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Deputy FM joins St. Lucia culture day celebration

Deputy Foreign Minister François Chih-chung Wu attended a Creole Day event hosted by the Embassy of Saint Lucia in the Republic of China (Taiwan), Oct. 25 in Taipei City.   The...

Foreign Minister Lin addresses Formosa Club meeting in Taiwan

The Formosa Club is holding its annual conference from Oct. 24 to Oct. 28...

North Korean teen defies mother to join army

A widowed mother in Tanchon, South Hamgyong province, has begged her son’s school to...

North Korea screens young single women for factory jobs in China

North Korea has begun final screening of unmarried female workers in their 20s bound...

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...

MOFA, MOHW host annual health, welfare forum

Organized by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the 2026 Global Health and Welfare Forum in Taiwan is...

Taiwan, Philippines convene agricultural, fisheries meeting

The 13th Taiwan-Philippines agricultural and fisheries cooperative meeting was held Oct. 16 in the Philippines, according to the Ministries of Agriculture and Foreign Affairs.   During...

How Kim Jong Un’s state is taming trade outside North Korea’s general markets

Where do North Koreans buy their food and daily necessities in 2026? Most still go to the general markets that have anchored the country’s...

Satellite data trace a drainage route from North Korea’s Pyongsan uranium plant to the Ryesong River

Satellite imagery shows a wastewater pond below North Korea’s Pyongsan uranium plant repeatedly expanding and shrinking between February and September 2026. The fluctuations keep...

MOFA welcomes Marshall Islands delegation

The Oct. 17-24 visit by a seven-member Marshall Islands delegation led by Natural Resources and Commerce Minister Anthony Muller and Mrs. Muller is sincerely...

MOEA holds APEC digital health forum

The Small and Medium Enterprise and Startup Administration staged the Asia-Pacific Economy Cooperation Digital Health Forum Oct. 16 in Taipei City, according to the...

Steep Dandong-Sinuiju shipping costs leave traders with little profit

Shipping a single container from Dandong to Sinuiju now costs up to 8,000 yuan despite the three-kilometer journey, leaving traders with almost no profit....

Chinese goods flow back into Hyesan as customs ends holiday shutdown

The Hyesan customs office in North Korea’s Ryanggang province reopened on Oct. 12, 2026, after a closure tied to China’s National Day holiday. Autumn...

North Korea searches fishing boats for hidden radios along its Yellow Sea coast

North Korea has launched a sweeping inspection of fishing boats along the Yellow Sea coast of South Hwanghae province in October 2026 that targets...

North Korea pushes Russian classes in schools but lacks teachers to run them

North Korea is expanding Russian-language classes in schools in 2026 as its alliance with Moscow deepens. A severe shortage of trained Russian teachers, however,...

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