With ... - NPR
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister says her country is willing to resume talks with the South with conditions. Analysts say the offer is likely an effort to get the U..S. to ease sanctions.
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If Kim Jong Un destroyed North Korea’s economy to keep Covid-19 ... - CNN
“North Korea subjected itself to an even more extreme form of economic pain (than sanctions) to keep away Covid. And yet, they’re not budging on the nuclear thing,” Delury said.
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Five things to know about Trump’s new North Korea sanctions - The Hill
The Trump administration on Friday slapped a new set of sanctions on North Korea that President Trump billed as the United States’s “heaviest sanctions ever.” While experts debated whether ...