The Guardian • DPRK
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...
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Issue #1982
AUKUS is a direct threat to North Korea
While much has been said that AUKUS is a direct threat to China, little has been said that it is also a direct threat to North Korea.
Read moreKim Jong Un and nuclear weapons
Ankit Panda is the Stanton Senior Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and touted as an Asia-Pacific region expert.
Read moreThe UN must end sanctions against the DPRK
On 29th October 2021, China and Russia circulated a draft resolution to fifteen council members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), to ease sanctions on the DPRK.
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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...
Read moreAustralia’s military deal with South Korea: a hidden past
On 13th December 2021, Australia signed an unprecedented billion-dollar defence contract with the Republic of South Korea (ROK).
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Issue #2062
Korean war armistice: 70 years on
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the end of the Korean War (1951-1953). The war remains a humiliation for the US. On the 27th...
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Issue #1989
A system of political mendacity – perpetuating deceit against the DPRK
I met Michael Palin in Melbourne in the early 1990s, while he was promoting his most recent travel book.
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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...
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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...
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Issue #2070
DPRK celebrates 75 years of independence, self-reliance and peace
On 9th September the DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) celebrated 75 years since its founding under Kim Il Sung, the general secretary of the...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
Read moreCPA president’s contribution to the CPC and World Political Parties Summit
I thank the Communist Party of China’s International Department for the invitation to participate in this Summit.
Read moreHostilities continue against DPRK
In mid-March, Reuters – followed immediately by CNN and other western media outlets – ran a story stating that “a senior Biden administration official” told them that “North Korea has not responded to behind-the-scenes diplomatic outreach since mid-February by President Joe Biden’s administration.”
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Issue #2046
Australian-DPRK Friendship and Cultural Society 2023 AGM
On the 24th February 2023, the Australian-DPRK Friendship and Cultural Society Brisbane Branch met for their Annual General Meeting. Members from across Queensland, the Gold...
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