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North Korea is preparing to send up to 28,000 more workers overseas. Recruitment efforts that began last year have entered ...
North Korean authorities imposed strict travel controls during last month’s rice-planting mobilization, with numerous people ...
Car rentals have sparked a driving craze among young people and women in Pyongyang—and now North Korean authorities are ...
When “A,” a North Pyongan province woman, first heard her son in the military had been deployed to Russia, she assumed he was ...
Waste generated at the Pyongsan uranium facility has historically been sent to a reservoir across the river for sedimentation ...
North Korea earns an estimated $43.8 million monthly — or $525.6 million yearly — through its troop deployment to Russia. The ...
North Korea’s General Political Bureau is now using “combat record books” as an effective political work tool. The military ...
N. Korea launched an undercover effort to crackdown on illegal foreign currency smuggling in Ryanggang Province.
More North Korean women in Pyongyang are getting behind the wheel, seeking driver’s licenses in what appears to be a quiet rebellion against traditional gender roles and a push for greater ...
I used satellite imagery to assess Pyongyang’s summer heat and heat wave conditions. The analysis used satellite data from ...
A recent proposal for a “minerals-for-security” deal with North Korea fundamentally misunderstands both the nature of Kim Jong Un’s regime and the lessons of past diplomatic failures.
Demand for Chinese-made bags has surged among North Koreans in their teens through 30s. The trend of choosing Chinese bags ...