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Interview: How bribery holds North Korea’s market economy together

A few years ago, two researchers – Dr. Andrew Yeo (Brookings Institution) and Dr. Justin Hastings (University of Sydney) – conducted a series of interviews with North Korean defectors...

MOFA welcomes Japan’s Kumamoto Gov. Kimura

The Oct. 6 visit by Kumamoto Governor Takashi Kimura and Prefectural Assembly Chair Koki...

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...

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...

Global Oil Prices Cross $100 as U.S. Blockades Iran’s Hormuz Ports

Oil prices have surged past $100 per barrel after the U.S. announced a naval blockade of Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz, escalating...

U.S. Confirms Hormuz Blockade Targeting Iranian Ports, China Most Impacted

The U.S. military has confirmed that a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz will begin Monday, targeting only vessels entering or leaving Iranian...

North Korea factories join spring foraging scramble, squeezing out ordinary people

As spring foraging season gets underway across North Korea, workers from state-run food factories have joined the annual race for wild mountain vegetables. Their...

Pet shop in Pyongyang sparks anger and envy among North Korea’s provincial poor

North Koreans outside Pyongyang are reacting with resentment and disbelief after state media broadcast footage of Kim Jong Un and his daughter, Ju Ae,...

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma Face Injury Scares in RCB Vs MI IPL Match at Wankhede

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma both suffered injury scares during the high-profile IPL 2026 match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Mumbai Indians at the...

U.S. Seeks OMEN System After Heavy Aircraft Losses in Iran War

The U.S. military, shaken by heavy aircraft losses in the Iran War, is urgently pursuing a new open-architecture system called OMEN to give pilots...

Trump Threatens 50% Tariff on China Over Alleged Iran Arms Supply

Donald Trump has issued a sharp warning to Beijing, threatening to impose a 50 percent tariff on Chinese goods if the country is found...

Satellite imagery shows Yongbyon nuclear complex in active modernization phase

Recent satellite imagery and analysis by international monitoring organizations indicate that North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center, the country’s primary nuclear complex located...

North Korea resumes China transport links but clamps down on tourist entry

North Korea resumed rail and air links with China in late March after a roughly six-year COVID-19 suspension, marking a significant development in North...

North Korea’s rote learning sessions pressure workers after Ninth Party Congress

North Korea has tightened ideological controls since the Ninth Workers’ Party of Korea Congress. Now, first-quarter Q&A-style ideological review sessions have swept across nearly...

North Korean students mobilized to farm school land as rations dry up

North Korean students have barely settled into the new school year before being pulled out of class to expand school farmland plots, with parents...

North Korea’s Ninth Party Congress: Key takeaways

Daily NK has released a report analyzing North Korea’s Ninth Party Congress, examining what the congress reveals about the future direction of Kim Jong...

Water crisis grips Hyesan as tap water flows just once every five days

Tap water in Hyesan, a city in North Korea’s Ryanggang province bordering China, now flows roughly once every five days, and even then reaches...

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