North Korea’s economy is experiencing a period of acute instability, characterized by rising consumer prices, currency depreciation, and increasing policy uncertainty. Inflation in particular...
North Korea is promoting a nursery support program, with local organizations and officials eagerly participating because program success factors into their own performance reviews....
North Korean authorities are cracking down on corruption in workplace assignments for technical high school graduates, aiming to prevent wealthy and powerful families from...
North Korean authorities have dramatically intensified surveillance of the population following Kim Jong Un’s visit to China and the regime’s founding anniversary on Sept....
Chinese police investigating online criticism of a military parade celebrating the 80th anniversary of “Victory Day” are targeting North Korean female defectors—who are illegal...
The number of inmates in North Korea’s political prison camps has increased slightly as authorities apply the “Reactionary Thought and Culture Rejection Law” and...
With Kim Jong Un’s visit to China for the 80th anniversary of China’s victory over Japan drawing attention to strengthened North Korea-China cooperation, the...
