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Satellite analysis: North Korea’s 5,000-ton destroyer fleet in construction but short on combat readiness

North Korea began building and publicly unveiling its 5,000-ton destroyers starting in 2025. Recent satellite imagery suggests the vessels are not yet fully operational...

North Korea’s beauty boom: Slim figures and wrinkle-free skin

Well-off North Korean women are taking a greater interest in their physical appearance. There are generational differences in this beauty trend, with young women...

North Korea’s electricity shortage threatens five-year plan targets

North Korean companies have struggled to maintain production since the start of the year due to a severe electricity shortage that officials say is...

In North Korea’s Hyesan, men’s new income is tearing families apart

North Korean women in Hyesan who used their market savings to buy vehicles for their husbands are now divorcing them after the men spent...

Orders return to North Korea’s contract manufacturing sector, but earnings lag

North Korea’s contract manufacturing sector, known as imga-gong (processing-on-commission work), is showing tentative signs of recovery in 2026 after years of near-total collapse following...

North Korea orders 400 housing units built in North Hamgyong in a single month

North Korea is pushing a sweeping housing construction drive across the country under the banner of “regional development,” and central party officials traveled to...

North Korea schools lean on prominent parents as renovation costs mount

North Korean schools in South Pyongan province are pressing parents to fund building repairs and purchase educational materials during March, which authorities have dubbed...

Is Kim Jong Un about to become DPRK president?

North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly convenes March 22 to elect state leadership and revise the constitution. With Kim Jong Un freshly re-elected as Workers’...

North Korean youth stands his ground after arrest for listening to South Korean music

When a Ministry of State Security agent stopped a young man in a Hyesan alley in mid-February 2026 and demanded to know why he...

Spring brings North Koreans relief from crushing winter fuel costs

North Koreans across the country are quietly breathing a sigh of relief as spring temperatures climb and fuel costs begin to ease, according to...

Rice and corn prices hit record highs in North Korea amid China transport revival

Rice and corn prices at North Korean markets have surged to historic highs in 2026, with the won’s sharpest depreciation against the dollar on...

North Korean defectors in China rattled by police photo visits

North Korean defectors living in China are reportedly gripped by fear after police in their neighborhoods began making repeated visits to photograph them, sources...

North Korean children forced into streets for a week to perform election enthusiasm

North Korean schoolchildren as young as elementary age were forced to march through neighborhoods waving flowers and singing state songs for a full week...

Tofu dregs replace grain as North Korea’s rural food crisis worsens

North Korean households in rural areas of North Hamgyong province have lost access to grain entirely, forcing people to survive on biji (tofu dregs)...

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