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N. Korea orders border fortification after cutting rail links to S. Korea

North Korea ordered its military units to fortify its border with South Korea after announcing on Oct. 17 that it had cut rail links...

Triple tragedy strikes North Korean doctor after home purchase

A radiologist in his 30s at the Munitions Factory No. 26 Clinic in Kanggye, Jagang province, recently lost his home, his fortune and his...

Hidden TB case leads to tragedy in N. Korean military unit

A North Korean soldier took his own life after receiving a medical discharge order for tuberculosis (TB) he had hidden from his military unit...

China deports 120 North Korean workers, straining ties with Pyongyang

Some 120 North Korean workers from a garment factory in Dandong, China, were repatriated to North Korea on Sept. 30. The unexpected deportation by...

Surprise parachute drills disrupt life in Sinuiju

The Sinuiju Aviation Club has unexpectedly moved up its annual parachute drills by ten days, sparking speculation among locals that it is linked to...

N. Korea’s Decree 1013: Kim’s green light for tougher punishments of repeat offenders

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has approved Decree 1013, a new directive that imposes harsher penalties on repeat offenders, following a proposal from...

Provincial inspectors swarm South Pyongan farms in two-week seed review

South Pyongan province’s farm management committee has been conducting a two-week inspection of wheat and barley fall planting operations at local farms, with a...

N. Korea exorts building supplies from currency traders in flood recovery scheme

North Korean authorities are forcing arrested money changers to donate building materials for flood relief instead of sending them to labor camps, marking a...

Listening in: N. Korea orders transcripts of citizens’ phone calls

North Korea’s Ministry of State Security has ordered the compilation of transcripts of recorded public telephone conversations to gauge public sentiment. The directive, which...

Pyongyang escalates crackdown on overseas communication

North Korean authorities have intensified their crackdown on cross-border communications, threatening residents in border regions with reeducation camp sentences for any overseas phone calls....

N. Korea’s hidden market: The cat-and-mouse game of S. Korean goods

North Korean authorities have launched a sweeping crackdown on the import and distribution of South Korean goods. A source in North Hamgyong province revealed recently...

Pyongyang’s drone drama: Official narrative meets internal skepticism

North Korea has accused South Korea of orchestrating a recent drone infiltration over Pyongyang and delivered an ideological lecture to senior party officials about...

N. Korean security agency caught hiding secret leaks

North Korea’s State Security Agency concealed and internally handled secret information leaks from its central units, sparking controversy when uncovered by a surprise inspection...

N. Korean military report exposes foreign media problem, sparks harsh punishments

The Military Security Command, the North Korean military’s counterintelligence agency, has circulated a report detailing cases of illegal handling of foreign media within the...

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