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Tofu dregs replace grain as North Korea’s rural food crisis worsens

North Korean households in rural areas of North Hamgyong province have lost access to grain entirely, forcing people to survive on biji (tofu dregs)...

North Korea mobilizes emergency funds to hold fuel prices amid global oil spike

North Korea has injected millions of dollars in emergency funds to prevent domestic fuel prices from spiraling out of control amid a surge in...

Inside the Sinuiju greenhouse: the hidden rail station built for Kim Jong Un

Satellite imagery has revealed that North Korea built a private rail station for Kim Jong Un at the center of the newly inaugurated Sinuiju...

North Korea’s military-civilian solidarity rallies draw public frustration

North Korea held a military-civilian solidarity rally in the city of Hamhung on March 6, but some people in South Hamgyong province say the...

Lai receives international Yushan Forum guests

President Lai Ching-te received an international delegation to the annual Yushan Forum at the Presidential Office March 17 in Taipei City, pledging to extend...

President Lai receives former Polish president

President Lai Ching-te said March 17 that Taiwan is committed to working with like-minded partners to safeguard regional peace and stability while promoting prosperity...

Deputy FM welcomes Guatemalan delegation

Deputy Foreign Minister Chen Ming-chi hosted a reception for a five-member delegation from ally, Guatemala, led by José Fernando Suriano, deputy transportation minister, March...

Fight breaks out at North Hamgyong farm over access to non-arable plots

Desperate to supplement their income, North Korean farm workers in North Hamgyong province are coming to blows over access to non-arable plots of land...

Trapped in the net: North Korean workers in Chinese seafood factories

Daily NK has released a comprehensive report examining how North Korean workers dispatched to Chinese seafood processing factories are subjected to systematic forced labor,...

North Korea unveils next-stage public health goals at party congress

North Korea’s health ministry used the Ninth Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea earlier this month to announce an ambitious new phase in...

North Korea fuel prices spike 25% amid Iran war before stabilizing

Fuel prices in North Korea spiked by as much as 25% in early March following the outbreak of war involving Iran, before partially stabilizing...

Kim Yo Jong named WPK General Affairs Department head: promotion or demotion?

North Korea’s state media disclosed last week that Kim Jong Un’s younger sister has been appointed head of the General Affairs Department of the...

North Korea’s wealthy youth buy cars they can’t drive, hire drivers to profit

Young North Koreans with wealthy parents are buying vehicles they cannot drive and hiring drivers to run them as taxis or freight haulers, turning...

Taiwan, Eswatini, US co-host GCTF seminar on digital entrepreneurship

The governments of Eswatini, Taiwan and the U.S. collaborated to host a workshop through the Global Cooperation and Training Framework called “Digital Entrepreneurship for...

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