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MOFA welcomes Japan’s Kumamoto Gov. Kimura

The Oct. 6 visit by Kumamoto Governor Takashi Kimura and Prefectural Assembly Chair Koki Uchino is sincerely welcomed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.   According to MOFA, Secretary General Daniel...

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...

FM Lin leads trade delegation to Phoenix

Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung and a business delegation from Taiwan’s National Innovation...

China’s bold and audacious strategic initiative that escaped most experts’ attention

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to South Korea on August 19-20, 2026, received...

Spain opens path for 500,000 undocumented workers, offers legal jobs

Spain has announced a landmark amnesty that will allow up to 500,000 undocumented migrants to gain legal work and residency, marking a sharp policy...

Supreme Court halts Telangana High Court’s interim bail for Pawan Khera in defamation case filed by Himanta Sarma’s wife

The Supreme Court has paused the Telangana High Court’s interim bail granted to Congress leader Pawan Khera in a case filed by Riniki Bhuyan...

ED raids at Punjab’s Lovely Professional University, owned by AAP MP Ashok Kumar Mittal

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) carried out raids at multiple properties linked to Lovely Professional University (LPU) owner and AAP Rajya Sabha MP Ashok Kumar...

Yash reveals Ramayana Part 1 won’t feature scenes with Ranbir Kapoor, fans will have to wait

Ranbir Kapoor and Yash will not share screen space in the first installment of Nitesh Tiwari’s ambitious Ramayana, despite fans eagerly anticipating their face-off....

Samrat Choudhary takes oath as Bihar CM, first BJP leader to hold post

Samrat Choudhary has officially taken oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar, becoming the first BJP leader to hold the state’s top post after...

North Korea’s self-reliance push costs factory worker a finger

A technician at a coal mining machinery factory in Chongjin lost a finger recently while attempting to produce insulating paper using scrap lumber, an...

Kim Jong Un sidelines his predecessors in sweeping cult of personality push

North Korea has launched an intensified cult of personality campaign around leader Kim Jong Un following the Ninth Congress of the Workers’ Party of...

Middle East oil shock doubles North Korea freight costs, squeezes traders

Rising oil prices driven by instability in the Middle East are pushing up fuel costs inside North Korea, with transport fees charged by private...

Digital Misinformation Sparks Noida Violence, 50 Fake Profiles Found

Noida Police revealed that over 50 fake social media handles were created within just 24 hours ahead of the recent workers’ protests, deliberately spreading...

Tehran Seeks compensation From Five Arab Nations Over U.S. Aggression

The U.S.-Iran confrontation has intensified as Washington enforces a naval blockade of Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz, a move that Tehran has...

South Korea’s rushed embrace of Kim Jong Un’s ‘two-state theory’ is sowing confusion

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un first introduced the concept of two hostile states in late 2023, framing South Korea as the country’s foremost enemy....

When one North Korean defector disappears in China, police round up everyone they know

Chinese police have sharply intensified surveillance of North Korean defectors living in China, summoning and interrogating entire social networks whenever a single individual goes...

North Korean factories turn workers into salespeople under revamped informal labor system

A longstanding informal labor arrangement in North Korea is taking on a new form, with factory workers now directly distributing factory-made goods and remitting...

North Koreans mock ‘second’ reforestation drive: ‘When did the first one happen?’

North Korea is pushing a nationwide tree-planting drive under the banner of its “Second Reforestation Project,” but on the ground in South Hamgyong province...

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