@SocraticEthics given the arms the #dprk likely has at its disposal to sell and manufacturing capacity of a hungry population, I would have guessed that the main asset they have to sell to Russia is labour, not weapons.

this rhetoric from the US is decidedly harsh but I seriously doubt there's much fire under this smoke.

While the WH declined to discuss the new #intelligence, Adrienne Watson, a #NSC spox, said in a stmnt that Sergei #Shoigu, the Russian defense minister, traveled to #NorthKorea… to try to persuade #Pyongyang to sell #ArtilleryAmmunition to #Russia.

“As we have warned publicly, #arms negotiations between Russia & the #DPRK are actively advancing,” she said. “We have information that #KimJongUn expects these discussions to continue, possibly to include high-level diplomatic engagement in Russia.”

Breaking News - North Korea did a missile test thing again

#NorthKorea #DPRK #Japan #News #Breaking #BreakingNews

https://arstechnica.com/culture/2023/08/the-strange-secretive-world-of-north-korean-science-fiction/

#DPRK #NorthKorea #scifi

"No one in the #DPRK can hope to be left alone."

How state #surveillance keeps the North Korean dictatorship in place, via @nknews

Which is why we must limit government surveillance powers in #Europe, too.

https://www.nknews.org/2023/08/big-brother-lives-how-north-korean-organizations-keep-watch-on-citizens/

‘Increasing militarisation’ of DPR Korea fuelling rise in human rights violations | UN News

>Continuing ‘severe, widespread and long-standing” violations against citizens of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (#DPRK) by their own Government, must not be viewed in isolation from wider peace and security issues on the Peninsula, said the UN human rights chief on Thursday.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/08/1139837 #NorthKorea

North Korea's Kim, Russia's Putin Exchange Letters, Vow Stronger Ties

>Putin, in his message to Kim, also vowed to bolster bilateral ties.

"I am sure that we will strengthen the bilateral cooperation in all fields for the two peoples' well-being and the firm stability and security of the Korean peninsula and the whole of Northeast Asia," Putin said, according to KCNA.
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-08-14/north-koreas-kim-russias-putin-exchange-letters-vow-stronger-ties #Putin #Russia #Korea #ROK #DPRK

After many months of data mining, we've just launched https://dprk-reports.org -- a public index of all people, companies, organizations, vessels, contact details and events mentioned in any of the #UN Panel of Experts reports on #NorthKorea published from 2010 to 2023. Sign ups are open and the entire dataset can be downloaded in #Aleph's #FollowTheMoney format. Hack away!

#DPRK #FTM #Journalism #Sanctions #OpenData

US working to bring Travis King home but N. Korea remains unresponsive: Blinken

>WASHINGTON -- The United States is working to learn more about the safety of a US service member who crossed into North Korea last month, but the reclusive state has yet to offer any response, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday.
https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20230804000105 #US #ROK #DPRK #Korea #NorthKorea

Your local #DPRK news ferret you never asked for. This time, it's actually from a mainstream media source. I wanna draw your attention to the fact that it doesn't sensationalize everything. (And neither do the Koreans.) That's a low bar to set, but also notice: They refer to it not as the "Sea of Japan", a rather touchy phrase for Koreans on both sides, but as the "Sea between #Korea and Japan." Kudos to the relevant #CNN staff.

Perhaps a hint at progress.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/06/asia/north-korea-kim-jong-un-with-gun-intl-hnk/index.html

https://www.indianpunchline.com/russia-china-have-a-shared-vision-for-north-korea/ Shoigu’s visit took place alongside the visit by Li Hongzhong, vice chairman of China’s National People’s Congress Standing Committee, signalling #Russia and #China “stand close” to #DPRK #northkorea — to borrow from a GT commentary — in response to the #Biden admin accelerating the deepening of a trilateral alliance between Washington, #japan & #korea.

serious #kenergy

#dprk #kimjongun

US: *sends spy planes, sabre-rattles in the media, performs nuclear-armed flight exercises right on the border*
#DPRK: Stop.
US: We're always open to talk!
DPRK: Sure, as soon as you stop threatening to wipe us off the planet.
US: ... No.

New York Times: NORTH KOREA REFUSES TO ENGAGE DIPLOMATICALLY. GLOBAL COMMUNITY SCANDALIZED.

There's plenty of legitimate issues to be had with the governments of #Cuba, #Venezuela, the #DPRK, etc. None of them excuse the United States's interventions against them.

Improved #Meme #MemeAtMeBro #DPRK

#DPRK #meme #MemeAtMeBro Jackass DPRK™️

That dumbass fool WALKED into North Korea.

lol. #goodluck #DPRK

@nknews one thing I'd add to this well written analysis of "From Spring to Summer" is that the demure presentation of Maria is partly a gender thing.

in Ten Zan: Ultimate Mission the foreigners are mostly men and mostly portrayed as sweaty machismo, although the #dprk women don't seem to fall for them

Why do I keep reading analysis of #dprk economy coming from the authors of such classics of the genre as:

"sorry you lost your house: omg banks are regulated too much"

"you can't afford to take q day off during dangerous weather events so you drowned in a tunnel: how employers aren't free enough to innovate"

"human rights in korea: no not that korea, lol"

"human rights in north korea: the plight of factory managers and other middle ranking communist parry officials" sad face much plight

so long shot of long shots

I've been looking for the 1988 film The Mysterious City (La cité mystérieuse), dir. former prince of #Cambodia Norodom Sihanouk and produced in the #DPRK for about 7 years

if you or someone you know has access to this #film LET ME KNOW

boost if you want to help