all names

North place

Named in 7 reports across 5 stories - 4 Aug – 29 Aug
4 Aug 202629 Aug 2026

Closest companions, sized by how often they share a report with North. Lines between the outer names are their own relationships - names that appear together even without North.

Lee Jae Myung and South Korea share 2 reportsKim and South Korea share 1 reportPyongyang and South Korea share 1 reportNorth Korea and Pyongyang share 1 reportAn elderly South Korean and North Korean share 1 reportNorth Korea and South Korea share 1 reportAuthorities and Kosovo share 1 reportNorthSouth KoreaSouth Korea - 4 shared reports (place)Lee Jae Myu…Lee Jae Myung - 2 shared reports (person)An elderly …An elderly South Korean - 1 shared report (person)AuthoritiesAuthorities - 1 shared report (organization)ItalyItaly - 1 shared report (place)KimKim - 1 shared report (person)KosovoKosovo - 1 shared report (place)North KoreaNorth Korea - 1 shared report (place)North KoreanNorth Korean - 1 shared report (person)PyongyangPyongyang - 1 shared report (place)

The stories

Trump Reduces US-South Korea Drills, Citing Lack of Help on Iran

92 outlets1 report names North16 Aug – 7 Sept

Russia wants 30,000 more North Korean soldiers to fight Ukraine. Is the West at risk?

53 outlets3 reports name North7 Aug – 9 Sept

Red alerts for heatwaves down from six Friday to two Saturday, only Bari and Bolzano

26 outlets1 report names North9 Aug – 9 Sept

Chinese Foreign Minister Heads to South Korea After Trump Comments

25 outlets1 report names North18 Aug – 8 Sept

Kosovo Detains Third Suspect as Mass Grave Probe Expands in North

1 outlets1 report names North4 Aug

Who keeps naming them

BBC News World2Balkan Insight1Channel News Asia1ANSA English (Italy)1South China Morning Post1Al Jazeera English1

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