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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 private economy for two decades....

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...

MOFA welcomes Marshall Islands delegation

The Oct. 17-24 visit by a seven-member Marshall Islands delegation led by Natural Resources...

MOEA holds APEC digital health forum

The Small and Medium Enterprise and Startup Administration staged the Asia-Pacific Economy Cooperation Digital...

President Lai receives Canadian parliamentary delegation

President Lai Ching-te welcomed a Canadian parliamentary delegation Oct. 14 at the Presidential Office in Taipei City, saying he looked forward to expanded cooperation...

Hamhung teachers ordered to wear skirts during School Support Month

Hamhung teachers must now wear skirts in the classroom during North Korea’s October 2026 School Support Month, a rule that has angered female educators...

North Korea’s largest power plant forces workers to pay for mandatory loyalty tours

Workers at North Korea’s largest power plant are fuming after being ordered on mandatory ideological tours for Party Foundation Day in 2026. The catch...

North Korean workers sent to Russia with no say and no destination

North Korea is sending more workers to Russia in 2026, but many recruits leave without knowing their destination or their jobs. A posting to Russia...

MOEA stages US Business Day in Taipei

The U.S. Business Day 2026 took place Oct. 13 in Taipei City to assist Taiwanese and U.S. firms to expand cooperation and market presence,...

Hyesan lectures pit free socialist housing against capitalist bank loans

Propaganda lectures in the North Korean border city of Hyesan are casting South Korean homeowners as debt slaves to their banks. The 2026 campaign...

New Yalu River Bridge appears set to open as signs emerge on both sides of border

Signs are mounting on both sides of the China-North Korea border that the New Yalu River Bridge will finally open in October 2026. Chinese...

President Lai welcomes Eswatini King Mswati Ⅲ

President Lai Ching-te received King Mswati Ⅲ Oct. 9 at the Presidential Office in Taipei City. The meeting followed greetings on arrival at the...

FM Lin kicks off Poland trip with visit to planned technology park

Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung arrived in Poland Oct. 10 with a delegation to expand business and trade relations with the European country.   According...

Kim Jong Un’s party orders chief secretaries to take charge of party school study

North Korea has ordered its top provincial, city and county party officials to personally lead party school study in 2026. The move tightens Kim...

Badminton boom takes off among North Korean high school students

A badminton boom is sweeping North Korean high schools in 2026, as Musan county teenagers turn parks into free courts. Rackets and shuttlecocks once...

North Korean vessels cash in on drug runs between Southeast Asia and China

North Korean ships are earning large sums of foreign currency through drug smuggling between Southeast Asia and China in 2026, according to a source...

Thermal satellite images show Yongbyon reactors running nonstop

North Korea’s Yongbyon nuclear complex kept its key reactors and processing plants running through 2026, according to my analysis of satellite imagery. High-resolution photos...

Economic, technological consultations conclude in Prague

Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs Cynthia Kiang and David Müller, her counterpart from the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade, hosted the 9th Taiwan-Czechia...

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