Story Archive
2015-12-21
Problems may be local rather than due to central government policy, though.
2015-12-15
The cost for a vacation has shifted to cash, highlighting differences between the haves and have-nots.
2015-12-10
The facility has built seven vessels since the beginning of the year, sources say.
2015-12-09
Some of the money is funneled upward to buy protection from higher-level cadres.
2015-11-23
People say that the lookalike products made by individuals—not factories—are less expensive and offer better quality.
2015-11-18
Three women were put to death for using their cell phones to distribute copies of a banned South Korean soap opera.
2015-11-17
Many students, their parents and teachers believe such trading activities are safer than shopping in dodgy black markets.
2015-11-06
Many are forced to work in unsafe conditions and have not been paid for months, sources say.
2015-11-05
Chinese citizens along the border say their phones can't be used in cases of emergency.
2015-11-02
Sources say producers seek to capitalize on the country’s failing health care system.
2015-10-30
Methamphetamine consumption has resulted in widespread criminal and antisocial behavior, sources say.
2015-10-27
Kim Jong Un orders troops to raise pigs, cultivate soybeans to address shortages of food.
2015-10-23
Emboldened by the regime's 'Military First' policy, soldiers carry out raids on farms to take what they want.
2015-10-21
Sources say South Korean culture is spreading in the North, despite the regime’s best efforts.
2015-10-19
Harsher punishments are ordered after several recently pardoned North Koreans escaped with their families into China.
2015-10-16
Presidents Obama, Park also vow to press for accountability for Pyongyang’s human rights abuses.
2015-10-16
But sources say farmer rations will suffer as local authorities struggle to meet expectations.
2015-10-14
Leader Kim Jong Un hopes the measure will reverse the country’s low birth rate.
2015-10-09
Restrictions on travel in the reclusive, nuclear-armed state now extend also to government workers and officials.
2015-10-07
Sources say the group will likely impact North Koreans who subsist on smuggling.
2015-10-05
The vandalism reflects popular anger at burdens imposed in advance of the celebrations, sources say.
2015-10-02
Sources say the order is meant to preempt disturbances during the event.
2015-09-30
Authorities demand contributions as pressure mounts to complete city projects.
2015-09-25
Sources say late diagnosis and costly drugs have led to deaths and crippling complications.
2015-09-23
A widow in Yanggang province is demanding that officials return the corpse of her son who died in jail.
2015-09-18
Sources say the payments are now four months in arrears.
2015-09-18
U.S. NGO report reveals growing space to incarcerate women in country’s political prison camps.
2015-09-16
UN sanctions monitors say the vessel belongs to a blacklisted shipping firm.
2015-09-15
Citizens are up in arms with leader Kim Jong Un’s directives to make them pay cash and in-kind contributions, calling him a “vampire.”
2015-09-11
Sources say residents are ashamed of their own country’s events in comparison.
