As a heat wave drains reservoirs, North Korea is rationing power, prioritizing munitions factories over ordinary areas.

Two phone models rose 500 yuan each in North Korea border provinces, and residents say an ordinary person can no longer ...

As North Korea cracks down on illegal transfers, remittance brokers near the border are charging defectors' families record ...

North Korea's new local factories are struggling to produce, so workers are mobilized to mines and construction sites instead ...

Record heat is pushing North Koreans to collapse on the street and risk robbery at night, as ambulances and patrols remain ...

A Hamhung student was caught using illicit software for foreign data, as North Korea hunts sellers and cracks down on ...

North Korean farm workers face contradictory orders: protect crops from record heat, but prevent any heatstroke cases among ...

North Korea is moving from raw material exports to processed goods through joint ventures with Chinese investors as trade expands in 2026.

North Korean labor training camp detainees are collapsing from heat exhaustion, only to be beaten and denied rest.

North Korea's Cabinet issued 20 heat wave guidelines after deaths topped 100, but workers say the rules came too late to matter.

As food prices and the exchange rate soar in North Korea, vulnerable families say one income is no longer enough to survive.

Donju, once market rice wholesalers, now run North Korea's grain shops, and prices there increasingly track the free market, ...