Story Archive
2020-09-30
Residents say they secretly agree with the slogan, because elites live the good life while they struggle.
2020-09-29
Many of the brokers were themselves government agents who deceived their own agencies.
2020-09-28
Residents and colleagues see the dismissals in Wonsan as the central government scapegoating local officials.
2020-09-25
Analysts see a strategic move behind the rare gesture from Pyongyang amid chilly North-South ties.
2020-09-23
The woman lost all her toes to frostbite and could not support herself.
2020-09-23
Counterfeiting on the rise as people struggle to make ends meet in economy decimated by coronavirus.
2020-09-21
Government says device found during typhoon cleanup was an unexploded U.S. bomb.
2020-09-20
Broker was reported for printing photos taken in South Korea at local studio.
2020-09-18
Mun Chol Myong is wanted on charges of money laundering and violating sanctions by supplying luxury goods to Pyongyang.
2020-09-17
Inspections of local ruling party offices make people nervous, but some say the order will merely generate bribes.
2020-09-15
Traders complain that North Koreans hate low-quality Chinese goods, but high-quality Chinese products are suspected of being “South Korean.”
2020-09-11
Gen. Robert Abrams says draconian response to COVID-19 reflects poor health care system, malnutrition.
2020-09-10
North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un orders swift recovery in Komdok mine area.
2020-09-09
Bullied soldier embarrasses superiors by skipping out on honor of marching in the Oct. 10 parade.
2020-09-03
Impoverished residents on the border risk death to earn money to feed themselves and their families.
2020-09-02
After he swam back to North Korea from the South, authorities blamed the refugee for bringing coronavirus into the country.
2020-08-31
One soldier met a Chinese national, bringing punishment to all.
2020-08-27
Residents of Sinuiju mobilized to prepare for typhoon through the night before landfall.
2020-08-26
Government says shoot-on-sight order for all who go within 1 km of the border is aimed at preventing COVID-19.
2020-08-25
Border guard unit’s leaders are sent to correctional camps along with family members.
2020-08-24
Local government converts outdated facility into commercial real estate.
2020-08-21
The Stimson Center’s Olli Heinonen, formerly of the IAEA, assesses potential flood damage to North Korea’s nuclear facilities.
2020-08-20
The increased border security aims at stopping illegal crossings and smuggling.
2020-08-19
The women were driven to the sex trade under the burden of heavy school fees, sources say.
2020-08-14
Severe flood damage reported nationwide, but Kim Jong Un will not accept foreign aid.
2020-08-13
Model signal corps soldier and her family are now in prison camps after she listened to foreign broadcasts.
2020-08-12
Secret organization that maintains Kim family slush fund wants to trade gold for cash.
2020-08-12
UN Special Rapporteur on North Korean human rights urges South Korea to adhere to international laws.
2020-08-11
Both in the capital and rural areas, officials profiting from land deals get reported by disgruntled workers and farmers.
2020-08-10
Residents grumble when they learn that the ‘aid’ is their own limited food supplies.
