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Taiwan opens representative office in Phoenix

Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung attended the launch of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Phoenix, Arizona, Oct. 5.   The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs...

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

A few years ago, two researchers – Dr. Andrew Yeo (Brookings Institution) and Dr....

MOFA welcomes Japan’s Kumamoto Gov. Kimura

The Oct. 6 visit by Kumamoto Governor Takashi Kimura and Prefectural Assembly Chair Koki...

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...

Why is North Korea’s loyalty language to Kim Jong Un suddenly softer?

North Korea’s Ninth Party Congress in 2026 formally cemented Kim Jong Un’s status as the country’s supreme and unchallenged leader. Yet a recent destroyer...

Kim Ju Ae’s contrasting expressions offer clues to her succession training

South Korea’s National Intelligence Service briefed the National Assembly’s intelligence committee on Sept. 1. Kim Ju Ae, it said, is effectively at the stage...

Puppet speech crackdown gains new legal weight from North Korea’s constitution

North Korea’s 2026 constitutional amendment protecting Pyongyang Cultural Language has fueled a renewed puppet speech crackdown. Schools, workplaces and neighborhood organizations have stepped up...

North Korean county officials fail to sway parents of bullied disabled student

County education officials in Musan county in North Korea’s North Hamgyong province visited the home of a disabled student’s family this month, joining teachers...

South Korea’s unification education is asking the wrong question about peace

South Korea’s Ministry of Unification will hold its first Peace Wind Week starting Sept. 11, 2026, an 11-day series of public events, including a...

North Korea’s meth prices surge as drug trafficking crackdown intensifies

North Korea’s crackdown on drug trafficking has intensified sharply this year. The tightened enforcement has shrunk methamphetamine distribution networks, and it has driven prices...

As summer heat fades, North Korean people flock to parks in evenings

North Korean people are flocking to parks, squares and riverbanks in the evenings now that this summer’s punishing heat wave has finally broken. Many...

North Hamgyong pushes design contest on factories that already make clothes to order

North Hamgyong province has launched a consumer goods design competition for light industry factories across the region, but the mandate is drawing complaints from...

North Korea touts “world-class education,” but rural skepticism persists

North Korea recently held its 15th National Teachers’ Congress and touted “world-class education,” but people in rural areas remain skeptical that real improvement will...

What will it take for the Trump administration to achieve denuclearization of N. Korea

The premise that the United States and other stakeholders in Northeast Asia should accept the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) as a de...

North Korean worker dispatches to China rise as factories spread hires thinner

The number of North Korean workers newly dispatched to China has risen steadily since July, as improving relations between Pyongyang and Beijing revive a...

Drone pilot arrested for secretly filming inside homes in Kaesong

A young farm worker in Kaesong has been arrested after using a pesticide-spraying drone to secretly film inside private homes in the city’s Panmun...

Smartphone apps widen North Korea’s education gap

North Korean students in some regions are increasingly turning to smartphone apps to study English and Chinese in 2026. The trend is widening an...

Elementary schools press students for fees days after fall semester starts

Elementary schools in Pyongsong, South Pyongan province, began collecting money from students within days of starting the fall semester, charging fees for a Sept....

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