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North Korea orders military loyalty lectures ahead of April 25 army anniversary

North Korea’s Korean People’s Army General Political Bureau (GPB), the military’s primary organ for political indoctrination, ordered a series of special lectures across the...

North Korean parents forced to feed laborers renovating schools

North Korean parents in Chongjin are being forced to cover meals, snacks and cigarettes for laborers mobilized to renovate school facilities. The costs fall...

Youth weddings in North Korea go bare-bones as photo traditions fade

North Korea’s youth weddings are getting smaller, cheaper, and in some cases, nearly invisible. Newlyweds across the country are increasingly skipping one of the...

North Korea loosens mobile restrictions as it courts Chinese investment

North Korea appears to be easing mobile phone restrictions on Chinese nationals entering the country for business, a move observers inside the country are...

Is Kim Ju Ae really North Korea’s next leader?

Editor’s note: This piece was originally published on Daily NK’s Korean website in March 2024.  Kim Jong Un’s youngest daughter, Kim Ju Ae, has now...

North Korea arrests factory workers for diverting goods to markets

  Three workers at a state-run local industry factory in North Hamgyong province were publicly struggled against and arrested last month after diverting factory output...

President Lai reaffirms commitment to transitional justice

President Lai Ching-te said April 5 that the government will continue to seek transitional justice and preserve Taiwan’s history and collective memory to safeguard...

President Lai receives Lions Clubs International president

President Lai Ching-te said April 3 that the Taiwanese government is committed to deepening exchanges and cooperation with the U.S.-based Lions Clubs International to...

Swiss media interviews Deputy FM

Deputy Foreign Minister François Chih-chung Wu stated that Taiwan is committed to maintenance of the Taiwan Strait status quo and avoidance of tension escalation. Wu...

Taiwan, France expand industrial, technological cooperation

Taiwan and France are preparing to take on more industrial research and development projects this year as the government continues to help local firms...

North Korea’s new spy agency name evokes South Korea’s Cold War secret police

North Korea’s renaming of its feared political police agency is sending a chill through the population, with many people drawing uncomfortable comparisons to a...

North Korea-China trade grows, but new customs rules shut out small traders

China’s customs authorities have sharply tightened export requirements for North Korea-bound goods since the second half of last year. The new rules are squeezing...

How North Korea built its African empire of stone and steel

For decades, North Korea has generated foreign currency by designing and constructing commemorative monuments across Africa — statues, museums, and public memorials built for...

Beyond hereditary rule: The remaking of Kim Jong Un’s system

North Korea analysts have long viewed Kim Jong Un’s government through a familiar lens: a third-generation hereditary dictatorship sustained by the same tools of...

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