North Koreans dodge the socialist lifestyle crackdown by tipping off neighbors about patrols and hiding K-dramas on spare ...

General markets still dominate North Korean shopping, but grain stores, private shops and phone orders are claiming a growing ...

Kim Jong Un kept a low profile at key events and skipped an anti-American centennial, signs he may be preparing for a ...

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

North Korean trade workers seek Chinese mixer and pump trucks as heavy construction equipment demand grows, with an unusual motive.

Satellite radar shows a wastewater pond below the Pyongsan uranium plant swelling and shrinking in 2026, renewing Yesong ...

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

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

The New Yalu River Bridge finally opened, but sanctions checks and slow customs clearance leave trucks waiting three hours or more.

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

Mothers in their 40s now make up a growing share of North Korean workers in China, and one who fled her factory was swiftly ...

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