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Veteran UK politician forfeits knighthood after child rape conviction

Former Democratic Unionist Party leader Jeffrey Donaldson was found guilty of abusing two girls ...

FM Lin visits Polish Parliament

Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung visited the Polish Parliament June 23, highlighting the increasingly strong...

Taiwan deepens agricultural cooperation with African ally, like-minded partners

The fourth session of the Intensive Smart Agriculture Training Course for African Elites under...

Historic 400-year-old German brewery files for bankruptcy

Hofbrauhaus Wolters blames a shrinking beer market and high operating costs due to soaring...

North Korea replaces all foreign student dormitory staff at Kim Il Sung University

North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) central committee ordered a full replacement of staff managing foreign student dormitories at Kim Il Sung...

North Korean street food finds market across the border in China

Ethnic Chinese residents of North Korea are carrying Chongjin-made soy meat and fried tofu across the border into China and selling them there, turning...

North Korea mobilizes medical students for herb collection drives

North Korea has mobilized medical students at universities across North Pyongan province to collect medicinal herbs, drafting them into a state-driven push to expand...

North Korea dismisses officials who missed military supply quotas tied to army anniversary

North Korean authorities have launched a sweeping personnel shake-up in South Pyongan province in May 2026, dismissing and reassigning officials who underperformed in a...

North Korea’s community doctor system draws skepticism as healthcare shortages persist

North Korea’s authorities have been promoting the country’s community doctor system as a pillar of preventive healthcare in 2026, but people across the country...

North Korea market prices surge again as grain and fuel costs climb

North Korea’s market prices surged again in May 2026, reversing a brief lull and deepening economic hardship for ordinary North Koreans across the country. According...

North Korea’s wealthy keep using South Korean rice cookers despite crackdowns

Despite intensifying crackdowns on South Korean goods, North Korea’s wealthy elite continue to use Cuckoo brand electric rice cookers, treating the South Korean appliances...

North Korean traders race to read the market ahead of summer import season

Traders in the North Korean border city of Hyesan are scouring Chinese markets for summer clothing and footwear samples ahead of the import season,...

North Korea issues new tourism directives in Rason ahead of possible reopening

North Korea’s Rason city party committee has issued new operational directives to the heads of state-run international travel agencies and foreign currency shops in...

South Korea is sleepwalking through the North Korean nuclear crisis

With a U.S.-China summit scheduled for mid-May 2026, calls are growing once again to shift the framework for addressing North Korea’s nuclear program away...

Pyongyang targets software developers in crackdown on unauthorized programs

North Korea gathered more than 30 software developers in Pyongyang in mid-April 2026 to take part in what authorities billed as a technical training...

Kusong’s hidden nuclear complex: What satellite imagery reveals

Satellite imagery of two sites in Kusong, North Pyongan province, captured in early 2026, shows recent changes at facilities linked to suspected nuclear weapons...

North Korea’s spring planting season derailed by acute fuel shortages on collective farms

Fuel shortages are forcing farm workers on North Korean collective farms to till fields by hand during the spring planting season of 2026, raising...

North Korea turns to China for cement as domestic output falls short

North Korea has significantly increased imports of Chinese cement since May 2026, as a sweeping regional construction campaign strains domestic production beyond its limits,...

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