North Korea has formalized a system requiring institutions, enterprises, and ordinary citizens to financially support state education through a newly obtained law, shifting the cost of educational development away...
North Korean smugglers are facing significant difficulties as Chinese partners increasingly refuse to accept shipments of medicinal herbs. “In Hyesan, medicinal herb exports—which used...
Following his recent summit with South Korea, U.S. President Donald Trump expressed interest in meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before the end...
Marketplaces in parts of North Korea continue operating only in the afternoon, months after the official reason for shorter hours has ended. While some...
In early August, NASA’s Earthdata Search web application released 2024 data on global forest and land use, analyzed by a Boston University research team...
North Korea is providing intensive training to tour guides scheduled to work in Wonsan and other tourist destinations across the country. “The main tourist...
Pyongyang’s Hwasong district is home to a LAN gaming center that’s open to the public, but North Korean authorities maintain strict oversight of every...
North Korea is highlighting welfare benefits for disabled citizens to project an image of human rights respect amid international criticism. However, North Koreans with...
Recent satellite images indicate that North Korea is covering drainage channels that flow into a sedimentation pond at a uranium refinery in Pyongsan, North...
North Korean authorities have organized a series of events to honor soldiers killed in the Russia-Ukraine war and comfort their grieving families, but some...
North Korea’s Cabinet has ordered Pyongyang city people’s committee to fix private bus operations and overhaul its fare system. This appears aimed at closing...
North Koreans are struggling to stockpile firewood for winter heating as prices surge beyond most families’ reach. With harsh winters lasting months in border...
The recent surge in North Korean marketplace prices appears to stem from government-ordered price controls that have had the opposite of their intended effect....
