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To get a coveted work posting in China, North Korean trade workers are being forced to hand over as much as $20,000 in cash...

North Korean traders near the Chinese border have been deliberately placing brief international calls on state-issued mobile phones to create false records and disguise...

North Korea’s crackdown on South Korean pop culture has done little to dim young North Koreans’ enthusiasm for BTS, with sources inside the country...

North Korea’s state security bureau in North Hamgyong province has ordered the replacement of roughly 40% of its agents at municipal and county offices...

North Korea has ordered all writers and artists to complete an intensive ideological training course by early April, as the regime moves to tighten...

A Pyongyang man was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison at a public trial held in mid-March in the city’s Songyo district...

North Korea completed preparations for Kim Jong Un’s fourth term as the country’s supreme leader in late February and March 2026, holding three major...

North Korean state media’s recent images of Kim Ju Ae firing rifles, handguns, and now driving a tank have sparked notable reactions inside the...

As North Korea’s seasonal temperature swings intensify this spring, the number of cold and flu cases in Ryanggang province has surged. But for most...

North Korea appears to be allowing private individuals to go crabbing for the first time since the pandemic, with entrepreneurs flocking to the Yellow...

North Korean high school students in Hamhung have begun dining out with classmates multiple times a week, with splitting the bill evenly becoming the...

North Korea has ordered industrial managers across the country to abandon inflated production statistics and pivot to quality-driven economic growth powered by new energy...

Goods ranging from manufactured products to agricultural produce are moving through the newly resumed North Korea-China passenger rail service, with North Korean trading companies...

The U.S.-Israel war with Iran shows no sign of a quick resolution. Washington’s bet that killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would halt Tehran’s...