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Indian IT firm’s $1.5 billion deal with Porsche is powered by AI

India’s largest IT consultancy firm TCS hopes to ride the AI-led transformation in the auto industry as broader cost pressure mounts ...

Four arrested over Kenya elephant deaths

Preliminary tests suggest that the animals may have ingested cyanide-contaminated tomatoes from farms near...

Russia responds to German claims of ‘affront’

A reporter earlier said Berlin’s top diplomat was humiliated by a Russian attack conducted...

Trump threatens US schools over gender transitions

Every educational institution promoting the controversial process among children is now “on notice” over...

As smugglers vanish from North Korea’s border, security agents’ lifestyles take a hit

North Korea’s crackdown on smuggling along its border with China has cut off a key source of side income for state security agents who...

North Korea cracks down on ghostwritten graduation theses at Pyongyang universities

North Korea’s Cabinet Ministry of Education has ordered major universities in Pyongyang to stamp out the ghostwriting of graduation theses, sparking anxiety among soon-to-graduate...

North Korea’s wealthy still crave South Korean cosmetics despite crackdown

Demand for South Korean cosmetics among North Korea’s wealthy elite shows no sign of slowing, and smugglers have begun repackaging the products into Chinese...

North Korea foreign trade shifts to state control

North Korea is overhauling its foreign trade system to route transactions only through official state trade organizations this year. Authorities have banned individual traders...

North Korea orders nationwide university crackdown after Kim Chaek arrests

North Korean authorities have ordered intensive inspections at universities nationwide, including in Pyongyang, after seven students at Kim Chaek University of Technology were arrested. A...

North Korea money-transfer brokers make a comeback amid bank distrust

Private money-transfer brokers are reviving in North Korea after a period of suppression aimed at pushing people toward banks. The distrust toward banks that...

Small Law Firms, Big Cases — The Attorneys Who Take On Trucking Companies

When a tractor trailer collides with a passenger vehicle, the resulting legal fight often pits a two or three person law office against a...

North Korea military officer discharged over wife’s Chinese relative

North Korean authorities recently discharged a military officer stationed in Hamhung after discovering that his wife has a relative in China who is an...

In North Korea, homes near markets fetch triple pre-pandemic prices

Housing prices near a market in the North Korean city of Chongjin have climbed as much as three times their pre-pandemic levels in 2026....

North Korea weather agency faces month-long ideological review

North Korea’s State Hydro-Meteorological Administration is undergoing a sweeping, party-ordered ideological review this month after a string of forecasting failures worsened storm and heat...

Trump plays the Kim Jong Un card amid Seoul-Washington discord

Recently, South Korea-US relations have taken a troubling turn. After North Korea’s military pushed ahead with fortification work along the Military Demarcation Line, including...

North Korea garment factories draw women with pay, perks

Growing garment subcontracting trade between North Korea and China is pulling young women into export garment factories in cities including Sinuiju, Nampo and Pyongyang...

As prices soar, North Koreans sell homes just to raise trading capital

A growing number of North Koreans struggling to make ends meet are selling homes to raise trading capital as soaring prices have sharply driven...

Power outage forces Chongjin hospital to cremate body without consent

A hospital in Chongjin, the capital of North Korea’s North Hamgyong province, cremated a patient’s body without the family’s consent this month, after power...

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