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Taiwan, Paraguay collaborate on environment challenges

Deputy Minister of Environment Hsieh Yein-rui led a delegation to ally Paraguay Sept. 7, underscoring government commitment to strengthening cooperation on climate and environmental governance, according to the Ministry...

How September 11 accelerated the end of American hegemony

Twenty-five years after 9/11, its deepest legacy lies in the wars, surveillance and strategic...

Iran destroys US spy Saildrone in Hormuz (VIDEO)

The IRGC has released footage of a burning unmanned surface vessel it says belonged...

Putin arrives in India for BRICS summit (VIDEO)

The Russian leader will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visit the...

Sinuiju flooding stalls North Korea-China cargo trade for days

Heavy rain in Sinuiju has disrupted cross-border cargo truck traffic between North Korea and China, further cooling Chinese investment sentiment that had been building...

North Korea’s Sinuiju underwater again as drainage system fails

Sinuiju, the North Pyongan province city that suffered catastrophic flood damage in the summer of 2024, is underwater again, this time because a short...

North Korean teens flock to ‘dance tutoring’ inspired by slick pop choreography

So-called “dance tutoring” is becoming popular among North Korean teenagers, as slick performance videos of singers dancing in formation with dynamic choreography catch young...

North Korea probes army corruption after soldiers found starving on construction sites

North Korea’s Ministry of Defense has ordered a monthlong special inspection by military prosecutors after reports surfaced that soldiers deployed to rural construction sites...

Pyongyang car office workers busted for renting out state vehicles

Three low ranking managers at a car management office in Pyongyang have been referred to prosecutors on charges of secretly renting out state owned...

Apartment prices fall in one of Pyongyang’s newest districts

Apartment prices in one of Pyongyang’s newer housing districts have fallen from about $70,000 to roughly $60,000, and sales have slowed sharply, as a...

Travel certificate bribes surge in North Korea as corruption crackdown bites

Bribes for the travel certificates North Koreans need to move between regions have jumped sharply in Hoeryong, North Hamgyong province, and the government’s own...

Sinuiju youths sentenced to labor training over foreign videos

Four unemployed young men in Sinuiju, North Pyongan province, were sentenced to labor training after North Korean authorities caught them watching South Korean and...

Satellite images show mine drainage nearing North Korea’s Kangnyong Bay

Satellite imagery shows yellow-tinted mine drainage spreading from North Korea’s Bupo mine toward farmland and a saltworks in South Hwanghae province’s Kangnyong county, with...

As smugglers vanish from North Korea’s border, security agents’ lifestyles take a hit

North Korea’s crackdown on smuggling along its border with China has cut off a key source of side income for state security agents who...

North Korea cracks down on ghostwritten graduation theses at Pyongyang universities

North Korea’s Cabinet Ministry of Education has ordered major universities in Pyongyang to stamp out the ghostwriting of graduation theses, sparking anxiety among soon-to-graduate...

North Korea’s wealthy still crave South Korean cosmetics despite crackdown

Demand for South Korean cosmetics among North Korea’s wealthy elite shows no sign of slowing, and smugglers have begun repackaging the products into Chinese...

North Korea foreign trade shifts to state control

North Korea is overhauling its foreign trade system to route transactions only through official state trade organizations this year. Authorities have banned individual traders...

North Korea orders nationwide university crackdown after Kim Chaek arrests

North Korean authorities have ordered intensive inspections at universities nationwide, including in Pyongyang, after seven students at Kim Chaek University of Technology were arrested. A...

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