Hyesan customs reopened Oct. 12 after China’s National Day closure, bringing winter clothing samples and relief to cart ...

Dandong-Sinuiju shipping costs hit 8,000 yuan per container for a 3 km trip, leaving traders little profit as the new bridge ...

Inspectors are searching fishing boats in South Hwanghae for hidden radios used to pick up South Korean broadcasts at sea.

North Korea is expanding Russian classes as Moscow ties deepen, but a shortage of Russian teachers has English teachers ...

Families of North Korean defectors are turning remittance brokers away at the door in 2026, refusing cash from relatives ...

Workers at the Pukchang power plant must pay for mandatory Party Foundation Day tours, and managers warn winter output could ...

Rice prices rose nearly 7% in Pyongyang, Sinuiju and Hyesan as new corn pushed grain prices down and a security clampdown hit ...

Chinese traders flood the old Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge with cargo, fearing steep tolls on the soon-to-open New Yalu ...

North Korea is sending more workers to Russia in 2026, but recruits often leave without knowing their destination and can ...

North Korea’s Yongbyon nuclear complex kept its key reactors and processing plants running through 2026, according to my ...

Young North Koreans in Chongjin and Hyesan are adopting a light South Korean makeup style, and even high school students ...

Hamhung teachers must wear skirts during School Support Month, then change into trousers for afternoon farm labor in nearby ...