Story Archive
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.
