Ocean Affairs Council Minister Kuan Bi-ling exchanged views on cooperation in marine education, sustainability and technology with Ninad Deshpande, director general of the India Taipei Association, July 20 at...
North Korean people are calling for a sweeping investigation into corruption across the country’s power organs. A senior military official’s dramatic public downfall sparked...
North Korean authorities arrested two young men in Pyongsong, South Pyongan province, in 2026. Their crime was watching K-drama, the South Korean dramas widely...
North Korean authorities boast of the country’s rising international standing. But in 2026, a very different story is spreading among North Korean people in...
North Korea’s foreign ministry held an urgent briefing for senior officials after the United States extended its national emergency declaration over North Korea for...
North Korea has issued a new China directive to cabinet officials, ordering them to separate economic gains from ideological control even as Pyongyang seeks...
North Korea is ordering custom electric bicycles from Chinese manufacturers and importing the finished products to meet rising domestic demand. At the same time,...
North Korean beauty salons and sauna houses are increasingly rebranding themselves as premium service providers in 2026, bundling haircuts, massages, skin care treatments and...
Elderly North Koreans in several regions are voicing nostalgia for the era of founding leader Kim Il Sung. They unfavorably compare today’s economic hardship...
North Korea’s Ministry of Social Security has ordered tighter surveillance of North Korean people. The goal is to root out the lingering belief that...
North Korean authorities are demanding a fourth round of rural weeding this year, up from the usual three, mobilizing workplaces, neighborhood units and students...
