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North Korea taps young AI talent to stoke division in the South

North Korea’s top think tank on South Korea is now producing AI propaganda videos and online content, suggesting the Institute of Enemy State Studies has moved beyond research into...

South Korean goods shut out of Hyesan customs trade

Chinese goods are pouring into North Korea through the customs office in Hyesan this...

Farmer tells party official to change first

A Workers’ Party official in North Hamgyong province was left red-faced after a middle-aged...

Farm workers drop rice bundles to steal grain

North Korean farm workers are siphoning off grain during the 2026 fall harvest by...

Kim Jong Un’s luxury yacht ends its summer off Wonsan

Kim Jong Un’s 80-meter luxury yacht, complete with a swimming pool and waterslides, spent about three months of summer 2026 anchored off the Kim...

Taiwan steps up UAV advancement

The 2026 Taiwan Drone International Forum’s opening ceremony and the official launch of the Global UAV Academy took place Oct. 30 in Taipei City,...

Digital minister shares Taiwan’s success at cybersecurity conference

Digital Minister Lin Yi-jing attended Cyber Security Nordic 2026, held Oct. 28-29 in Helsinki, to share Taiwan’s digital security successes and promote exchanges with...

Trader loses all her medicine after defying police

A Chongjin medicine trader lost her entire stock in October 2026 after refusing a police officer’s demand for free drugs, winning back her goods...

Shock brigade thieves face public trial in Paekam

Three young laborers in North Korea’s Ryanggang province faced a public trial in October 2026 for a monthslong theft spree targeting food, livestock and...

North Korean trucks still missing from New Yalu River Bridge

Chinese cargo trucks are rolling across the New Yalu River Bridge, but North Korean trucks have yet to join them. Two weeks after the...

Deputy Foreign Minister Wu gives interview to Czech media outlet

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs François Chih-chung Wu said Oc. 21 that Taiwan is committed to defending freedom and democracy and that maintaining peace...

President Lai meets with prime minister of St. Lucia

President Lai Ching-te pledged to continue working with St. Lucia to benefit the people of both countries, and to jointly contribute to global peace,...

North Korean teachers ordered to cram English for language contest

Education authorities in North Korea’s North Hamgyong province have ordered teachers to compete in a “multilingual contest” in 2026. Teachers in Chongjin say it...

North Korean women spend on leisure amid currency fears

Small groups of North Korean women with a little money to spare are embracing domestic tourism this fall. Leisure trips of this kind were...

North Korean rice prices top 50,000 won for first time

Rice prices in North Korean markets topped 50,000 North Korean won per kilogram for the first time in late October 2026. The record comes...

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...

FM Lin welcomes US think tank delegation

Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung received a contingent led by Susan M. Elliott, president and CEO of the National Committee on American Policy, Oct. 27...

FM Lin welcomes US think tank delegation

Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung received a contingent led by Susan M. Elliott, president and CEO of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy, Oct....

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