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Taiwan opens representative office in Phoenix

Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung attended the launch of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Phoenix, Arizona, Oct. 5.   The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs...
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Interview: How bribery holds North Korea’s market economy together

A few years ago, two researchers – Dr. Andrew Yeo (Brookings Institution) and Dr....
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MOFA welcomes Japan’s Kumamoto Gov. Kimura

The Oct. 6 visit by Kumamoto Governor Takashi Kimura and Prefectural Assembly Chair Koki...
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South Korean-style natural makeup catches on among young North Koreans

Young North Koreans in cities such as Chongjin are embracing a subtle, natural South...
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Interview: How bribery holds North Korea’s market economy together

A few years ago, two researchers – Dr. Andrew Yeo (Brookings Institution) and Dr. Justin Hastings (University of Sydney) – conducted a series of...

South Korean-style natural makeup catches on among young North Koreans

Young North Koreans in cities such as Chongjin are embracing a subtle, natural South Korean makeup style in 2026 that arrived through people who...

China’s bold and audacious strategic initiative that escaped most experts’ attention

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to South Korea on August 19-20, 2026, received relatively little international attention, despite being a consequential meeting for...

Pak Hui Chol graft case sets off purge of N. Korean military political officers

North Korea’s military corruption probe is sweeping through army political departments in 2026, months after the regime exposed a major graft case in July....

Foreign language files land three North Korean youth league officials in custody

North Korean authorities have arrested three youth league officials in Pyongyang over unauthorized foreign materials on their computers. The case opens a new front...

Pyongsong orders young singles to resettle in North Korean farm villages

North Korean authorities in Pyongsong have ordered workplaces to pick unmarried young people under 30 for permanent rural placement in 2026. The forced rural...

Rural housing delays leave North Korean families in storerooms for two years

Two years after their homes were torn down for a new rural housing project, some families in North Korea’s Jagang province are still living...

North Korea expands medical insurance as new hospitals rise in cities and counties

North Korea is building model hospitals and pharmacies across the country while widening a new medical insurance program meant to ease the cost of...

North Koreans shun paid Rodong Sinmun app but still pay for the paper edition

North Korea’s flagship newspaper can now be read through a paid Rodong Sinmun app on smartphones in 2026. According to a source in South...

Yuan loses ground against dollar as North Korean market prices keep falling

Market prices in North Korea fell for a fourth consecutive week in late September 2026, as a fresh corn harvest and easing exchange rates...

North Korean soldiers cut winter firewood for their units and their officers’ homes

North Korean soldiers from the 10th Corps in Ryanggang province are heading into the mountains to cut firewood for the 2026 winter. Much of...

Samjiyon lecture cites purged officer’s case in foreign culture crackdown

Party officials in the North Korean city of Samjiyon held up the corruption case of Pak Hui Chol, a purged senior military political officer,...

Satellite imagery shows Sinuiju greenhouse farm far larger than North Korea claims

This author’s analysis of high-resolution satellite imagery shows that North Korea’s Sinuiju greenhouse farm, completed in February 2026, covers at least 800 hectares, far...

Women’s union crackdown targets home tailoring workshop in Hyesan

A women’s union crackdown in the North Korean border city of Hyesan has targeted a home-based tailoring workshop this September, with officials publicly criticizing...
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