North Korea has authorized shoot-to-kill orders at the border and is coordinating with Chinese police to track and pressure ...

North Korea is expanding rice-paddy fish farming, but farmers say fingerling supply and water management gaps undercut the ...

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North Korea's grain stores are operating more reliably in 2026, but limited supply and poor grain quality continue to ...

North Korean soldiers under the Seventh Army Corps are mobilized for soybean farming, but say officers take the best of the ...

North Korea's State Film Bureau has issued a directive overhauling TV drama production, demanding popular appeal.

Four North Koreans caught watching a South Korean drama avoided prison, receiving only a public criticism session.

Chinese police questioned a defector in Jilin province using Kuaishou messages, alarming defectors who believed the app was ...

Rising fuel prices in North Korea are forcing bus operators to cut long-distance routes, leaving no direct intercity ...

Street vendors in Hyesan are brawling over prime spots as rising jangmadang market fees push traders out of stalls and onto ...

Market vendors in North Korea take on wig and eyelash piecework as market income covers barely enough food for one day.

North Korean donju in Hyesan are converting stacked apartments into private duplexes and installing CCTV cameras.