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Firewood and coal prices double in Ryanggang province

Firewood and coal prices have doubled in North Korea’s Ryanggang province after a sudden cold snap, a local source said. Low-income families in Hyesan, Samjiyon and other highland areas...

Top grades, top class: Hyesan schools rank students

Some junior and senior middle schools in Hyesan, a North Korean border city, began...

Fearing a slip, North Koreans avoid saying “unification”

North Koreans still think of South Koreans as members of the same nation, but...

North Koreans fed up with folk remedies as colds spread

A wave of respiratory illness is sweeping parts of North Korea as the seasons...

US Senators Consider Former VOA Director to Head US Agency for Global Media  

https://ift.tt/za0Bn8T. President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) pledged Tuesday to advance the agency’s mission of objectivity and...

Proud Boys Indictment Highlights Stakes in Capitol Riot Hearings    

https://ift.tt/uGL0OTf stakes have risen for high-profile congressional hearings beginning later this week with the filing of seditious conspiracy charges against leaders of one of...

Son of Buffalo Victim Pushes Congress: ‘What Are You Doing?’

https://ift.tt/gX4ysF8 son of Ruth Whitfield, an 86-year-old woman killed when a gunman opened fire in a racist attack on Black shoppers in Buffalo, New...

McConaughey Calls for Gun Control Action at White House

https://ift.tt/l587ngK Award–winning actor Matthew McConaughey took center stage at the White House briefing Tuesday to call on Congress to "reach a higher ground" and...

US Treasury Chief: Surge in Consumer Prices to Stay High

https://ift.tt/V9Fbdh3 can expect the surge in consumer prices squeezing family budgets will continue in the months ahead, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told lawmakers on...

ICE to Formalize Consideration of Military Service for Noncitizen Vets Facing Deportation

https://ift.tt/za0Bn8T. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Tuesday it is formalizing a policy that would consider service in the U.S. military when a noncitizen...

US Woman Pleads Guilty to Leading Islamic State Battalion 

https://ift.tt/v5Njdn8 American woman who prosecutors say led an all-female battalion of Islamic State militants in Syria pleaded guilty on Tuesday in a case that...

Nomination Hearing Set for Biden’s Pick to Lead USAGM

https://ift.tt/gX4ysF8 Senate Foreign Relations Committee is holding a hearing Tuesday for President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the U.S. Agency for Global Media. Biden in...

World Bank Warns of Global Economic Slowdown, More Inflation

https://ift.tt/gX4ysF8 World Bank on Tuesday said the world is entering "a protracted period of feeble growth and elevated inflation," as it cut global growth...

‘Heightened’ US Threat Environment Expected to Worsen

https://ift.tt/za0Bn8T. homeland security officials warn the chances for increased violence or terror attacks are likely to grow over the next six months, citing a...

Can Reforming Social Media Save American Democracy?

https://ift.tt/w93D1cK social media exploded in the mid-2000s, retweeting, sharing and liking posts appeared to give average citizens the power to share their opinions far...

US Adds New Efforts to Address Migration Causes  

https://ift.tt/gX4ysF8 United States announced Tuesday several government and private sector initiatives meant to boost development and safety in Central America as part of a...

Teacher, 14-year-old Among Hundreds of Americans Hit by Gunfire Over Weekend 

https://ift.tt/N6rKVuc Philadelphia school teacher, an Arizona teenager, and a Chicago police officer were among hundreds of people struck down by bullets over the weekend,...

Biden Drops Tariffs on Southeast Asian Solar Panels for 2 years 

https://ift.tt/gX4ysF8 Biden administration announced Monday that it would waive tariffs on solar panels imported to the United States from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam...

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