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Protesters arrested after clashes at ICE detention center (VIDEO)

Demonstrators defied a curfew outside the New Jersey facility in support of detainees reportedly on hunger strike over inhumane conditions ...

The last exit from the Ukraine conflict may already be closing

The ‘Spirit of Anchorage’ offered a face-saving compromise for everyone involved. Now it is...

North Korea makes parents pay to feed students forced into rice planting labor

Parents across North Korea are being pressured to supply food for their children mobilized...

Russia accuses France and the UK of piracy over cargo ship seizure

The vessel was unlawfully diverted from international waters, according to Russia’s Foreign Ministry ...

North Korea makes parents pay to feed students forced into rice planting labor

Parents across North Korea are being pressured to supply food for their children mobilized for rice planting season, bearing costs the state is unwilling...

Young North Koreans turn to flexible 8·3 labor as state wages fail to cover basic needs

Young workers in North Korea are increasingly using a practice known as “8·3 labor” — paying a fee to their state-assigned workplace in exchange...

North Korea uses Russia’s Victory Day to push war readiness doctrine

North Korea used its military’s participation in Russia’s Victory Day parade to conduct ideological indoctrination sessions targeting security officials, in what reflects Pyongyang’s effort...

North Korea grain prices fall across markets as imported supply increases

Grain prices at North Korean markets fell across the board in late May 2026, reversing a sustained period of increases, according to Daily NK’s...

North Korean women no longer want to marry police officers. Here’s why.

A telling story has been circulating in South Pyongan province. A daughter of a local People’s Committee official was urged by her parents to...

Counterfeit Russian rubles flood Rason market as North Korea-Russia trade expands

Counterfeit Russian rubles have been circulating in Rason, North Korea’s special economic zone on the China-Russia border, prompting authorities to dispatch a special inspection...

North Korea’s AFC women’s title sparks curiosity about South Korea at home

News of North Korea’s Naegohyang women’s football club winning the AFC Women’s Champions League on South Korean soil has become a major talking point...

North Koreans split on Xi Jinping visit rumors as border trade hangs in balance

Rumors of a possible visit to North Korea by Chinese President Xi Jinping are spreading inside the country, stirring a mix of hope and...

North Korea orders shoot-to-kill at border, coordinates defector tracking with China

North Korea’s State Information Bureau, the country’s primary domestic intelligence agency formerly known as the Ministry of State Security, has issued sweeping new directives...

North Korea expands rice-paddy fish farming drive, farm workers push back

North Korea has been pushing rice-paddy fish farming as an organic, low-cost method to boost grain output and supplement the food supply, but farmers...

North Korea ramps up Chinese medical equipment imports amid healthcare modernization push

North Korea is importing a growing volume of Chinese medical equipment as authorities push to modernize healthcare facilities nationwide, with demand for pharmaceutical packaging...

North Korea grain stores more stable in 2026, but quality complaints persist

North Korea’s state-run grain stores are operating more reliably than in previous years, but the grain they sell continues to draw complaints about poor...

North Korea soldiers forced into soybean farming say officers take the best of the harvest

North Korean soldiers stationed in Hamhung, the capital of South Hamgyong province, have been mobilized en masse for soybean planting on military-run auxiliary farms,...

Chinese smugglers foiled at North Korea border despite hopes for post-Trump thaw

Chinese smugglers along the Jilin province border with North Korea attempted to move goods across the river on the nights of May 20 and...

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