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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kim Jong Un wept at North Korea's Victory Day show, but his daughter and presumed heir Kim Ju Ae stayed almost entirely ...

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

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