A Hyesan school had hotel cuisine students buy their own ingredients for a 2026 exam, fueling complaints over North Korea's ...

A gas station explosion in Sinuiju, North Korea, killed more than 20 people, but authorities have given no public account of its cause.

North Korean workers say official salaries barely cover a fraction of costs, with trade and side jobs actually sustaining ...

North Korea border guard duty was once prized for smuggling bribes, but tighter controls cut off that income, leaving ...

Rumors of permanent residency IDs for North Korean defectors are spreading in China, raising hopes among those living without ...

North Korean rice prices hit a record high in July as the exchange rate climbs too, driven by trade with China and falling ...

North Korea's youth league is threatening college students with expulsion over a crackdown on watching banned foreign films ...

Wealthy North Korean youth are choosing old, worn video players over new ones, betting inspectors assume rich families use ...

In Kimchaek, North Korea, school attendance is rising after officials shifted repair costs from struggling parents onto local ...

Rising prices are pushing more North Korean women into prostitution, a source says, as an organized trade makes police ...

North Korea's foreign ministry held an urgent briefing for senior officials after the U.S. extended its emergency declaration ...

North Korean students assigned Kim Jong Un's gift instruments say wealthier peers got the best ones, leaving piri players ...