Housing prices near a market in Chongjin, North Korea have tripled since the pandemic as buyers compete for business space, a source says.

As Trump courts Kim Jong Un and pressures Seoul over Iran, a Korea University analyst warns the South Korea-US alliance is ...

Learn about the growth of North Korea garment factories as young women enter the workforce to meet rising demand.

North Korea's heat wave overwhelmed a provincial power grid, cutting power to statues and monuments honoring the leadership ...

A North Korea military officer in Hamhung was discharged over a wife's Chinese relative, prompting suspicion of a rivalry ...

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

Soaring prices and a volatile exchange rate are pushing North Koreans in Hamhung to sell their homes to raise capital for ...

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

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

A Chongjin hospital cremated a body without consent after outages disabled its morgue's cooling, sparking family outrage and ...

North Korea's rice prices hit their highest level since 2009 as corn costs surge even faster and the Chinese yuan reaches a ...

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