Updates

North Korean companies have struggled to maintain production since the start of the year due to a severe electricity shortage that officials say is...

North Korean women in Hyesan who used their market savings to buy vehicles for their husbands are now divorcing them after the men spent...

North Korea’s contract manufacturing sector, known as imga-gong (processing-on-commission work), is showing tentative signs of recovery in 2026 after years of near-total collapse following...

Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung expressed appreciation for comments made by Michael Waltz, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, that reiterated support for Taiwan’s meaningful...

The unwavering support for cross-strait peace and stability recently expressed by U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is deeply appreciated...

Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung conferred the Friendship Medal of Diplomacy on Dovilė Šakalienė, parliamentarian and former defense minister of Lithuania, March 19...

North Korea is pushing a sweeping housing construction drive across the country under the banner of “regional development,” and central party officials traveled to...

North Korean schools in South Pyongan province are pressing parents to fund building repairs and purchase educational materials during March, which authorities have dubbed...

North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly convenes March 22 to elect state leadership and revise the constitution. With Kim Jong Un freshly re-elected as Workers’...

When a Ministry of State Security agent stopped a young man in a Hyesan alley in mid-February 2026 and demanded to know why he...

Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung hosted a luncheon for a delegation led by St. Clair Leacock, deputy prime minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines...

North Koreans across the country are quietly breathing a sigh of relief as spring temperatures climb and fuel costs begin to ease, according to...

The 2026 Yushan Forum concluded March 17 in Taipei City and spotlighted Taiwan’s vibrant democracy, freedom and openness.   According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,...

Deputy Foreign Minister François Chih-chung Wu received a Czech delegation led by Otto Vopěnka, first deputy governor of Vysočina Region and a member of...