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“No Sign of Improvement” says UN Expert 
Date : November 5, 2012
Marzuki Darusman, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in North Korea, stated on Friday in a press conference prior to his General Assembly briefing that there ha…
Potato Stocks Shrink in North Korea 
Date : November 5, 2012
The poor weather over the late spring and summer period has heavily impacted on potato stocks in North Korea. Farm workers received considerably less than their normal le…
N. Korea's Annual Grain Production Remains at 1970s’ Levels 
Date : November 5, 2012
Annual grain production in North Korea remains nearly the same as the early-1970s, and the amount of available food per person in the country has dropped approximately 40…
Number of Defectors to South Korea are Falling 
Date : November 1, 2012
The level of defectors coming to South Korea is expected to reach a seven year low according to the Unification Ministry in Seoul. This follows iron-fisted border control…
Vice Defense Chief Executed 
Date : October 25, 2012
Kim Chol, vice minister of the People's Armed Forces, was executed in January according to intelligence sources. He was part of a purge started by Kim Jong Eun in an atte…
Camp No. 22 may still be Operating 
Date : October 25, 2012
  Some press sources are reporting that Camp No. 22 has not been closed. Daily NK's article on September 27th stated that Camp No. 22 in North Hamkyung Province had…
U.S's Concern for Starving North Koreans 
Date : October 17, 2012
  The U.S. government reiterated their concerns regarding those starving in North Korea. They are looking into reports of the failure of the new regime’s inability…
Confirmation of More South Korean Abductees 
Date : October 16, 2012
A government-run panel in South Korea stated that an extra 364 South Koreans were abducted by the North during the Korean war. This announcement raises the total of South…
"There Is No 6.28 Economic Measure and Opening" 
Date : October 15, 2012
  According to sources from the North Korea's Foreign Ministry in China and from the North Hamkyung Province, "after the Supreme People's Assembly, the North Korean…
NK Citizens Cautioned against Contact with Foreigners 
Date : October 15, 2012
  North Koreans are reportedly prohibited to have conversations with foreign visitors who are traveling in the reclusive country. According to an inside source from…
N.Korean Army Chief Demoted After Defections 
Date : October 15, 2012
  Hyon Yong-chol, the North Korean Army chief has been demoted due to the recent defection of a North Korean soldier. A Photo of Hyon in his military suit was relea…
The Poverty of North Korea's Workers 
Date : October 4, 2012
North Korea’s impoverished workers working abroad are about to become a lot more impoverished amidst claims that the regime has made moves to arrogate even more of their…
Reports of the Closure of Camp 22 
Date : October 4, 2012
The regime has apparently worked swiftly to close Camp 22 amidst claims that the warden of the camp and another officer had recently left North Korea for China. Camp 22 w…
Hunger is an Ongoing Issue in Hwanghae Province 
Date : September 26, 2012
Ishimaru Jiro, the director of ASIAPRESS, has recently announced that there are widespread problems of hunger among citizens in Hwanghae Province. The problems emerged in…
Korean Government Strives to Ensure Better Treatment of Defectors 
Date : September 18, 2012
In an effort to ensure North Korean defectors that are on their way to the South are treated in a proper manner, the South Korean government has announced that it will as…
 
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