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Tuesday, 10 November 2026English edition
The Geopolitician

Country risk, from the local press

North Korea · In the world’s press

North Korea in the world’s press

Which countries’ presses mention North Korea, how much against their habit, and what they said. Foreign presses only; the country’s own press is shown apart.

Mentions from foreign presses, 90 days

74 mentions yesterday · 66% below its 30-day mean · 0.2% of the world’s foreign attention

Who is watching

The presses that mentioned North Korea most over the last 7 days: mentions, the share of that press’s foreign attention, and the change against its previous 30 days.

  1. China’s press 213 mentions · 3% of its foreign attention · ×1.6 vs its habit
  2. South Korea’s press 199 mentions · 4% of its foreign attention · ×0.8 vs its habit
  3. Spain’s press 135 mentions · 3% of its foreign attention · ×1.0 vs its habit
  4. Russia’s press 71 mentions · 0.4% of its foreign attention · ×1.1 vs its habit
  5. Pakistan’s press 68 mentions · 1% of its foreign attention · ×0.9 vs its habit
  6. Japan’s press 54 mentions · 2% of its foreign attention · ×0.9 vs its habit
  7. Iraq’s press 51 mentions · 0.8% of its foreign attention · ×1.7 vs its habit
  8. United Kingdom’s press 39 mentions · 0.5% of its foreign attention · ×0.8 vs its habit
  9. Iran’s press 32 mentions · 0.4% of its foreign attention · ×1.0 vs its habit
  10. Brazil’s press 29 mentions · 0.6% of its foreign attention · ×1.6 vs its habit
  11. France’s press 24 mentions · 0.4% of its foreign attention · ×1.2 vs its habit
  12. India’s press 23 mentions · 1% of its foreign attention · ×6.2 vs its habit

North Korea’s own press: 0 mentions in 7 days.

What they said

The latest foreign headlines naming North Korea, as the outlets wrote them; the translation is ours when shown.

Collection outage, left blank: 17 Sep 2026, 18 Sep 2026, 28 Sep 2026, 29 Sep 2026, 30 Sep 2026, 1 Oct 2026, 2 Oct 2026, 3 Oct 2026.

Counted at fetch time from the titles and descriptions of every article read, by the outlet’s country. Shares, not raw counts, when presses are compared: a press that publishes more mentions everyone more. Coverage of the local press, not public opinion and not truth. Data since 17 September 2026. Method →

The observatory → · All North Korea briefings →