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While Europe swelters, New Zealanders ski in city streets (VIDEO)

An Antarctic blast brought freezing temperatures and the first snowfall in 15 years to the country’s capital ...

The EU’s nuclear reckoning is finally here

The EU sacrificed reliable nuclear power to ideology, then discovered that ideology does not...

Ex-Ukrainian Air Force commander hit with new corruption probe

The suspect purchased three private homes, seven apartments, and six plots of land with...

Russian deputy PM floats rail link to India as Hormuz hedge

Options via Turkmenistan, Iran, Afghanistan, or Pakistan, are all acceptable, Marat Khusnullin has said ...

North Korean students resent piri in Kim Jong Un’s gift instruments

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gave musical instruments to a lower secondary school in Ryanggang province last year. Now the school has assigned...

N. Korea shifts school repair bills from parents to factories

Attendance is improving at schools in Kimchaek city, North Hamgyong province. Authorities there have eased a longstanding practice that forced students and parents to...

New bridge stirs a housing boom in North Korea’s Sinuiju

Apartment prices in Sinuiju, a North Korean border city, have been climbing steadily since the COVID-19 pandemic. A source in North Pyongan province told...

A teen’s vow to catch leeches moves North Koreans to tears

A high school sophomore in Hyesan, Ryanggang province, recently finished mandatory military training. The training is run by the Red Youth Guard, a paramilitary...

North Korea targets university students in media crackdown

North Korea’s state youth organization has ordered a special crackdown on banned foreign media. It has named university students as the “primary target,” a...

Wealthy North Korean youth hide old players to dodge crackdowns

Young North Koreans from wealthy families are deliberately buying old, worn-out video players instead of newer models. They can easily afford better devices. Instead,...

North Koreans flock to abandoned coal mines to beat the heat

North Koreans sweltering through a nationwide heat wave are flocking to an unlikely refuge: abandoned coal mine shafts. A source in South Pyongan province...

Purged military official’s graft case sparks outrage among North Koreans

North Korean people are calling for a sweeping investigation into corruption across the country’s power organs. A senior military official’s dramatic public downfall sparked...

Guilt over watching K-drama leads to arrest in Pyongsong

North Korean authorities arrested two young men in Pyongsong, South Pyongan province, in 2026. Their crime was watching K-drama, the South Korean dramas widely...

In China, North Koreans hear they’re the poor ones

North Korean authorities boast of the country’s rising international standing. But in 2026, a very different story is spreading among North Korean people in...

Guilt-ridden friend turns in North Korean youths over K-drama

Police in Pyongsong city, South Pyongan province, arrested two young North Korean men in June 2026. A friend who had watched banned South Korean...

Missing relative sinks North Korean official’s shot at working in Russia

A North Korean trade official spent months preparing for a work assignment in Russia. Then, this month, he was disqualified at the final stage...

Hunger drives North Korean children to raid state orchards

Hunger is driving teenagers in Kwail county, South Hwanghae province, to sneak into state orchards this summer. They pick peaches and plums to eat...

NK foreign ministry briefs officials on US emergency order

North Korea’s foreign ministry held an urgent briefing for senior officials after the United States extended its national emergency declaration over North Korea for...

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