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According to NK News, on 22 September, the crew of a North Korean patrol boat killed a South Korean fisheries officer whom they encountered off their coast, and then torched his flotation device in compliance with COVID-19 emergency orders.
A tourist visa comes in the form of a blue travel paper stating "tourist card" (Korean: 관광증; MR: kwankwangchŭng) and bearing the country's official name (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) in English and Korean, which is stamped by North Korean customs instead of the passport. The travel paper is taken away upon exiting the country.
Citizens of South Korea seeking to visit North Korea cannot use South Korean passports to travel to North Korea. They must instead submit a North/South Korea visitation verification certificate as well as a departure card to the North Korean immigration officer at the port of entry and go through immigration inspection in North Korea.
As the novel coronavirus continues to spread and fears are swirling about the prospect of a global pandemic, North Korea has quarantined 380 foreigners, most of whom are diplomats, state media ...
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in North Korea.It is used for many offences, such as grand theft, murder, rape, drug smuggling, treason, espionage, political dissent, defection, piracy, consumption of media not approved by the government and proselytizing religious beliefs that contradict the practiced Juche ideology. [1]
January 11 – Ukraine announces the capture of two North Korean soldiers during fighting in Russia's Kursk Oblast. [3] January 16 – Travel agencies announce the reopening of the border city of Rason and the Rason Special Economic Zone to foreign visitors following a prolonged closure caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. [4]
South Korean lawmakers watch screens showing a news broadcast of President Yoon Suk Yeol's speech on lifting martial law, at the main conference hall of the National Assembly in Seoul (YONHAP/AFP ...
North Korea appears to have ruled out the possibility of returning to leader-to-leader diplomacy with the president of the US regardless of who comes to power after elections in November.. The Kim ...