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N. Korea researching ways to dispatch ambulances more quickly 
Date : March 2, 2023
N. Korea researching ways to dispatch ambulances more quicklyNorth Korea is conducting research into dispatching ambulances more quickly as it seeks to develop a faster a…
Yanggang-do cracks down on professors demanding money 
Date : January 25, 2023
Yanggang Province cracks down on professors demanding money and gifts Yanggang Province authorities have begun looking into the practice of professors giving their s…
Kim hands down gifts to people involved in speedy production of weapons 
Date : January 25, 2023
Kim Jong Un hands down gifts to people involved in speedy production of weaponsFollowing a ceremony to present super-large caliber multiple rocket launchers (MRL) on Dec.…
Revisions to Law on Welfare Service bolster government control over commercial a... 
Date : December 13, 2022
Revisions to Law on Welfare Service bolster government control over commercial activityNorth Korea recently amended its Law on Welfare Service to bolster government contr…
NK publicly executes 2 teenagers for distributing SK movies 
Date : December 13, 2022
North Korea publicly executes 2 teenagers for distributing South Korean moviesNorth Korea has publicly executed three teenagers by firing squad – two for watching a…
NK forces youth to join grueling pilgrimage to sacred Paektu mountain 
Date : December 13, 2022
North Korea forces youth to join grueling pilgrimage to sacred Paektu mountainIn years past, North Korea would reward particularly patriotic youth by inviting them to joi…
N. Korea collects info of participants in virtual technology expo 
Date : November 29, 2022
NK collects personal information of participants in virtual technology expoNorth Korea collected personal information from people who connected to last month’s virtually…
North Korea ‘volunteers’ young people for hard labor, but kids of elite can ge... 
Date : November 29, 2022
North Korea ‘volunteers’ young people for hard labor, but kids of elite can get outNorth Korea calls them “volunteers” who willingly toil for free in coal mines and o…
NK tells companies to use state-set prices 
Date : November 29, 2022
NK tells companies to use state-set prices when providing food to workersNorth Korea recently issued an order calling on enterprises that provide their own food to do so …
NK is still earning foreign currency through overseas workforce 
Date : November 26, 2022
NK is still earning foreign currency through overseas workforceNorth Korean authorities have sent even more workers outside the country than international estimates …
NK withdraws Storm Corps battalion guarding the border 
Date : November 26, 2022
N. Korea withdraws Storm Corps battalion guarding the borderNorth Korean authorities recently withdrew a Storm Corps (11th Corps) battalion guarding the border in Chagang…
S. Pyongan Province mines mobilized to transport coal to Nampo port 
Date : November 26, 2022
S. Pyongan Province mines mobilized to transport coal to Nampo portMines in the Sunchon and Pukchang districts of South Pyongan Province were recently ordered by the Mini…
North Korea imports Russian food and petroleum products by train 
Date : November 26, 2022
North Korea imports Russian food and petroleum products by trainNorth Korea has used the freight train service restarted in early November with Russia to import foodstuff…
Rice prices fall after climbing past KPW 6,000 per 
Date : September 30, 2022
N. Korean rice prices fall after climbing past KPW 6,000 per kilogram in late JulyNorth Korean rice prices appear to be falling this month after climbing past KPW 6,000 a…
Yanggang Province forces people to take part in fall cleaning activities 
Date : September 30, 2022
Yanggang Province forces people to take part in fall cleaning activitiesYanggang Province authorities are forcing people to take part in autumnal clean up and sanitation …
 
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