Story Archive
2020-11-25
Many citizens who were of school age during the 1990s famine never learned to read.
2020-11-23
Woman lost her home after her daughter sold it out from under her and absconded with the proceeds.
2020-11-20
Released in October to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the party’s founding, most have become vagrants.
2020-11-20
Smugglers sold gold worth some $6.5 million at the Chinese border in five separate incidents since September.
2020-11-17
Mines aimed at preventing citizens from escaping to China.
2020-11-16
Citizens complain that the government should not encourage childbirth during economic crisis.
2020-11-13
Experts predict more emphasis on human rights in Washington’s North Korea policy.
2020-11-11
Opposition lawmaker Ji Seong-ho says Seoul has a responsibility to help North Korean refugees abroad.
2020-11-10
Authorities punish small-scale alcohol brewing, calling it a waste of grain.
2020-11-10
Residents scoff at environmental protection measures when faced with harsh Siberian weather.
2020-11-06
Residents say that the law could be used to arbitrarily punish anyone.
2020-11-06
Residents of Ryanggang province who visited Hyesan on Nov. 1 must self-quarantine for 20 days.
2020-11-04
Ethnic Chinese living in North Korea encouraged to apply for exit visas to visit China.
2020-11-02
Residents desperate to even gather wilted cabbage leaves and radish stems discarded after harvest.
2020-10-30
What was once provided for free now commands 1/10 of its weight in food.
2020-10-27
Rushed work by untrained troops caused two explosions in the country’s northeast.
2020-10-26
Coronavirus has sapped trade workers’ incomes, yet they must pay hefty fee to Pyongyang.
2020-10-26
Government orders all citizens to wear coronavirus masks publicly, but only if they are “legitimately’ produced.
2020-10-22
Experts say border closures in China brought on by coronavirus caused the dramatic decline.
2020-10-21
Lectures blame continued border closure on South Korean conspiracy to introduce coronavirus to the North.
2020-10-21
Lee Rae-jin details his family’s efforts to find closure after North Korean soldiers killed his brother at sea.
2020-10-20
Citizens say arbitrary forced labor order will do little to improve their lives.
2020-10-19
Former detainees tell HRW how they survived torture, forced labor and other crimes against humanity.
2020-10-15
The Special Rapporteur urges the North to repurpose resources and assess the impact of its controls.
2020-10-12
Kim Jong Un’s tearful apology, seen as a reflection of his country's hardship, drew some local mockery.
2020-10-09
Experts expect that Pyongyang will display new weapons in what will be the largest parade in country’s history.
2020-10-08
Mun Chol Myong’s lawyer says he will appeal the decision to the nation’s top court.
2020-10-07
U.S.-based expert says every defection comes with “collateral damage.”
2020-10-06
Trade companies used to be the envy of ordinary citizens, but now traders are going bankrupt.
2020-10-02
With economy smacked by typhoons and squeezed by sanctions and the coronavirus, people must steal to eat.
