North Korean farm workers are siphoning off grain during the 2026 fall harvest by secretly dropping rice bundles on the way to threshing grounds. Accomplices then collect the fallen...
North Korean trade workers are seeking concrete mixer trucks and pump trucks from China in 2026, broadening demand for heavy construction equipment. Trade workers...
North Korean authorities are pressing South Pyongan province farm workers to load their savings onto electronic payment cards, saying the cashless shift will prevent...
Satellite imagery shows a wastewater pond below North Korea’s Pyongsan uranium plant repeatedly expanding and shrinking between February and September 2026. The fluctuations keep...
Shipping a single container from Dandong to Sinuiju now costs up to 8,000 yuan despite the three-kilometer journey, leaving traders with almost no profit....
The Hyesan customs office in North Korea’s Ryanggang province reopened on Oct. 12, 2026, after a closure tied to China’s National Day holiday. Autumn...
North Korea is expanding Russian-language classes in schools in 2026 as its alliance with Moscow deepens. A severe shortage of trained Russian teachers, however,...
Families of North Korean defectors are turning remittance brokers away at the door in 2026, refusing cash from relatives abroad and threatening to report...
Chinese traders are rushing cargo across the aging Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge ahead of the New Yalu River Bridge’s expected opening on Oct. 15, 2026....
