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ASEAN offers alternative to EU integration model and shows demand for Russia ties – experts

The Southeast Asian bloc has shown that regional integration can succeed without Brussels-style bureaucracy, several experts have told RT ...

Türkiye is playing the game the West forgot how to play

Foreign Minister Fidan’s visit to Moscow underscores Ankara’s hard-nosed pragmatism in a world of...

North Korean ramen exports rise, but quality still lags

North Korean ramen exports to China are growing, adding to a food trade that...

US-Iran war concludes: taking the toll

The conflict has apparently ended, having cost US taxpayers billions, killed thousands, and disrupted...

Solar energy gap widens in North Korea as only the wealthy can afford the upfront cost

North Korean authorities are urging state institutions, enterprises, and neighborhood watch units to install solar power systems to offset chronic electricity shortages, but the...

Xi’s North Korea visit fuels Chinese tourism revival hopes

Chinese travel agencies began promoting North Korea tourism packages in June, capitalizing on Chinese President Xi Jinping’s first visit to Pyongyang in seven years...

North Korea bans border gatherings, criminalizes talk of South Korea

North Korea has intensified controls on gatherings and private conversations in border areas, ordering that groups of three or more people be broken up...

North Koreans skip state mobilization to run private gold operations from their homes

North Korean people living near gold mines in North Pyongan province have converted their homes into makeshift processing operations, crushing and washing ore to...

Kim Jong Un saves air force commander’s nephew from execution, fueling anger over double standards

A nephew of North Korean Air Force commander Kim Gwang Hyok was spared from execution after leader Kim Jong Un issued a personal directive...

North Korean farms grind to a halt as fuel shortages cripple rice planting season

Fuel shortages are forcing North Korean farms to abandon mechanized equipment during the critical rice transplanting season, with workers left to haul seedlings by...

One year of Lee Jae-myung’s North Korea policy: real gains, serious gaps

June 4, 2026, marks the first anniversary of President Lee Jae-myung’s inauguration. Given that his government took office in the wake of a sudden...

North Koreans credit rice price stability, but quality and affordability remain concerns

More than five years after North Korea’s state-run grain stores were introduced, North Korean people say the outlets are operating more smoothly than in...

High school students in North Korea rack up bank debt via mobile phones, alarming parents

North Korean high school students are taking out bank loans through their mobile phones without their parents’ knowledge, spending the money on smartphone games...

Satellite analysis reveals Kim Jong Un’s hidden armored train stations

Kim Jong Un does not travel like other heads of state. He moves through North Korea aboard a “rolling fortress” — an armored train...

Solar power touted as fix for North Korea’s electricity crisis, but few can afford it

North Korean authorities are actively encouraging state institutions, enterprises, and neighborhood watch units to generate their own electricity through solar power as the country’s...

North Korea mobilizes factory workers for flood prevention push as rainy season approaches

North Korea is rushing to survey and reinforce flood-prone areas ahead of the summer rainy season, mobilizing factory and enterprise workers for large-scale repair...

Pyongyang’s postwar problem: What happens to North Korea when Russia no longer needs it?

Geopolitical dynamics are shifting rapidly as major powers intensify diplomatic coordination over the future shape of the international order. During the Victory Day parade...

North Korean soldiers in Ukraine face forced return — a civilian delegation went to fight for them

The sky over Kyiv hung heavy and gray during the days I spent in Ukraine’s capital. Standing before the outer wall of a prisoner...

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