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FM Lin leads trade delegation to Phoenix

Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung and a business delegation from Taiwan’s National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Association (NiEA) visited Phoenix, Arizona Oct. 3-5 to expand bilateral trade cooperation.   According to...

China’s bold and audacious strategic initiative that escaped most experts’ attention

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to South Korea on August 19-20, 2026, received...

Taiwan, Australia discuss circular economy

Lai Ying-ying, director general of the Ministry of Environment Resource Circulation Administration (RECA), led...

Taiwan, US stage first GCTF event in New Zealand

A workshop on disaster management in the Pacific was organized by Taiwan and the...

North Korea publicly executes two graduates over South Korean videos

North Korea publicly executed two young men in Haeju, South Hwanghae province, in late May 2026 after arresting them for distributing banned videos, including...

North Korea targets unlicensed home restaurants as cheap eateries multiply

North Korean authorities have launched a crackdown on unlicensed home restaurants in Kaechon, South Pyongan province, ordering small food vendors to register their businesses...

Stop watching Kim Ju Ae and start watching North Korea-China ties

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to North Korea in June 2026 was no mere diplomatic ceremony. Timed to the 65th anniversary of the North...

Rice and corn prices hit record highs in North Korean markets

Rice and corn prices in North Korean markets have surged to record highs in June 2026, deepening food shortages as growing numbers of rural...

North Korea orders urgent re-vetting of children’s union anniversary delegates

North Korea’s ruling party issued an urgent order to re-vet every child selected to attend celebrations in Pyongyang for the Korean Children’s Union’s 80th...

Shorter shifts, stricter controls for North Korean women mobilized to farms

Members of North Korea’s official women’s organization are working four-hour shifts in the country’s 2026 weeding campaign, but authorities now demand written proof that...

Solar energy gap widens in North Korea as only the wealthy can afford the upfront cost

North Korean authorities are urging state institutions, enterprises, and neighborhood watch units to install solar power systems to offset chronic electricity shortages, but the...

Xi’s North Korea visit fuels Chinese tourism revival hopes

Chinese travel agencies began promoting North Korea tourism packages in June, capitalizing on Chinese President Xi Jinping’s first visit to Pyongyang in seven years...

North Korea bans border gatherings, criminalizes talk of South Korea

North Korea has intensified controls on gatherings and private conversations in border areas, ordering that groups of three or more people be broken up...

North Koreans skip state mobilization to run private gold operations from their homes

North Korean people living near gold mines in North Pyongan province have converted their homes into makeshift processing operations, crushing and washing ore to...

Kim Jong Un saves air force commander’s nephew from execution, fueling anger over double standards

A nephew of North Korean Air Force commander Kim Gwang Hyok was spared from execution after leader Kim Jong Un issued a personal directive...

North Korean farms grind to a halt as fuel shortages cripple rice planting season

Fuel shortages are forcing North Korean farms to abandon mechanized equipment during the critical rice transplanting season, with workers left to haul seedlings by...

One year of Lee Jae-myung’s North Korea policy: real gains, serious gaps

June 4, 2026, marks the first anniversary of President Lee Jae-myung’s inauguration. Given that his government took office in the wake of a sudden...

North Koreans credit rice price stability, but quality and affordability remain concerns

More than five years after North Korea’s state-run grain stores were introduced, North Korean people say the outlets are operating more smoothly than in...

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