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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...

Homeless crowd Sinanju Station for warmth as authorities tighten access

Homeless people have been congregating nightly at Sinanju Station and other major train stations in South Pyongan province since late January, prompting authorities to...

Pyongyang holds public struggle session over South Korean content distribution

Pyongyang city police summoned downtown residents on Feb. 1 to a public struggle session in Sosong district, where authorities publicly convicted a man arrested...

N. Korea freezes investigations ahead of party congress

North Korea’s Ministry of State Security suspended all investigations and custodial proceedings on Feb. 8, ordering provincial bureaus onto emergency footing ahead of the...

North Korean police resist pressure to adopt orphans under pro-natalist law

North Korean authorities in Hamhung, South Hamgyong province, pressured local police officers late last month to adopt orphans under a pro-natalist law that grants...

N. Korean university holds anti-South Korea lecture ahead of party congress

A North Korean university in Wonsan, Kangwon province, held a mandatory ideological lecture on Feb. 1 instructing faculty and students to view South Korea...

North Korea halts state smuggling ahead of party congress

North Korean authorities suspended state smuggling across North Pyongan, North Hamgyong and Jagang provinces in early February, ahead of the Ninth Party Congress scheduled...

Drug traffickers caught at N. Korean checkpoint with hundreds of grams of meth

Two North Korean drug traffickers were arrested at a checkpoint in North Hamgyong province in recent days after attempting to smuggle methamphetamine from Hamhung...

N. Korea pushes new teaching method, but teachers say it won’t work

North Korean educational authorities ordered high schools in North Hamgyong province to adopt research-based learning methods in late January, pushing a shift away from...

North Korean motels see surge in customers as travel pass checks ease

North Korean motels are seeing a sharp rise in customers after operators across several major cities quietly stopped requiring travel passes, a move driven...

North Hamgyong city mobilizes neighbors to help families facing deadly cold

As residents of the northern highlands of North Hamgyong province suffer from firewood shortages amid freezing winter temperatures, the city of Hoeryong launched a...

Gold dealers arrested as North Korea targets illicit bullion market

As North Korea launched a fresh crackdown on the illicit gold trade in early February 2025, state security agents in North Pyongan province arrested...

North Korea propaganda truck breaks down during morning rush hour in South Hwanghae

With propaganda campaigns more active than ever throughout North Korea ahead of the Ninth Party Congress, the driver of a loudspeaker truck in Haeju,...

Mystery at Yongbyon: North Korea’s reactor hides its heat from satellites

Satellite thermal data show that North Korea’s 5MWe reactor at the Yongbyon nuclear complex is registering surface temperatures far colder than its surroundings, even...

Cold weather drives temporary boom in North Korean market food sales

Food sales to merchants around the marketplaces of Hyesan, Ryanggang province, are booming as freezing temperatures drive demand for warm, affordable meals, though sources...

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