Story Archive
2022-06-30
Frustrated by more hardline policies, Pyongyang is stepping up sloganeering against ‘imperialist aggressor’ U.S.
2022-06-28
Flour is now 3 times costlier than rice, and people who can afford bread are seen as well-to-do.
2022-06-27
Companies that use foreign labor are nervous about paying $1,500 per worker in a COVID outbreak.
2022-06-23
Patrol boats that trawl the seas to catch illegal shipments use illegally imported fuel themselves.
2022-06-22
The decision may indicate the government could soon declare victory over the pandemic.
2022-06-21
Only the soldiers assigned to duties off-base have received COVID-19 vaccines.
2022-06-20
Satellite images show a dramatic decrease in market activity.
2022-06-15
The government is forcing ‘volunteers’ to feed families of patients in quarantine but doesn’t offer any extra food.
2022-06-14
They now must send more money to the government back home each month than they earn, according to one source.
2022-06-10
Authorities fear that trying economic conditions could lead to dissent.
2022-06-10
The Kaesong Industrial Complex remains officially closed, but the factories there still make high-quality clothes.
2022-06-06
The directive marks the third time this year officials have been asked to pay more to their government.
2022-06-02
North Korea says the rate of new cases has declined but are keeping a quarantine in place.
2022-06-02
China and Russia last week blocked a UN effort to punish North Korea for missile tests.
2022-05-31
A rural black market of ineffective remedies has emerged as treatments are in short supply.
