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MOFA welcomes US Reps. Boyle, Salinas, Kennedy

Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung hosted a banquet for Reps. Brendan Boyle, Andrea Salinas and Tim Kennedy of the U.S. House of Representatives Oct. 7 in Taipei City,...

Taiwan opens representative office in Phoenix

Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung attended the launch of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office...

Interview: How bribery holds North Korea’s market economy together

A few years ago, two researchers – Dr. Andrew Yeo (Brookings Institution) and Dr....

MOFA welcomes Japan’s Kumamoto Gov. Kimura

The Oct. 6 visit by Kumamoto Governor Takashi Kimura and Prefectural Assembly Chair Koki...

China deports 120 North Korean workers, straining ties with Pyongyang

Some 120 North Korean workers from a garment factory in Dandong, China, were repatriated to North Korea on Sept. 30. The unexpected deportation by...

Surprise parachute drills disrupt life in Sinuiju

The Sinuiju Aviation Club has unexpectedly moved up its annual parachute drills by ten days, sparking speculation among locals that it is linked to...

N. Korea’s Decree 1013: Kim’s green light for tougher punishments of repeat offenders

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has approved Decree 1013, a new directive that imposes harsher penalties on repeat offenders, following a proposal from...

Provincial inspectors swarm South Pyongan farms in two-week seed review

South Pyongan province’s farm management committee has been conducting a two-week inspection of wheat and barley fall planting operations at local farms, with a...

N. Korea exorts building supplies from currency traders in flood recovery scheme

North Korean authorities are forcing arrested money changers to donate building materials for flood relief instead of sending them to labor camps, marking a...

Listening in: N. Korea orders transcripts of citizens’ phone calls

North Korea’s Ministry of State Security has ordered the compilation of transcripts of recorded public telephone conversations to gauge public sentiment. The directive, which...

Pyongyang escalates crackdown on overseas communication

North Korean authorities have intensified their crackdown on cross-border communications, threatening residents in border regions with reeducation camp sentences for any overseas phone calls....

N. Korea’s hidden market: The cat-and-mouse game of S. Korean goods

North Korean authorities have launched a sweeping crackdown on the import and distribution of South Korean goods. A source in North Hamgyong province revealed recently...

Pyongyang’s drone drama: Official narrative meets internal skepticism

North Korea has accused South Korea of orchestrating a recent drone infiltration over Pyongyang and delivered an ideological lecture to senior party officials about...

N. Korean security agency caught hiding secret leaks

North Korea’s State Security Agency concealed and internally handled secret information leaks from its central units, sparking controversy when uncovered by a surprise inspection...

N. Korean military report exposes foreign media problem, sparks harsh punishments

The Military Security Command, the North Korean military’s counterintelligence agency, has circulated a report detailing cases of illegal handling of foreign media within the...

Economic strain intensifies: N. Korean food prices surge despite fall harvest

Despite the fall harvest, the price of rice in North Korean markets is skyrocketing. A kilogram now costs over 7,000 North Korean won in...

N. Korean spy agency seeks underground expansion for “modern warfare”

The Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB), the North Korean military’s spy agency, has submitted a proposal to leader Kim Jong Un to expand tunnels beneath...

Rason’s “non-socialist” housing probe met with public skepticism

Prosecutors in Rason have launched a month-long inspection to identify owners of multiple homes, designating such ownership as “non-socialist.” However, local residents are dismissing...

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