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Panama's supreme court nullifies the concession held by CK Hutchison to operate the Balboa and Cristóbal ports at the Panama Canal as unconstitutional and orders the facilities to be retendered, following a lawsuit by the comptroller after an audit alleged irregularities.
2026-01-29

The World Health Organization begins shipping essential COVID-19 medical supplies into North Korea via the Chinese port of Dalian and quarantine facilities in the seaport of Nampo, a possible sign of easing one of the world's strictest pandemic border closures.
2021-10-7

The Justice Department unseals charges made in June against an alleged hacker for the North Korean government in connection with a series of cyber attacks, including the 2014 assaults on Sony Pictures. The Federal Bureau of Investigation accuses Park Jin Hyok of conspiring the hack on behalf of Reconnaissance General Bureau, the country's intelligence agency, and conspiring to commit wire fraud.
2018-09-6

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe praises North Korea's statement that it would suspend nuclear and missile tests, but he also states the results must lead to verifiable denuclearization.
2018-04-21

A North Korean defector claims children are being born with deformities near North Korea's nuclear testing site.
2017-11-7

North Korea announces a criminal amnesty in honor of the 70th anniversary of independence from Japanese rule.
2015-07-14

2013 Korean crisis: The annual session of North Korea's Parliament, the Supreme People's Assembly, takes place in Pyongyang, following repeated threats of violence by the leader Kim Jong-Un against South Korea and the United States. Choi Bu-Il is appointed Minister of Internal Security.
2013-04-1

The South Korean military holds a live-fire drill on Yeonpyeong Island which was shelled by North Korea last year.
2011-03-30

China lodges a formal protest to North Korea after a North Korean soldier fatally shot three Chinese citizens at their mutual border.
2010-06-8

An American man is detained after crossing into North Korea from China.
2010-01-28