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Daily NK The arrests came after somebody inside Bureau 11 filed a complaint, a source told Daily NK 2021.01.08 1:21pm A source told Daily NK yesterday that a Ministry of State Security special inspection team arrested about 20 key figures involved in the development of North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missiles on Tuesday, the day North Korea convened the Eighth Party Congress. According to the Daily NK source, who is based in North Korea, about 20 people – including the head of the Second Research Center of the Central Committee’s Bureau 11 and other bureau researchers – ...

Daily NK 2020.12.23 2:36pm Multiple sources say the North Korean military has commenced preliminary work for participation in the Eighth Party Congress, which is scheduled for January. According to a military source in North Pyongan Province on Tuesday, a general assembly of party cells and elementary party branches has been underway since Saturday. Convened at the order of the Korean People’s Army Party Committee, the assembly has been reviewing tasks from the Seventh Party Congress and recommending candidates to send to the Eighth Party Congress. A military source in Yanggang ...

U.S. secondary sanctions hurting North Korea, defector says By (0) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is overseeing a national economy impacted by recent sanctions. a defector said. File Photo by KCNA | License Photo Dec. 11 (UPI) -- The United States' secondary sanctions on firms conducting trade with North Korea have had an impact on the Kim Jong-un regime, but more pressure needs to be applied, a defector said. Ri Jong-ho, a U.S.-based North Korean defector who previously headed Korea Daehung Trading Corp., managed by Room or Office 39, told Voice of America's Korean service North Korea's f...