North Korea's NIA is wiretapping calls to catch traders in North Pyongan province, driving people to use code words and ...

Donju families in North Korea are commissioning tailored suits styled after Ri Sol Ju and Kim Ju Ae, with sets starting at ...

North Korean households ordered to submit 50 kilograms of dried human waste as fertilizer, despite state claims of record ...

Students sent to North Korea's rural areas return shocked by empty store shelves, exposing the gap between state propaganda ...

North Korean ramen exports to China are rising, but shoppers there still favor South Korean and Chinese brands on taste, ...

North Korea is tightening surveillance of trade workers in China to block corruption as Pyongyang and Beijing expand trade, a source says.

North Korean officials in Rason are voicing rare frustration as Russia fails to complete its side of the Tumen River road bridge.

North Koreans are refusing to serve as neighborhood watch unit leaders even in Pyongyang, citing growing burdens and ...

North Korea cracking down on police officers caught singing parody songs and using slang in an ideological discipline campaign.

Between early 2020 and August 2022, there were approximately 40 deaths among the 500 or so female inmates serving life sentences at the camp Illustration of a North Korean detention facility.

North Korea’s Rodong Sinmun newspaper reported on Feb. 11 that the “largest-ever modern greenhouse farm and vegetable science research base will be built in Hadan-ri of Sinuiju, border gateway of the ...

North Korea began building and publicly unveiling its 5,000-ton destroyers starting in 2025. Recent satellite imagery suggests the vessels are not yet fully operational combat assets. Both the first ...