North Korea’s special amnesty marking the 80th anniversary of the ruling party’s founding this year included families of so-called “war heroes” deployed to fight...
Young North Korean women are increasingly turning to light-colored nail polish as a form of “modest adornment” that allows them to express individuality while...
As business slows to a trickle at North Korea’s informal marketplaces, North Koreans are complaining about being constantly called up for mandatory community service...
Representatives from Chinese companies that previously dealt with North Korea recently visited the country, including a company that was sanctioned for providing supplies for...
North Korea recently scrapped its system of preliminary examinations—a legal procedure the country maintained for roughly 70 years since the regime’s founding. This change...
Exhausted farmers in Sakju county, North Pyongan province, are watching their fields around the clock after repeated thefts from family plots, working late into...
Rice prices are plunging at North Korean marketplaces as demand falls with this year’s corn harvest and imported grains reaching markets, even as exchange...
North Korea has continued using South Korean buses from the Kaesong Industrial Complex in an unauthorized fashion even after the complex was closed, and...
North Korea is forcing discharged soldiers and young people to fill gaps at the country’s mines, offering housing, matchmaking services and material assistance to...
A mysterious act of kindness toward two stranded market vendors in South Hwanghae province has sparked widespread speculation about underground Christian believers after the...
North Korea has begun activities to once again imprint the regime’s policy of “self-reliance,” ordering security and administrative agencies at all levels to reinforce...
