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Farmer tells party official to change first

A Workers’ Party official in North Hamgyong province was left red-faced after a middle-aged farmer openly rebuffed his call to emulate the heroes of a state propaganda drama, in...

Farm workers drop rice bundles to steal grain

North Korean farm workers are siphoning off grain during the 2026 fall harvest by...

Nightly check-in calls rattle North Korean traders in China

North Korean consulates in China are calling regime trade officials every night around 9...

French artist holds workshop at National Human Rights Museum

French artist and writer Charlotte Mounier hosted a workshop Oct. 31-Nov. 1 at New...

Farmer tells party official to change first

A Workers’ Party official in North Hamgyong province was left red-faced after a middle-aged farmer openly rebuffed his call to emulate the heroes of...

Farm workers drop rice bundles to steal grain

North Korean farm workers are siphoning off grain during the 2026 fall harvest by secretly dropping rice bundles on the way to threshing grounds....

Nightly check-in calls rattle North Korean traders in China

North Korean consulates in China are calling regime trade officials every night around 9 p.m. to demand details on their whereabouts, meetings, and purposes—a...

Young North Korean women stop hiding sexual assault

A young woman in North Hamgyong province reported being raped at knifepoint to police immediately after the attack, leading to the arrest of two...

Pyongyang professors banished over bribes, abuse

North Korean authorities have banished two Pyongyang professors to a remote mountain region over years of bribe-taking and sexual harassment of female students, but...

Kimchi shortage exposes farm policy flaws

A poor 2026 harvest of radishes and napa cabbage is set to cause a kimchi shortage in parts of North Korea this winter. The...

North Korea courts Chinese money for Sinuiju hotels

North Korea is courting Chinese investors to build hotels and shopping complexes in Sinuiju as ties with Beijing warm in 2026. The new bridge...

Elite unit’s villa repairs spill into local markets

High-end building materials and fixtures torn out of Kim family villas and state guesthouses are turning up in North Korean markets in 2026. Many...

Kim Jong Un’s luxury yacht ends its summer off Wonsan

Kim Jong Un’s 80-meter luxury yacht, complete with a swimming pool and waterslides, spent about three months of summer 2026 anchored off the Kim...

Trader loses all her medicine after defying police

A Chongjin medicine trader lost her entire stock in October 2026 after refusing a police officer’s demand for free drugs, winning back her goods...

Shock brigade thieves face public trial in Paekam

Three young laborers in North Korea’s Ryanggang province faced a public trial in October 2026 for a monthslong theft spree targeting food, livestock and...

North Korean trucks still missing from New Yalu River Bridge

Chinese cargo trucks are rolling across the New Yalu River Bridge, but North Korean trucks have yet to join them. Two weeks after the...

North Korean teachers ordered to cram English for language contest

Education authorities in North Korea’s North Hamgyong province have ordered teachers to compete in a “multilingual contest” in 2026. Teachers in Chongjin say it...

North Korean women spend on leisure amid currency fears

Small groups of North Korean women with a little money to spare are embracing domestic tourism this fall. Leisure trips of this kind were...

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