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

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

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

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

Researchers Andrew Yeo and Justin Hastings explain North Korea's bribery economy and why most residents don't see payoffs as ...

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

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

Dandong-Sinuiju shipping costs hit 8,000 yuan per container for a 3 km trip, leaving traders little profit as the new bridge ...

Young North Koreans in Chongjin and Hyesan are adopting a light South Korean makeup style, and even high school students ...

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

Families of North Korean defectors are turning remittance brokers away at the door in 2026, refusing cash from relatives ...

Rice prices rose nearly 7% in Pyongyang, Sinuiju and Hyesan as new corn pushed grain prices down and a security clampdown hit ...