Story Archive
2019-06-19
Sources say that in the camps, rights abuses and death are common occurrences.
2019-06-17
As workers who left the Russian Far East city on visa runs have not returned, residents wonder why sailors are there
2019-06-13
Travelers from North Korea must now find other means of watching South Korean TV in China.
2019-06-12
A shot of boiling water to the larynx renders Pyongyang's balcony-raised chickens mute for life.
2019-06-07
Price of pork remains stable as sources believe pork is being smuggled in.
2019-06-05
Food shortages loom and the regime begs the UN for food while refusing smaller donations.
2019-06-03
Panels with patriotic slogans are being installed to motivate the public while drawing attention away from sanctions.
2019-05-31
Merchants and traders try to import “U.N. medicine” from China.
2019-05-30
Train passengers going to or from drug hub city of Hamhung must be prepared for excessive inspections.
2019-05-28
New UN report shows that North Korea’s market economy is designed for officials to extort the people.
2019-05-28
North Korean agents in China to catch defectors allegedly smuggled drugs when they entered the country.
2019-05-23
Companies continue to use South Korean machinery to make products to be smuggled to China and other countries.
2019-05-21
North Korean regime cracks down on women learning Chinese, accusing them of preparing to defect.
2019-05-17
Controversial religion spreads to the capital city through trade workers.
2019-05-15
NGO says Beijing is legally obligated to help the seven because they could be tortured upon return.
2019-05-14
North Korean migrants driven to suicide by harsh conditions and inability to save money.
2019-05-10
Prices usually spike prior to the barley harvest, but this year only slightly increase.
2019-05-09
Fellow inmates have likened the killer of an abusive guard to an admired anti-Japan independence fighter.
2019-05-08
With the economy hard hit by sanctions, more North Koreans are taking out high-interest loans.
2019-05-07
Experts warn U.S. not to give concessions to Pyongyang or match its provocative moves.
2019-05-06
Hungry kids drop out of school to peddle charcoal at dawn.
2019-05-03
Doan Thi Huong is freed nearly two months after her Indonesian co-defendant was released from Malaysian custody.
2019-05-02
Hospitals for political elites take bribes from commoners for better care.
2019-04-30
Defectors’ family members and famous defector Thae Yong-ho present at rally.
2019-04-29
Defector group arrested last week near Shenyang includes nine-year-old girl.
2019-04-26
Residents resentful that loans aren’t made to companies that would improve their lives.
2019-04-25
Putin says North Korea needs security guarantees from the U.S., hints at six-party talk revival.
2019-04-25
Respondents report increases in employment, wages and job security compared to 2017.
2019-04-22
Preschools meant to prevent mothers from ‘using their kids as an excuse’ not to work.
2019-04-19
Forced to give monthly ‘offerings’ to the regime and unable to save any money, the Vladivostok worker jumped to his death.
