North Korean trading companies have recently been importing large quantities of clothing from South Korea and other countries popular with North Korean consumers. A...
A North Korean soldier with the Eighth General Bureau, which is thought to be responsible for construction projects, was fatally beaten by his superiors...
For North Korean young people, a handwritten letter remains the chief means of expressing feelings of passion. Despite the growing adoption of mobile phones...
As officers from the logistics departments of government agencies begin collecting grain, they are profiteering by tampering with the ratio of rice received, as...
North Korea has equipped military construction units with heavy construction equipment needed for building factories in the countryside as part of Kim Jong Un’s...
North Korea is redoubling efforts to build shopping centers with bathhouses and hair salons in the provinces as part of its regional development policy....
Spreading malnutrition among children is becoming a major social issue in North Korea, with three orphans at a school in Pyongsong recently dying after...
The North Korean authorities have recently begun patting themselves on the back for bringing religion under control, claiming that “organized underground services and secret...
North Korean high school students in their final year are increasingly putting on a variety of “graduation parties,” leaving parents who must now prepare...