North Korea’s military authorities conducted a sweeping inspection of military security activities over the last five years by corps-level security departments. The latest inspection...
As North Korea seeks to develop its economy by exporting more processed goods, Chinese buyers still prefer raw materials, putting North Korean traders in...
Demand for awnings has skyrocketed among street merchants as heat waves continue in North Korea. However, few street merchants can actually afford to buy...
North Koreans living near the front lines were overjoyed after the regime removed propaganda loudspeakers aimed at South Korea. A source in North Hwanghae...
North Korea promotes its free healthcare system as proof of socialism’s superiority, but North Koreans say what they actually experience isn’t “free healthcare” but...
North Korea’s Ministry of Education recently conducted a nationwide review that exposed widespread problems at technical high schools, with most struggling to provide proper...
State security agents arrested a North Korean remittance broker in Hyesan while trying to deliver funds to a defector’s family in South Hamgyong province,...
A sweeping Chinese crackdown on cigarette smuggling has brought North Korean companies’ lucrative tobacco operations to a virtual standstill, forcing them to scramble for...
Chinese police continue to keep a close eye on North Korean defectors in the country. While surveillance intensity varies by region, defectors in cities...
