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Hamhung sellers push pricey “export” health supplements

Private sellers in Hamhung, North Korea, are aggressively pushing pricey health supplements on local people in 2026. They claim the products come from North Korean-Chinese joint ventures and are...

FM Lin welcomes US think tank delegation

Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung received a contingent led by Susan M. Elliott, president and...

FM Lin welcomes US think tank delegation

Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung received a contingent led by Susan M. Elliott, president and...

MOFA, Formosa Club hold tech forum in Taipei

A forum on the enhancement of the Taiwan-Europe partnership in artificial intelligence and drone...

Smuggling ban drives North Korean units to cheap Chinese work

North Korea’s foreign currency-earning units are scrambling for low-paying contract manufacturing work from China in October 2026. A prolonged crackdown on cross-border smuggling has...

Satellite imagery maps 23 towers at North Korea’s Voice of Korea transmitter site

Satellite imagery of a shortwave radio transmitter site in Hyangsan county, Jagang province, shows 23 large steel towers spread across four zones. The towers...

Why is North Korea opening bulgogi restaurants when meat is so scarce?

North Korea has opened a string of state-run bulgogi restaurants across the country since September 2026. The glossy venues offer a striking display of...

North Korea uses DMZ landmine blast to step up student military drills

North Korean authorities are using last month’s DMZ landmine explosion to justify tougher military drills for high school students. In anti-South Korea lectures, officials...

Secret abortion pills leave Kaechon schoolgirl bleeding in the street

A teenage girl in Kaechon, South Pyongan province, collapsed in the street in early October 2026 after taking abortion pills. She had secretly bought...

North Koreans dodge style patrols as constitution enshrines the socialist lifestyle

North Koreans are finding quiet ways around the socialist lifestyle crackdown in 2026, even after Kim Jong Un’s government wrote the campaign into the...

FM Lin hosts Marshall Islands trade delegation

Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung hosted a banquet for a Marshall Islands delegation led by Minister of Natural Resources and Commerce Anthony Muller Oct. 20...

UK, Taiwan hold SME Artificial Intelligence Forum

The Ministry of Economic Affairs Small and Medium Enterprise and Startup Administration and the British Office Taipei hosted the UK-Taiwan SME Artificial Intelligence Forum...

New Yalu River Bridge opens, but customs delays leave trucks waiting for hours

The New Yalu River Bridge between China and North Korea opened on Oct. 15, 2026, after 12 years of delays. Slow customs clearance on...

North Korean traders turn to Chinese mixer trucks and pump trucks

North Korean trade workers are seeking concrete mixer trucks and pump trucks from China in 2026, broadening demand for heavy construction equipment. Trade workers...

Signs point to Kim Jong Un preparing for a Trump-Kim summit

As talk of a possible Trump-Kim summit grows in 2026, shifts in North Korea’s domestic political events suggest Kim Jong Un is quietly preparing...

Chongjin railway official expelled after bribing his way into party school

North Korea has expelled a Chongjin railway official from the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea in an October 2026 party school bribery case. The...

North Korean mothers sent to China struggle with years apart from their children

Married women in their mid-40s make up a growing share of the North Korean workers sent to China in 2026. Many of them left...

Farm workers balk as Pyongyang pushes electronic payment cards

North Korean authorities are pressing South Pyongan province farm workers to load their savings onto electronic payment cards, saying the cashless shift will prevent...

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