As Pyongyang decides to develop tourism, trade may reopen ahead of building boom.
North Korea news in English
Government’s failure to deliver New Year’s calendars on time expose the folly of autarchy, sources say.
Kim Yo Jong is no longer in the Workers’ Party’s Politburo, but she still lobs insults at Seoul through state media.
Candidacy period extended from one to two years, doubling the cost in bribes.
Kim Jong Un inherits title of his father and grandfather, and their dependency on China.
Experts say that Kim Jong Un appears to admit that tough times lie ahead for the country.
Since January closure, Pyongyang has introduced a cascade of security measures to stop illegal border crossers.
The appeal cites China’s obligation as a UN member to uphold non refoulement principles.
With no explosives or electricity, underfed miners spent months digging for coal with pickaxes and shovels.
Activist calls on President Moon Jae-in to veto bill to protect South Korea’s constitution.
Food shortage expected to worsen in spring as country grows only 80 percent of what it needs.
Future secret agents assigned to neighborhood watch units to observe ‘and threaten’ the poor.
Like other former servicemen, the captain had been tuning in at sea for decades.
Former refugee Ji Seong-ho, now South Korean lawmaker, details meetings with U.S. counterparts during recent visit.
Critics accuse Seoul of compromising on human rights for inter-Korean dialogue.
Sources describe empty squares in front of normally bustling train stations as transit ban goes into effect.
Desperate citizens complain that they have no other way to make a living.
‘Prisoner 00’ witnessed human rights abuses and crimes against humanity behind bars.
Residents suspect the mobilization campaign was really aimed at squeezing cash out of them from the start.
North Korea has not changed politically enough to apply lessons from formerly communist Eastern Europe, she says.
Exodus of diplomats and aid workers leaves North Korean population vulnerable.
Authorities make an example of smuggler to usher in new ‘ultra-high-level emergency quarantine measures.”
Gunners are also monitoring border guards and special forces for corruption.
Residents, many with no income due to COVID-19 shutdowns, pay more for rice each day.
Biography starts in Kim’s college days, makes no mention of childhood studies in Switzerland.
Many citizens who were of school age during the 1990s famine never learned to read.
Woman lost her home after her daughter sold it out from under her and absconded with the proceeds.
Released in October to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the party’s founding, most have become vagrants.
Smugglers sold gold worth some $6.5 million at the Chinese border in five separate incidents since September.
Mines aimed at preventing citizens from escaping to China.