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The North Korean government announces the lifting of certain pandemic-era travel restrictions, allowing citizens abroad to return to the country provided that they quarantine for one week.
2023-08-27

The International Institute for Strategic Studies releases a report arguing that North Korea has acquired a high-performance liquid-propellant engine for its missile program, probably from illicit networks in Russia and Ukraine, likely produced by Yuzhmash facilities. Ukraine denies the allegations.
2017-08-14

Landslides from torrential rain that pounded North Korea's North Pyongan Province this weekend kills 10 people and injures 55 with four others missing.
2016-07-26

North Korea releases American detainees Kenneth Bae and Matthew Todd Miller.
2014-11-8

Japan's Defence Ministry claims that North Korea has fired two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan.
2014-07-13

North Korea withdraws an invitation to a United States envoy to discuss the release of Kenneth Bae.
2014-02-10

Kenneth Bae, an American prisoner in North Korea, releases a message to the United States for help.
2014-01-20

North Korea releases 85-year-old American retiree Merrill Newman after 42 days in captivity. The United States once again asks the DPRK to pardon and release Kenneth Bae.
2013-12-7

North Korea sentences American Kenneth Bae to 15 years of prison labor for "hostile acts" against the regime. The United States calls for amnesty.
2013-05-2

Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, leads thousands of officials in a memorial service for his father Kim Jong-il, the former leader, who died on 17 December 2011.
2012-12-16