Story Archive
2019-12-27
North Korea’s citizens are not allowed to freely visit the capital, but many sneak in anyway.
2019-12-23
South Korea puts the number of workers sent overseas by the North at 70,000-100,000.
2019-12-21
Repatriating migrants in Russia vow to return next year, while China allows more North Koreans to enter.
2019-12-20
Security Council resolution requires that all North Korean workers return home by Dec. 22.
2019-12-18
In new HRNK report Digital Trenches, Martyn Williams shows how North Korea is fighting the spread of information emboldened by advances in technology.
2019-12-17
Experts say they are trying to push back at U.S. policies towards them, and are also trying to “placate Pyongyang.”
2019-12-17
Chinese authorities are mounting a crackdown on North Korean fisheries products.
2019-12-13
Judge Rohatul Akmar Abdullah says Mun Chol Myong has 15 days to appeal the ruling.
2019-12-13
Computer science students edited foreign porn videos and sold them on flash drives
2019-12-11
Wealthy suspected of using stockpiles of ill-gotten funds to acquire bounty of foreign goods they likely intend to resell.
2019-12-10
Others warn that not holding Pyongyang accountable on human rights issues compromises U.S. values.
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.
