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Taiwan reports high foreign trade in February

The Ministry of Finance reported exports of US$49.8 billion and imports of US$37 billion in February, surging year-on-year by 20.6 percent and 6.8 percent, respectively, to create a monthly...

Taiwan hosts international conference on water supply resilience

The International Conference on Multi-Water Resource Application Strategies and Agricultural Sustainability and Resilience Under...

Vintage railway diplomacy is extended

The Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency, Alishan Forest Railway Cultural Heritage...

Beijing-Pyongyang passenger train service set to resume after nearly six years

North Korea and China are set to resume direct passenger rail service between Beijing...

Suspension of RFA and VOA transforms North Korean public opinion as rumors replace outside news

Since the suspension of major radio broadcasts aimed at North Korea, such as Radio Free Asia (RFA) and Voice of America (VOA), the flow...

North Korean logistics officers profiteer from grain collection as rice prices soar

As officers from the logistics departments of government agencies begin collecting grain, they are profiteering by tampering with the ratio of rice received, as...

Chinese manufacturers SANY, XCMG and SDLG supply bulldozers and cranes for Kim’s factory push

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...

Kim Jong Un’s 20×10 regional development policy falters as new buildings sit empty

North Korea is redoubling efforts to build shopping centers with bathhouses and hair salons in the provinces as part of its regional development policy....

Why North Korean troops fear “assignments” more than combat duty

A North Korean young man performing his military service in the riot police was beaten unconscious by a group of his superiors, prompting an...

Protein deficiency causes muscle atrophy and hair loss among North Korean orphans

Spreading malnutrition among children is becoming a major social issue in North Korea, with three orphans at a school in Pyongsong recently dying after...

N. Korea claims near-total elimination of underground churches and prayer groups

The North Korean authorities have recently begun patting themselves on the back for bringing religion under control, claiming that “organized underground services and secret...

Urban beautification projects eliminate public drying spaces for homemade heating fuel

As North Koreans busily prepare for winter, the number of households making their own coal briquettes for heating in cities such as Sinuiju, North...

Economic collapse forces parents to advise daughters against marriage

A North Korean woman died as a homeless beggar on the streets of Hyesan in Ryanggang province after her parents and siblings refused to...

State television touts mechanized farming while blackouts force workers to thresh by hand

As farmers around North Korea wrap up the fall harvest, most farms in Ryanggang province have been unable to use their threshing machines because...

Homeroom teachers compete over student bribes as class ceremonies become status symbols

North Korean high school students in their final year are increasingly putting on a variety of “graduation parties,” leaving parents who must now prepare...

Bag inspections and struggle sessions fail to stop Pyongyang students from celebrating South Korean custom

South Korea’s unique custom of couples and friends exchanging pairs of stick-shaped snacks on Nov. 11 has arrived in Pyongyang. Aware of this, the...

Farm labor shortages force North Korea to trap discharged soldiers in rural hometowns

A North Korean couple from different parts of the country—the man from the interior and the woman from the border—may have to call off...

Elderly N. Koreans long for Kim Jong Il era as markets wither and smuggling ends

Amid persistent economic hardship, it is becoming more common for elderly North Koreans to long for the days of Kim Jong Il, as an...

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