Story Archive
2016-07-25
Cross-border traders report confiscations of goods bearing cross-like designs.
2016-07-22
Authorities fear the movies' historical themes critical of corruption and political misrule may be taken to heart.
2016-07-20
A report by a group that exposes international organized crime finds that diplomatic involvement in the illicit activity has gone largely undetected and unreported.
2016-07-19
In a country with too little food, high-ranking officials are likely abetting the bootleg pork trade with China.
2016-07-15
Thousands are forced to work till late at night on a showcase project, with many sleeping at the work site.
2016-07-15
The reclusive country needs advanced technology from abroad because it can’t develop its own.
2016-07-14
North Korea expert Andrei Lankov says that sanctions don't work when a leader can ignore the views of his country's people.
2016-07-07
Authorities have opened the tunnel to motorists even though they have not completed construction.
2016-07-06
Kim Jong Un among 16 senior Pyongyang officials blacklisted as Washington tightens the screws on North Korea.
2016-07-06
The desire to get their children into a good university and dissatisfaction with state education are leading some to get outside schooling
2016-07-01
Mass defection of regime-run restaurant staff to South Korea spurs ideological tightening that inconveniences workers and employers
2016-06-28
Many are killed in falls or by heart attacks or endemic disease, one expert says.
2016-06-20
Installing the 'Red Star' operating system and solving information technology problems puts money in the pockets of the technologically savvy.
2016-06-16
Authorities are no longer letting residents obtain documents to travel to China to visit family members or conduct private business.
2016-06-13
The soldiers, who are told to disguise their identity, are increasingly replacing North Korean civilians sent abroad to work.
