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North Korea’s military corruption probe is sweeping through army political departments in 2026, months after the regime exposed a major graft case in July....

North Korean authorities have arrested three youth league officials in Pyongyang over unauthorized foreign materials on their computers. The case opens a new front...

North Korean authorities in Pyongsong have ordered workplaces to pick unmarried young people under 30 for permanent rural placement in 2026. The forced rural...

Two years after their homes were torn down for a new rural housing project, some families in North Korea’s Jagang province are still living...

North Korea is building model hospitals and pharmacies across the country while widening a new medical insurance program meant to ease the cost of...

North Korea’s flagship newspaper can now be read through a paid Rodong Sinmun app on smartphones in 2026. According to a source in South...

Market prices in North Korea fell for a fourth consecutive week in late September 2026, as a fresh corn harvest and easing exchange rates...

North Korean soldiers from the 10th Corps in Ryanggang province are heading into the mountains to cut firewood for the 2026 winter. Much of...

Party officials in the North Korean city of Samjiyon held up the corruption case of Pak Hui Chol, a purged senior military political officer,...

This author’s analysis of high-resolution satellite imagery shows that North Korea’s Sinuiju greenhouse farm, completed in February 2026, covers at least 800 hectares, far...

A women’s union crackdown in the North Korean border city of Hyesan has targeted a home-based tailoring workshop this September, with officials publicly criticizing...

North Koreans in mountainous parts of South Pyongan province are heading into the hills before dawn this autumn to gather acorns, and the 2026...

Satellite analysis of North Korea’s crop conditions in August 2026 shows farmland across the country growing at almost exactly the same pace as last...

Managers of state-run grain stores in North Korea’s South Hwanghae province pushed rice prices well above market rates in September 2026. Provincial authorities summoned...