Satellite imagery of two sites in Kusong, North Pyongan province, captured in early 2026, shows recent changes at facilities linked to suspected nuclear weapons...
North Korea has significantly increased imports of Chinese cement since May 2026, as a sweeping regional construction campaign strains domestic production beyond its limits,...
Chinese smugglers attempting to move vehicles across the North Korea-China border in China’s Jilin province were detained by border security forces in late April...
North Korean authorities are intensifying sanitation controls and disease-prevention propaganda to curb the spread of waterborne illnesses as temperatures rise in May 2026, but...
A Workers’ Party of Korea central committee inspection team descended without warning on the Rason Quarantine and Inspection Station in late April 2026, conducting...
Wig and eyelash assembly work has taken off as a cottage industry in Chongjin, North Korea’s third-largest city, as intensifying market controls and rising...
Fish farms across North Korea are preparing for the spring fingerling release season, but soaring feed costs and mounting maintenance expenses are pushing facilities...
North Korea is expanding a minerals-for-investment arrangement with Chinese partners, offering raw tungsten and molybdenum ore as payment for mining equipment and capital. Trading...
Housing costs across North Korea have surged two to four times their pre-pandemic levels, squeezing young couples out of the property market and prompting...
North Korea’s state-linked trading companies imported dozens of pet dogs from China in 2026, in a significant and unusual expansion of the country’s nascent...
North Korea has launched a sweeping reshuffle of senior officials across party organs and state enterprises following the Ninth Congress of the Workers’ Party...
North Korean authorities have been forcing coastal aquaculture enterprises in South Hwanghae province to abandon their existing Chinese trading partners and replace them with...
