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Flu outbreak overwhelms North Korean hospitals as children develop pneumonia

A flu outbreak is sweeping parts of North Korea, overwhelming hospitals and forcing parents to seek private doctors as children as young as one...

North Korea rejects 90% of local party documents in post-congress crackdown

North Korea has launched an unprecedented inspection campaign targeting party documents submitted by local Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) organizations following the Ninth Party...

North Koreans mourn a holiday emptied by grave removal campaign

North Korea’s grave removal campaign has drained one of the country’s last traditional holidays of meaning, as North Koreans across North Pyongan province marked...

North Korea electricity conservation drive mocked amid chronic blackouts

North Korea’s electricity shortage has become so severe that a state-run campaign urging people to conserve power is drawing open ridicule from the very...

North Korea mocks Seoul over drone apology. Time to reflect.

In a Kim Yo Jong South Korea statement issued April 6, the senior WPK official acknowledged President Lee Jae-myung’s apology over a South Korean...

VP Hsiao welcomes Latvian parliamentary delegation

Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim expressed hope for continued cooperation with Latvia in industry and security.   Hsiao made the remarks April 7 while receiving a delegation...

Deputy FM Wu interviewed by French magazine Challenges

Deputy Foreign Minister François Chih-chung Wu emphasized Taiwan’s importance to global chip strategies and said that the country is committed to building stable cooperation...

President Lai receives US House of Representatives delegation

President Lai Ching-te said April 7 that Taiwan is committed to ensuring national security, strengthening cooperation with the U.S. and safeguarding cross-strait and regional...

Taiwan recognized as African swine fever-free by WOAH

Taiwan’s self-declaration of freedom from the African swine fever virus was officially approved April 6 by the World Organization for Animal Health, the Ministry...

North Koreans in China gripped by repatriation fears as bilateral ties resume

North Koreans living in China without legal status are growing increasingly anxious as signs emerge of a broader thaw in relations between Pyongyang and...

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...

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