Some North Korean students in North Pyongan province are skipping compulsory farm labor duty this rice-planting season by securing enrollment in school arts performance...
An analysis of recent imagery captured by the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-2B and Sentinel-2C satellites shows that water levels at North Korea’s major reservoirs...
North Korea’s Ministry of Education has singled out North Hamgyong province for a sweeping anti-corruption drive after the province posted some of the country’s...
Chinese police are recruiting North Korean defectors living in China as informants and using them to infiltrate defector escape networks, leading to the arrest...
North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) central committee ordered a full replacement of staff managing foreign student dormitories at Kim Il Sung...
Ethnic Chinese residents of North Korea are carrying Chongjin-made soy meat and fried tofu across the border into China and selling them there, turning...
North Korea has mobilized medical students at universities across North Pyongan province to collect medicinal herbs, drafting them into a state-driven push to expand...
North Korean authorities have launched a sweeping personnel shake-up in South Pyongan province in May 2026, dismissing and reassigning officials who underperformed in a...
North Korea’s authorities have been promoting the country’s community doctor system as a pillar of preventive healthcare in 2026, but people across the country...
North Korea’s market prices surged again in May 2026, reversing a brief lull and deepening economic hardship for ordinary North Koreans across the country.
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Despite intensifying crackdowns on South Korean goods, North Korea’s wealthy elite continue to use Cuckoo brand electric rice cookers, treating the South Korean appliances...
