Story Archive
2018-06-15
Sources say the reduced monitoring has facilitated the smuggling of restricted goods.
2018-06-12
Prime Minister commends North Korean leader’s “new attitude,” calls for pursuing good relations with Pyongyang.
2018-06-12
North Korea merely reaffirms an earlier commitment to denuclearizing, with no specific timetable.
2018-06-11
US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un make history by meeting, but doubts hang over any nuclear deal.
2018-06-11
Authorities want to prevent possible disorder inside the isolated country during the key talks in Singapore.
2018-06-08
Controls by China relax after Kim Jong Un and Xi Jinping meet in March and May.
2018-06-07
The letter comes five days before US President Donald Trump meets with Kim Jong Un in Singapore.
2018-06-07
State Security agents are pressuring family members to convince their relatives to return home.
2018-05-31
Authorities are watching citizens for signs of prohibited money and movies from the South.
2018-05-30
The domestic propaganda campaign includes phrasing that indicates Pyongyang will not give up its nuclear capabilities.
2018-05-25
Meanwhile, most North Koreans are unaware the talks were even cancelled.
2018-05-21
Gone With The Wind, with its themes of civil war and hardship, is a particular favorite, one source says.
2018-05-17
Few believe summit meetings with rival South Korea and the US will improve their lives, sources say.
2018-05-16
The warning comes after the North calls off talks with South Korea over US-South joint exercises.
2018-05-15
An unknown number are killed or injured when a blaze blamed on faulty wiring sweeps through a workers' barracks.
2018-05-09
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo secures their freedom during an unannounced trip to the North.
2018-05-08
High-rise apartments are being offered in Sinuiju city for purchase and investment opportunities, sources say.
2018-05-04
A former North Korean diplomat discusses why Kim won’t agree to an irreversible denuclearization.
2018-05-03
The coupons, issued to the country's elite, are then sold to ordinary citizens at twelve times their real value.
2018-05-01
Pyongyang tells its trade workers to arrange investments, look for openings as tensions ease.
2018-04-27
Analysts say definitions and a plan of action are needed to ensure the talks lead to progress.
2018-04-26
Others who know about them are reluctant to say so, for fear of the police.
2018-04-25
Some say trust must be earned, but others suggest a treaty could ease Kim’s mind over ending his weapons program.
2018-04-24
Official media say nuclear production facilities and test sites are being closed, however.
2018-04-19
The plant could not likely obtain material necessary for its operations under sanctions supported by China, a source says.
2018-04-10
North Korean media meanwhile highlight joint performances calling for 'unification' of the Korean peninsula.
2018-04-04
Busloads of workers are seen going into China, with fewer seen making the return trip.
2018-04-02
The vehicle, a military jeep, was being moved with the help of one Chinese unit, but was seized by another on the Yalu River.
2018-03-29
State security agents have been brought in from the capital to replace local security forces deemed not up to the job.
