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For some North Koreans, harvest duty becomes a picnic

North Korea’s 2026 fall harvest mobilization looks very different depending on where people work. At some well-funded state agencies and enterprises in South Pyongan province, workers finish harvesting by...

Hoeryong lectures target Chinese phone users

North Korean intelligence officers in North Hamgyong province used neighborhood lectures in mid-October 2026...

Pyongyang ties loyalty to Kim mausoleum donations

Pyongyang authorities have launched a Kumsusan Palace of the Sun fundraising drive that runs...

Deputy FM joins St. Lucia culture day celebration

Deputy Foreign Minister François Chih-chung Wu attended a Creole Day event hosted by the...

North Korean workers sent to Russia with no say and no destination

North Korea is sending more workers to Russia in 2026, but many recruits leave without knowing their destination or their jobs. A posting to Russia...

Hyesan lectures pit free socialist housing against capitalist bank loans

Propaganda lectures in the North Korean border city of Hyesan are casting South Korean homeowners as debt slaves to their banks. The 2026 campaign...

New Yalu River Bridge appears set to open as signs emerge on both sides of border

Signs are mounting on both sides of the China-North Korea border that the New Yalu River Bridge will finally open in October 2026. Chinese...

Kim Jong Un’s party orders chief secretaries to take charge of party school study

North Korea has ordered its top provincial, city and county party officials to personally lead party school study in 2026. The move tightens Kim...

Badminton boom takes off among North Korean high school students

A badminton boom is sweeping North Korean high schools in 2026, as Musan county teenagers turn parks into free courts. Rackets and shuttlecocks once...

North Korean vessels cash in on drug runs between Southeast Asia and China

North Korean ships are earning large sums of foreign currency through drug smuggling between Southeast Asia and China in 2026, according to a source...

Thermal satellite images show Yongbyon reactors running nonstop

North Korea’s Yongbyon nuclear complex kept its key reactors and processing plants running through 2026, according to my analysis of satellite imagery. High-resolution photos...

Interview: How bribery holds North Korea’s market economy together

A few years ago, two researchers – Dr. Andrew Yeo (Brookings Institution) and Dr. Justin Hastings (University of Sydney) – conducted a series of...

South Korean-style natural makeup catches on among young North Koreans

Young North Koreans in cities such as Chongjin are embracing a subtle, natural South Korean makeup style in 2026 that arrived through people who...

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 relatively little international attention, despite being a consequential meeting for...

Pak Hui Chol graft case sets off purge of N. Korean military political officers

North Korea’s military corruption probe is sweeping through army political departments in 2026, months after the regime exposed a major graft case in July....

Foreign language files land three North Korean youth league officials in custody

North Korean authorities have arrested three youth league officials in Pyongyang over unauthorized foreign materials on their computers. The case opens a new front...

Pyongsong orders young singles to resettle in North Korean farm villages

North Korean authorities in Pyongsong have ordered workplaces to pick unmarried young people under 30 for permanent rural placement in 2026. The forced rural...

Rural housing delays leave North Korean families in storerooms for two years

Two years after their homes were torn down for a new rural housing project, some families in North Korea’s Jagang province are still living...

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