Operators in border regions carry sweets and underwear to mask their use of Chinese mobile phones for money transfers, as state security intensifies surveillance...
Despite repeated mobilizations for tree-planting every spring and autumn, hillsides remain barren as saplings are harvested for fuel and small farming plots prevent forest...
Movies depicting Chinese military sacrifices during the Korean War are spreading along the border, prompting viewers to question decades of state education that attributed...
Authorities in provinces along the Chinese border are levying fines up to $280 on families with hillside graves, citing damage to national image and...
Leather jackets and military-style boots are the season’s hottest sellers at North Korean markets, with young people emulating the leader’s televised wardrobe and vendors...
The Reconnaissance Information General Bureau has been auditing officials at medium and large trading companies in Shenyang and Dandong since October, questioning their contacts,...
Agencies and enterprises in South Pyongan province compete to inflate reported contributions to local nurseries and kindergartens, leaving logistics workers exhausted as they scramble...
The Socialist Patriotic Youth League has ordered immediate investigations and forced labor punishments for members skipping assigned work to pursue personal business in Wonsan’s...
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit was held on Oct. 31–Nov. 1, in Gyeongju, a city in South Korea’s North Gyeongsang province. Just one...
Leather jackets and military-style boots are flying off marketplace shelves as North Koreans emulate Kim Jong Un’s televised wardrobe, with vendors celebrating rebounding sales...
A report recently emerged that the government is considering a plan to essentially scrap the establishment of the National Center for North Korean Human...
North Korea’s II Corps has ordered nutritious food for soldiers ahead of winter exercises beginning Dec. 1, but the directive has sparked complaints from...
