North Korean authorities have launched a sweeping personnel shake-up in South Pyongan province in May 2026, dismissing and reassigning officials who underperformed in a...
North Korea’s authorities have been promoting the country’s community doctor system as a pillar of preventive healthcare in 2026, but people across the country...
North Korea’s market prices surged again in May 2026, reversing a brief lull and deepening economic hardship for ordinary North Koreans across the country.
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Despite intensifying crackdowns on South Korean goods, North Korea’s wealthy elite continue to use Cuckoo brand electric rice cookers, treating the South Korean appliances...
North Korea’s Rason city party committee has issued new operational directives to the heads of state-run international travel agencies and foreign currency shops in...
With a U.S.-China summit scheduled for mid-May 2026, calls are growing once again to shift the framework for addressing North Korea’s nuclear program away...
North Korea gathered more than 30 software developers in Pyongyang in mid-April 2026 to take part in what authorities billed as a technical training...
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...
