Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Archives

Issue #2163

GLOBAL BRIEFS

EU: Trump has lobbied for EU, G7, and NATO countries to impose 100% tariffs on China. Originally also targeted at India, Trump’s new round of...

Issue #2198

DPRK economic boom

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), also known as North Korea, is experiencing an economic boom after recovering from the COVID-19 downturn when the...

Issue #2112

Israel stokes the fires of war

Israeli bloodletting in Gaza continues. The headlines talk of ceasefire negotiations and of how the United States is pushing for a settlement. The Israelis continue...

IPAN Conference 2024 – Sleepwalking into War? – October 4-6

Issue #2115

Nuclear weapons for a nuclear war

The United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) came into force in 2021. With its preamble on the “catastrophic consequences” of a...

Stone marking the border of the China and DPRK.

Issue #2197

China-DPRK relations ramp up

From 8-10 June a meeting between Chinese General Secretary and President, Xi Jinping and the North Korean General Secretary and President of the State Affairs...

Issue #2125

GLOBAL BRIEFS

PALESTINE: The Palestinian Environmental Quality Authority issued a statement denouncing the continuing Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Israel has dropped...

Issue #2192

GLOBAL BRIEFS

LEBANON: Israeli military forces escalated their direct attacks against health facilities and emergency vehicles in multiple locations across southern Lebanon. The Lebanese Ministry of Health...

Issue #2194

GLOBAL BRIEFS

BOLIVIA: Bolivia’s legislature has passed a law granting President Rodrigo Paz the authority to use the military to clear roadblocks set up by anti-government protesters....

Issue #2124

GLOBAL BRIEFS

LEBANON: Israeli war crimes have taken new dimensions over the past year. In Lebanon alone, Israeli forces killed 173 health workers, injured 277 medical team...

Issue #2206

GLOBAL BRIEFS

KENYA: One of India’s major chemical company, Tata Chemicals, has been ordered to leave Kenya after Harare accused it of failing to generate enough benefits...

Issue #2122

DPR Korea: advancing production, advancing people’s lives

The DPRK, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, is one of the most misunderstood and maligned countries in the world. In the right-wing media, the DPRK’s...

Issue #2179

Korea: US military throws its weight around

The United Nations Command in the Republic of Korea is not well-named. It’s not a United Nations organisation. Despite the name, the UNC is a...

Issue #2167

GLOBAL BRIEFS

HUNGARY: Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban accused Ukrainian special services of seeking to meddle in the country’s domestic affairs and supporting the opposition. “The Ukrainian...

Issue #2209

North Korea-Russia bridge is not a threat to AUKUS

The new road bridge linking the DPRK (North Korea) and Russia across the Tumen River opened on 7 September 2026. The US$100 million link between...

Issue #2191

GLOBAL BRIEFS

FRANCE: Members of Extinction Rebellion France, an environmental and social activism group, scaled the Eiffel Tower on the 78th anniversary of the Nakba, displaying a...

Issue #2190

GLOBAL BRIEFS

POLAND: Polish President Karol Nawrocki said Poland was ready to host US troops withdrawn from Germany in addition to the 10,000 which are already stationed...

Issue #2160

Korea: expats crave ‘a land free of imperialism’

Six men, all former soldiers and spies of the DPRK, all of whom had been arrested and imprisoned in South Korea decades ago, have collectively...

Dancers celebrate DPRK–China friendship.

Issue #2158

DPRK National Liberation Day and more

Upcoming historic anniversaries are very important to the DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) and its people. On 15 August the DPRK celebrates its 80th...

Issue #2120

Japan: New PM calls for ‘Asian NATO’

Japan’s new prime minister, Ishiba Shigeru has called for the creation of an ‘Asian NATO.’ It can only heighten tension in the region. What the...

National Defense Academy of Japan cadets at West Point, NY, 2017.

Issue #2117

Australia-Japan 2+2 and the running dogs of war

The Australia-Japan 2+2 meeting (two foreign Ministers and two Defence Ministers) was held this September, between Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles and Foreign Minister Penny...

Issue #2185

GLOBAL BRIEFS

UN: On 25 March 2025, the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade and racialised slavery the “most grievous crime...

A woman covers her son with a blanket after fleeing the war from neighbouring Ukraine at the border crossing in Medyka, southeastern Poland.

Issue #2100

Peace in Ukraine? China’s initiative

Wars always end. How they end is important. China has just announced four principles that would support peace initiatives. This builds on its earlier broad,...

Issue #2118

New Sanctions on the DPRK – Australia’s sanctions must stop

On 19 September the US government increased its sanctions on Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Russia and Syria. Newly listed is the Korea Kwangson...

Flag of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK).

Issue #2165

Workers’ Party of Korea turns 80

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), founded on 10 October 1945. The...

Issue #2185

Nuclear deterrent no longer?

Does the ‘nuclear deterrent’ still deter? The latest Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) expired in February 2026. Formal negotiations to renew or replace the treaty...

Issue #2165

DINGO

The foreign ministers of North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea – DPRK) and China have agreed to deepen bilateral ties and resist hegemonism or...

Issue #2120

CPA greeting to the 79th anniversary of the WPK

Kim Jong Un General Secretary Workers’ Party of Korea By Email: wpkint@star-co.net.kp Dear comrade, Fraternal greetings from the Communist Party of Australia (CPA). We convey...

Issue #2206

Vale Ray Ferguson

It is sad news that on 4 September Comrade Ray Ferguson passed away. He was a great comrade and a dear friend to those who...