Why North Korea is signaling that it no longer wants UN humanitarian aid

DPRK's defiant assertion of nuclear status underscores Kim Jong Un’s resolve to use the UN to project strength Images: KCNA, UN, WFP, edited by NK Pro North Korea dispatched its highest-ranking official to the U.N. General Assembly since 2018 for...

Russian delegation arrives in North Korea to discuss forestry issues — KCNA

SEOUL, October 16. /TASS/. A delegation of the Russian ministry of industry and trade arrived in Pyongyang on October 15 to discuss issues of cooperation in the area of forest management, the Korean Central News Agency reported. The delegation...

North Korean Hackers Use npm to Steal Credentials and Keys from Blockchain Developers

TL;DR North Korean hackers used npm to distribute more than 300 malicious packages that stole credentials and wallet keys. The attackers used names similar to popular libraries and fake recruiter profiles on LinkedIn to infiltrate code into...

China: No Letup in Forced Returns to North Korea

(Seoul) – Chinese authorities since 2024 have forcibly returned at least 406 people to North Korea, where they are at grave risk of persecution and ill-treatment, Human Rights Watch said today. The Chinese government’s forced return of North...

North Korean Hackers Target Crypto Devs Through Open-Source Software Hub

In brief More than 300 malicious code packages were uploaded to npm in what researchers call the “Contagious Interview” campaign. The fake job-recruitment lures targeted Web3 and crypto developers, stealing credentials and wallet keys. Security...

North Korea Emphasizes Corporate Management and Legal Regulations, Cultivates Japan-Based Korean Students

This article is from the second edition (July-September 2025) of 38 North’s new quarterly product, North Korea Briefing, that monitors key internal developments in North Korea. For the full series, click here. Pyongsong Bag Factory on KCTV...

338 Malicious npm Packages Linked to North Korean Hackers

North Korean state-sponsored hackers escalated their ongoing Contagious Interview campaign, unleashing one of the most sophisticated supply chain attacks ever observed in the open-source ecosystem. Security researchers discovered 338 malicious npm...

North Korea Builds Extensive Anti-Tank Barriers Along DMZ Border

According to a South Korean opposition lawmaker, North Korea has significantly fortified its side of the inter-Korean border by building an extensive network of anti-tank barriers. This development, based on intelligence and satellite imagery,...

What China and Russia Gained From North Korea’s Parade

On the 80th anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), for the first time in decades, senior Chinese and Russian leaders watched a North Korean display featuring nuclear-capable systems. When Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Russian Security...

Fresh Phishing Kit Innovation: Automated ClickFix Attacks

Cybercrime as-a-service , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Latest Toolkits Target Microsoft 365 Credentials, Offer Easy-to-Deploy Lures Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • October 15, 2025 Image: Shutterstock In Hollywood, hackers often get portrayed...

Trump, North Korea's Kim could meet this month: Seoul official

SEOUL -- U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may be preparing to meet around the time of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in South Korea's southeastern city of Gyeongju at the end of October, a South...

Russian delegation arrives in Pyongyang for joint committee meeting on economic cooperation

A delegation from Russia's industry and trade ministry has arrived in Pyongyang to attend a meeting of the joint committee on economy and trade cooperation between the two countries, the North's state media reported Thursday. The forestry-sector...

Ukraine 'will use Tomahawks to destroy huge Russian drone factory where 20,000 North Koreans build weapons once Trump gives the green light'

Ukraine will use long range Tomahawk missiles to destroy a vast Russian drone manufacturing plant employing tens of thousands of North Korean slave labourers. This claim on Vladimir Putin's notorious factory of death has come from leading retired...

[Wang Son-taek] Some signals from Pyongyang

A few days ago, North Korea held a grand military parade in Pyongyang to mark the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Workers’ Party of Korea. On Friday evening, tens of thousands of North Korean soldiers and civilians filled Kim Il Sung...

Orphaned North Korean teen forced to abandon school dreams to run market stall

A teenager in Tanchon, South Hamgyong province, has been making a living in the market after suddenly becoming her family’s breadwinner. “A middle schooler named Kim (alias) has become a market merchant,” a Daily NK source in South Hamgyong...

UK spy agency warns politicians: 'You are a potential target'

MI5 warns UK politicians of espionage threats from China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea Threat actors use phishing, blackmail, and relationship-building to manipulate and recruit targets Officials urged to follow BEST principles and stay updated...

EU Sustainability State of Play Circular Economy and Product-Related Frameworks

Our EU Sustainability: State of Play series focuses on regulatory developments and policy initiatives emerging from Brussels. In this series, we explore EU sustainability frameworks and their intersection with other areas of EU law. EU...

The Fourth Chair: Vietnam’s Pyongyang Showing

(Source: Korean Central News Agency) After spending years watching North Korea’s parades, usually half awake at odd hours, counting missiles on a grainy livestream, they rarely surprise me anymore. But this year’s did. Something about the...

Pyongyang’s vanishing islands: Satellite images reveal aggressive sand mining in Taedong River

Recent satellite images capture the gradual disappearance of uninhabited islands in the Taedong River in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang as a result of the extraction of sand and gravel to serve as aggregate in construction projects. Around...

North Korean listeners express loss after Radio Free Asia broadcasts end in July

Two North Korean individuals who secretly listened to Radio Free Asia for years expressed profound loss after the U.S.-funded broadcaster ceased transmissions in early July due to changes in government policy, telling Daily NK the shutdown closed...