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Korea must ease discriminatory regulations to revitalize manufacturing

The author is a columnist of JoongAng Ilbo. Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair Euisun Chung made a telling remark at the completion ceremony of the company's new plant in Georgia last month. “We did ...
Human Rights Watch

Submission on North Korea’s Implementation of Recommendations from the Third and Fourth Cycles of the Universal Periodic Review for the Special Rapporteur’s Report

Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to assess the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) implementation of selected Universal Periodic Review (UPR) recommendations from the third (2019 ...
The Diplomat

North Korea’s Car Ownership ‘Reform’: New Rules, Same Elite Privilege

North Korea made headlines earlier this year by reportedly officially allowing private individuals to register vehicles under their own names for the first time in 2025. However, a closer examination ...
Newsweek

US and Ally Draft Nuclear Weapons Rules Amid China, North Korea Threat

The United States and Japan have formulated their first guidelines for extended deterrence, which include the possible employment of the U.S.'s nuclear weapons, amid persistent threats posed to the ...
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The strange rules about jeans in North Korea

Most of us throw on jeans without a second thought. However, in North Korea, doing so could get you in serious trouble because denim is completely banned. But that's not all. Over the years, the ...
Billings Gazette

North Korea rules out allowing Japan in talks

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea dealt a blow Tuesday to prospects for further multilateral talks aimed at curbing its nuclear weapons development, saying it will not allow Japan to participate in any ...

News from outside disappears in North Korea

Despite setbacks in efforts to spread outside news in North Korea, Lee Young-hyeon, a defector-turned-lawyer in South Korea, ...
New York Sun

‘Are We In North Korea?’: Orwellian Health Rules Leave Coke Drinkers Angry in England:

Customers in England are angry over new health rules that are forcing popular restaurants and stores to stop offering free refills on sugary drinks like sodas and hot chocolate. New regulations went ...
Fox News

Biden’s regulations worse than North Korea, Trump energy secretary says

SIMI VALLEY, CALIFORNIA – Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said that the Biden administration "strangled" the state of Alaska with restrictions and red tape that was beyond levels imposed on North ...
WTAE-TV

6 Americans detained in South Korea for trying to send rice and Bibles to North Korea by sea

Six Americans were detained Friday in South Korea for trying to send 1,600 plastic bottles filled with rice, miniature Bibles, $1 bills and USB sticks toward North Korea by sea, police said.The ...
WKYT

6 Americans detained for trying to float 1,600 bottles of rice and Bibles to North Korea, police say

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Six Americans were detained Friday in South Korea for trying to send 1,600 plastic bottles filled with rice, miniature Bibles, $1 bills and USB sticks toward North Korea by ...