Rice prices in North Korea’s informal markets, known as jangmadang, continued falling in September 2026 after a stretch of national holidays boosted grain supplies...
North Korea’s Ninth Party Congress in 2026 formally cemented Kim Jong Un’s status as the country’s supreme and unchallenged leader. Yet a recent destroyer...
South Korea’s National Intelligence Service briefed the National Assembly’s intelligence committee on Sept. 1. Kim Ju Ae, it said, is effectively at the stage...
North Korea’s 2026 constitutional amendment protecting Pyongyang Cultural Language has fueled a renewed puppet speech crackdown. Schools, workplaces and neighborhood organizations have stepped up...
County education officials in Musan county in North Korea’s North Hamgyong province visited the home of a disabled student’s family this month, joining teachers...
North Korea’s crackdown on drug trafficking has intensified sharply this year. The tightened enforcement has shrunk methamphetamine distribution networks, and it has driven prices...
North Korean people are flocking to parks, squares and riverbanks in the evenings now that this summer’s punishing heat wave has finally broken. Many...
North Hamgyong province has launched a consumer goods design competition for light industry factories across the region, but the mandate is drawing complaints from...
North Korea recently held its 15th National Teachers’ Congress and touted “world-class education,” but people in rural areas remain skeptical that real improvement will...
The number of North Korean workers newly dispatched to China has risen steadily since July, as improving relations between Pyongyang and Beijing revive a...
