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Air China’s Beijing-Pyongyang resumption stirs economic hopes inside North Korea

North Korea resumed its first direct Air China flights from Beijing in six years on March 30, and the news has spread quickly inside the country, stirring genuine excitement...

North Korea fuel prices surge 20% as Iran war squeezes oil supply

North Korea’s market prices have surged for the second consecutive month, with fuel costs...

North Korea triples border enforcement as Kim Jong Un ideology campaign intensifies

A wave of mandatory study sessions centered on “Kim Jong Un Thought” has swept...

North Korea orders campaign to erase South Korea from youth consciousness

North Korea has ordered a sweeping ideological campaign to erase South Korea from the...

Amnesty International: N. Koreans executed for watching S. Korean TV

North Koreans caught watching South Korean television face public executions or years in labor camps, with the harshest punishments reserved for those unable to...

North Korean police use undercover spies to entrap merchants in foreign currency stings

North Korea is intensifying crackdowns on person-to-person foreign currency transactions under its foreign exchange control law, with police in Sinuiju, North Pyongan province, recently...

N. Korea drone incident shows peace talks are political mirage

North Korea’s statements and rhetoric regarding the drone incident are once again roiling South Korea. Less than a day after the North Korean General...

North Korean family faces ten years prison as neighbors suspect police setup

A North Korean family in Onsong county, North Hamgyong province, is being questioned by police after being caught watching foreign media. The community has...

Cold epidemic sweeps North Korea’s -30°C regions as poor can’t afford medicine

Temperatures in North Korea’s northern regions have plunged to -30 degrees Celsius (-22 degrees Fahrenheit), and the number of people complaining of cold-like symptoms...

Samjiyon construction workers suffer frostbite in -30°C cold with inadequate winter gear

Despite the frigid temperatures in the North Korean city of Samjiyon, construction continues on a tourist resort in the area. That has resulted in...

Over 50 detained in North Korea for watching Cho Yong-pil’s KBS concert on USB drives

North Korean state security agencies have detained dozens of people for watching videos of South Korean singer Cho Yong-pil’s wildly popular “This Moment Forever”...

North Korean POWs in Ukraine beg for South Korea’s help—will Seoul answer?

The release of interviews with North Korean soldiers captured as prisoners of war on the Ukrainian battlefield is causing shockwaves. I found the testimonies...

North Korea pushes forward with massive tideland reclamation projects

Since the time of Kim Il Sung, North Korea has sought to compensate for its mountainous terrain and shortage of arable land through tideland...

North Korea’s first 2026 Cabinet order demands “results for show” ahead of Ninth Party Congress

The North Korean Cabinet’s first order of 2026 focused on “producing results” to make the Ninth Party Congress shine as a “victor’s congress,” Daily...

North Koreans buy river water from pullcarts as pipes freeze solid

Cases of water pipes freezing or exploding have occurred throughout the northern regions of North Korea amid a protracted cold spell. Locals are taking...

China cracks down on North Korean cigarette smuggling, but demand keeps growing

Chinese smugglers caught trafficking North Korean cigarettes face steep penalties and prison time as Beijing intensifies enforcement against illicit tobacco trade, but Pyongyang’s cigarette...

Height, songbun, and accordion skills: What it takes to land a North Korean restaurant job overseas

With North Korea expected to expand its overseas workforce, more young women are taking lessons in singing and musical instruments with the hope of...

North Korean youth spend $345 on power-symbol coats worn by security agents

Young North Koreans are shelling out $345 to copy a look that signals power: “gaeteol-shuba,” the dog-fur padded coats worn by soldiers, state security...

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