Story Archive
2019-12-06
Extraditing Mun Chol Myong to the United States would violate his rights, defense lawyer says.
2019-12-06
Kim visited for the third time in 2019 for the opening ceremony of a new town in the massive tourist zone.
2019-12-04
Government uses disabled children and athletes for propaganda.
2019-11-26
Drill occurred on Saturday, the ninth anniversary of the last major inter-Korean skirmish, at Yeonpyeong island.
2019-11-26
Sources say Chinese authorities are less likely to bust seafood smugglers this year.
2019-11-21
Eyeglasses made in South Korea are seen as higher quality than more easily procured Chinese or North Korean ones.
2019-11-20
Workers must pay their own way home, and trains are cheaper than flights.
2019-11-18
Harsh sentence signals more scrutiny for the Hwagyo community.
2019-11-15
NGO directed 13 refugees through China and Southeast Asia to safety using mobile phones last month.
2019-11-13
Sources suspect the new cards are a plot to figure out who has fled the country.
2019-11-08
Government inspectors and military officials alike gripe about supply and personnel shortages as they try to whip the military into shape.
2019-11-07
Critics say deportation was unconstitutional and possibly in violation of international law.
2019-11-07
Latest incident leaves locals fearful of soldiers working at state-managed construction zone.
2019-11-06
Survey by South Korean university asks 116 refugees to state reasons for Pyongyang’s economic problems.
2019-11-05
Confections are sold at 10 times the cost of their raw materials in cash-grab at expense of grains.
2019-11-01
People dislike being mobilized or forced to donate supplies to prepare for the supreme leader’s frequent visits.
2019-10-30
Crackdown forces smugglers doing business with Chinese to lay low, as inflow of contraband comes to a halt.
2019-10-29
Pyongyang claims it is HIV and AIDS-free, but U.S. journal says 8,300 or more in the country live with the disease.
2019-10-28
Citizens can’t believe Kim spoke negatively about previous leaders and trade officials worry that bulldozing buildings will scare off Chinese investors in other projects.
2019-10-23
Experts say Kim’s move is another ‘nail in the coffin’ for inter-Korean relations.
2019-10-23
Workers must return home by the end of the year, but Pyongyang wants every last yuan they can get out of them.
2019-10-21
Two-month journey took them through China, Vietnam on the way to a chance for haven in South Korea.
2019-10-21
Sources say the authorities are selling out the country’s mineral wealth for a quick fix to the country’s power shortage problems.
2019-10-18
Report shows that North Korea’s 'Arduous March had lasting effects on children well into the 2010s.
2019-10-16
Citizens say empty stadium was either strategy or censorship.
2019-10-15
North Korea forbade foreign media coverage, a South Korean cheering delegation, and even fans for the home team.
2019-10-14
Yearly manure collection mission requires each household turn in eight tons.
2019-10-10
As Pyongyang is unable to export coal to China, an abundance of coal on the domestic market keeps prices low.
2019-10-07
Trade representative says repeated weapons tests show regime is desperate.
2019-10-02
Women wearing wrinkle-free pants get in wrinkles with actual fashion police.
