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North Korea passed a sweeping law in 2025 that regulates soil pollution from initial monitoring through investigation, cleanup and punishment of violators. The...

Authorities in South Hamgyong province are cracking down on private hairdressers and barbers, but young North Koreans who want personalized styles are still seeking...

North Korea is shifting its foreign currency strategy in 2026, with trading units moving away from raw material exports to China and turning instead...

North Korea’s Cabinet held an emergency meeting and issued a detailed set of heat wave guidelines after the death toll from heat-related illness surpassed...

Air-conditioned coffee shops, tea houses, and beer halls are emerging as summer refuges for North Korean people as the current heat wave drags on....

North Korea has quietly raised the prices of two mobile phone models sold in four border provinces, adding 500 Chinese yuan (about $74) to...

North Korean labor training camp detainees are collapsing from dehydration during outdoor work in the ongoing heat wave, receiving neither proper medical treatment nor...

North Korean authorities set up state-run grain sales offices to stabilize food supplies and prices, but many of these shops are now run behind...

As the ongoing heat wave worsens North Korea’s power shortage, authorities have reportedly moved to prioritize electricity for munitions factories while sharply cutting power...

I analyzed commercial satellite imagery from the United States and Europe to see how North Korea’s side of the Demilitarized Zone, or DMZ, has...

North Korea is building new local industrial factories nationwide under its “Regional Development 20×10 Policy.” The policy calls for building modern factories in 20...

Every wholesale order that moves from a showroom to a retailer's shelf travels through a maze of requirements most shoppers never think about. Carton...

North Korean authorities have sharply intensified crackdowns on illegal money transfers made using Chinese mobile phones. Remittance brokers near the country’s border say their...

South Pyongan province’s Sunchon chemical industrial complex is a sprawling hub as it was built up over the past decade on the site of...