The party committee of Songchon county, South Pyongan province, has ordered a complete halt to the flow of state-produced goods into informal markets, threatening officials and factory workers with...
North Korean high school students in their final year are increasingly putting on a variety of “graduation parties,” leaving parents who must now prepare...
The North Korean authorities have intensified controls on trade officials who carry out or bring in foreign exchange, such as dollars or Chinese yuan,...
Frequent fights are erupting between North Korea’s rural residents who illegally fell trees out of desperation to secure firewood for the winter and the...
Text message ads sent through smartphones are booming in North Korea, with users receiving over 10 commercial messages a day as companies compete to...
North Korea’s Central Committee has ordered provincial party committees to pay special attention to families with multiple children, dispatching “visitation teams” to homes to...
With the authorities collecting military rice supplies in agricultural communities throughout North Korea, the age-old practice of pilfering supplies on the ground is repeating...
Radio Free Asia (RFA) may have suspended the production and broadcasting of programs into North Korea, but Pyongyang is keeping quiet about it, including...
On Nov. 5, the South Korean Defense Intelligence Agency reported in a closed-door audit by the National Assembly’s Intelligence Committee that North Korea is...
North Korea has abruptly recalled trade representatives from China and replaced some with new officials in an apparent bid to boost foreign currency earnings...
