News

Taiwan opens representative office in Phoenix

Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung attended the launch of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Phoenix, Arizona, Oct. 5.   The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs...

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

A few years ago, two researchers – Dr. Andrew Yeo (Brookings Institution) and Dr....

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...

North Korea cracks down on rumors about soldiers captured in Ukraine

North Korean authorities have ordered state security agents to identify and suppress rumors spreading along the Chinese border about soldiers captured by Ukrainian forces,...

Border soldiers forced to replant trees doomed to die

North Korean soldiers guarding the border with China have been mobilized to plant trees ahead of Arbor Day on March 14, but many are...

North Korean parents push back on tailored school uniform policy

North Korean authorities are conducting daily inspections of school uniform production and distribution ahead of the 2026 academic year beginning in April, but a...

North Korea’s poorest youth are choosing brutal labor brigades over life at home

Young North Koreans facing poverty and an unrelenting burden of workplace levies are volunteering for the country’s much-dreaded labor brigades in growing numbers, choosing...

North Korea holds open party meeting to force light industry results from local officials

North Pyongan province’s party committee has summoned local commercial and light industry officials to a two-night, three-day open party general meeting in Sinuiju, pressing...

North Korea targets currency traders with undercover operatives as won crisis deepens

North Korea has drawn its sharpest response yet to a currency crisis, deploying undercover security cadets and newly assigned officers to crack down on...

North Korea’s new school stalls draw student fans but leave vendors counting losses

Small vendor stalls have begun appearing outside schools in parts of North Korea, offering students and teachers a convenient place to buy snacks, stationery,...

North Korea’s machinery import surge: farms, factories and shipyards stocked up

North Korean trading companies have sharply expanded machinery imports from China since late last year, with equipment ranging from farm machinery and industrial tools...

Hyesan smugglers rush Chinese apparel and shoes ahead of April school term

North Korean smugglers along the Chinese border are importing spring clothing, footwear and school supplies through Chinese customs ahead of the April 1 semester...

China blocks North Korean factory workers en masse

A Chinese garment factory in Liaoning province attempted to bring roughly 100 North Korean female workers into China in January, but local authorities rejected...

Kim Jong Un’s ‘two hostile states’ declaration: legal implications for the Korean Peninsula

North Korea rewrote the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) charter at the ninth WPK Congress, held Feb. 19-25, 2026, formally enshrining the “two hostile...

Satellite imagery reveals what remains of North Korea-Syria cooperation sites

Nearly two decades after an Israeli airstrike obliterated a suspected North Korean-built reactor in the Syrian desert, new satellite imagery of the Al-Kibar site...

N. Korean students face more ideology sessions as regime tightens grip on youth

North Korean schools have sharply increased mandatory political study sessions for students at all levels following the Ninth Congress of the Workers’ Party of...

International Women’s Day brings an unusual scene to North Korea: husbands buying lattes

Coffee shops in North Korea’s Sinuiju were packed with couples on International Women’s Day this year as husbands marked the holiday by taking their...

- A word from our sponsors -

Follow us

HomeNews