North Korea’s mineral exports to China have recently increased, as Beijing appears to be enforcing sanctions on the North less strictly amid warming ties...
A man who ran a scam targeting wealthy and well-connected Sariwon residents in North Hwanghae province, promising to secure state jobs for their children,...
Contract wages for North Korean workers newly dispatched to China have risen sharply in recent months, but the increase is only inflating what Chinese...
Heavy rain in Sinuiju has disrupted cross-border cargo truck traffic between North Korea and China, further cooling Chinese investment sentiment that had been building...
Sinuiju, the North Pyongan province city that suffered catastrophic flood damage in the summer of 2024, is underwater again, this time because a short...
So-called “dance tutoring” is becoming popular among North Korean teenagers, as slick performance videos of singers dancing in formation with dynamic choreography catch young...
North Korea’s Ministry of Defense has ordered a monthlong special inspection by military prosecutors after reports surfaced that soldiers deployed to rural construction sites...
Apartment prices in one of Pyongyang’s newer housing districts have fallen from about $70,000 to roughly $60,000, and sales have slowed sharply, as a...
Bribes for the travel certificates North Koreans need to move between regions have jumped sharply in Hoeryong, North Hamgyong province, and the government’s own...
Four unemployed young men in Sinuiju, North Pyongan province, were sentenced to labor training after North Korean authorities caught them watching South Korean and...
Satellite imagery shows yellow-tinted mine drainage spreading from North Korea’s Bupo mine toward farmland and a saltworks in South Hwanghae province’s Kangnyong county, with...
