Story Archive
2020-07-31
Tightly controlled platinum in the confiscated contraband points to high-level connections.
2020-07-30
Residents say blaming a defector seems too convenient amid a campaign against exiles.
2020-07-29
North Korean refugee went undercover to help Chinese authorities take down human trafficking rings.
2020-07-29
New policy follows weeks of Pyongyang invective against defectors and refugees.
2020-07-27
Blaming a defector for the “vicious virus” fits a hostile campaign against exiles, experts say.
2020-07-21
At video lecture, senior party official says 70 percent of North Koreans watch TV from the South
2020-07-16
Students are drafted for mask patrols and public told to help flatten the curve -- or else.
2020-07-15
Local authorities may be in trouble for failing to adequately screen elite candidate.
2020-07-14
Attempting to flee is a crime, but doing it on Kim Il Sung’s death anniversary is more serious.
2020-07-10
Shipment of cooking oil burns with massive black smoke columns at Sinuiju, but the cause is yet to be determined.
2020-07-10
The workers were sent to Russia to earn foreign currency for Pyongyang, and are thought be trying to reach South Korea.
2020-07-09
Residents say making scapegoats out of senior officials will not solve any problems with the country’s overwhelmed medical system.
2020-07-09
Authorities pledged severe punishment, but some brokers skated with relatively light “reeducation” sentences.
2020-07-07
After the start of the school year was postponed three times to June 1, schools are closing only one month later.
2020-07-02
Trader says shortages of key goods will be met by “unofficial trade” on terms that favor China.
