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North Korea courts Chinese money for Sinuiju hotels

North Korea is courting Chinese investors to build hotels and shopping complexes in Sinuiju as ties with Beijing warm in 2026. The new bridge to Dandong and Kim Jong...

Elite unit’s villa repairs spill into local markets

High-end building materials and fixtures torn out of Kim family villas and state guesthouses...

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...

Taiwan steps up UAV advancement

The 2026 Taiwan Drone International Forum’s opening ceremony and the official launch of the...

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....

MOFA, Formosa Club hold tech forum in Taipei

A forum on the enhancement of the Taiwan-Europe partnership in artificial intelligence and drone technologies to build a secure, transparent and resilient democratic supply...

North Korean journalists trade reporting for ideology drills

North Korea has launched a sweeping ideological campaign targeting its own journalists in October 2026, timed to the 80th anniversary of the Korean Journalists’...

FM Lin welcomes St. Lucia delegation

Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung received a contingent led by Philip J. Pierre, St. Lucia’s prime minister, Oct. 27 in Taipei City.   According to the Ministry...

Taiwan, Netherlands convene agricultural working group meeting

The 20th agricultural working group meeting between Taiwan and the Netherlands was held Oct. 23 in Taipei City to explore methods of expanding agricultural...

For some North Koreans, harvest duty becomes a picnic

North Korea’s 2026 fall harvest mobilization looks very different depending on where people work. At some well-funded state agencies and enterprises in South Pyongan...

Hoeryong lectures target Chinese phone users

North Korean intelligence officers in North Hamgyong province used neighborhood lectures in mid-October 2026 to attack secret users of Chinese mobile phones. Visiting towns...

Pyongyang ties loyalty to Kim mausoleum donations

Pyongyang authorities have launched a Kumsusan Palace of the Sun fundraising drive that runs through the end of 2026. Officials call the campaign voluntary,...

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),...

Foreign Minister Lin addresses Formosa Club meeting in Taiwan

The Formosa Club is holding its annual conference from Oct. 24 to Oct. 28 in Taipei City, with 49 legislators from the European Parliament...

North Korean teen defies mother to join army

A widowed mother in Tanchon, South Hamgyong province, has begged her son’s school to keep him off North Korea’s 2026 conscription rolls. The teenager,...

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 for jobs in China, and they could start work at...

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...

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