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North Korea marks Russia treaty anniversary with lectures glorifying troops killed in Ukraine

North Korea held week-long ideological lectures for officials in June 2026 to mark the second anniversary of its comprehensive strategic partnership treaty with Russia, framing the alliance as an...

RT staff caught in deadly Caracas earthquake

Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan has said the families of employees are being relocated after their...

Polish opposition leader to return Ukrainian state award amid Nazi spat

Law and Justice party chair Jaroslaw Kaczynski’s decision comes amid an escalating diplomatic row...

Polish opposition to EU membership for Ukraine surges – poll

Nearly 60% of Poles now oppose Kiev joining the bloc, compared to 42% a...

North Korea marks Russia treaty anniversary with lectures glorifying troops killed in Ukraine

North Korea held week-long ideological lectures for officials in June 2026 to mark the second anniversary of its comprehensive strategic partnership treaty with Russia,...

North Korea’s neighborhood watch units can’t find anyone willing to lead them

North Koreans are increasingly refusing to serve as neighborhood watch unit leaders in 2026, and the trend has now reached Pyongyang, where filling the...

How Smart Urban Design Is Making Public Spaces Safer and More Accessible

Cities around the world are rethinking the way they design and manage public spaces. From bustling pedestrian plazas to quiet neighborhood parks, urban planners...

North Korea ramps up phone surveillance, stoking fear among traders

North Korean authorities in North Pyongan province have sharply intensified phone surveillance in 2026, intercepting both landline and mobile calls to crack down on...

The Xi–Kim summit’s hidden fault lines

When Chinese President Xi Jinping visited North Korea on June 8 and 9, 2026, for a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un,...

Sinuiju unlicensed lodging crackdown drives travelers to state guesthouses

North Korean authorities intensified a crackdown on unlicensed home lodging operations near the border in 2026, threatening expulsion for repeat offenders and pushing travelers...

Kim family fashion drives custom tailoring boom among North Korea’s wealthy elite

Wealthy North Koreans are commissioning custom-tailored suits modeled on the outfits worn by Ri Sol Ju and Kim Ju Ae at official state appearances...

Tumen River bridge delay fuels frustration inside North Korea

North Korea is seething over Russia’s failure to complete its side of a landmark road bridge across the Tumen River in 2026, with officials...

North Korean households squeezed by human waste quotas as state touts record fertilizer output

Neighborhood watch units in parts of North Korea have ordered each household to submit 50 kilograms of dried human waste as fertilizer by mid-July...

North Korea intensifies Chinese mobile phone crackdown ahead of half-year performance review

Security agents in North Korea’s border regions have intensified efforts to catch people using Chinese mobile phones, enlisting ordinary citizens alongside informants to monitor...

North Korea’s local factory policy failing to reach rural store shelves, students discover

Students from the North Korean city of Sinuiju who were sent to support agricultural work in rural areas have returned home shocked by the...

North Korea tightens ideological grip on border areas ahead of China trade expansion

North Korea issued coordinated directives to party organizations, mass worker groups, and security agencies in border areas in June 2026, ordering them to tighten...

Behind Pyongyang’s showcase streets, satellite images reveal neighborhoods left behind

High-resolution satellite imagery analyzed in 2026 reveals the true condition of two long-neglected neighborhoods in central Pyongyang: Tungme-dong in Sonkyo district and Worrhyang-dong in...

Before debating how Korea unifies, Seoul needs to decide what it wants

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung recently stated that South Korea would not pursue absorption unification with North Korea. The position is being interpreted as...

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