Border guards borrowed soybeans from nearby residents to pass a November inspection, then kept some to trade for alcohol and cigarettes despite promises to...
Sariwon corruption cases at fuel depot and commercial management office concluded in December without legal punishment as prosecutors examined “fundamental causes and contexts” rather...
A model pharmacy operating in Sinuiju since October charges 50% more than markets for aspirin and prefers foreign currency for health supplements, leading locals...
North Korean high school students are mocking Group 82 enforcers by pretending to run when spotted, then laughing after inspections reveal no contraband, as...
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) personality test is trending among young North Koreans in their 20s and 30s. Unmarried women are using the test...
Packs of truant high school students in Sinuiju robbed younger students of money and clothes, sparking parental distress and teacher anxiety as schools feared...
North Korean parents are taking turns gathering firewood to heat their children’s classrooms after prices more than doubled from $28 to $69 per cubic...
The Cabinet’s Ministry of State Construction Control examined four-story-plus buildings from Dec. 1–15, focusing on unstable ground in North Pyongan province’s thick mud layer,...
Frequent breakdowns of obsolete Chinese used cars are costing North Korean owners more in repairs than the vehicles’ purchase price, as exporters ship scrap-ready...
Several trials have been held in Pyongsong’s party committee square over the past two months, with authorities targeting contraband sales, unauthorized distribution and foreign...
North Koreans are bribing officials to remove their names from “voluntary” winter expeditions to Mount Paektu, complaining that the trips force them to spend...
North Korea has issued an order requiring all private businesses operating in state-rented building space to be incorporated into the national commercial network by...
