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Satellite comparison images from 2014 and 2025 showing reforestation of a rock outcrop near the Radiochemistry Laboratory and uranium enrichment plant at North Korea's Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center

North Korea vows new 10-year forest push, but satellite data reveals persistent gaps

Bruce Songhak Chung -
North Korea announced a second 10-year reforestation campaign in April 2026, pledging to restore degraded forests across the country through 2035 — but satellite...
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South Korea’s rushed embrace of Kim Jong Un’s ‘two-state theory’ is sowing confusion

Jung Kyo-jin -
North Korea's Kim Jong Un first introduced the concept of two hostile states in late 2023, framing South Korea as the country's foremost enemy....
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Satellite images dated Dec. 2, 2025, March 12, 2026, and March 28, 2026, showing exterior completion of a new uranium enrichment plant and ongoing demolition of the 50 MWe old reactor site at Yongbyon

Satellite imagery shows Yongbyon nuclear complex in active modernization phase

Bruce Songhak Chung -
Recent satellite imagery and analysis by international monitoring organizations indicate that North Korea's Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center, the country's primary nuclear complex located...
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Recent Stories from North Korea

Decorative public installation in North Korea marking the 114th birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung, April 15

North Korea cooking oil distribution falls flat as prices exceed reach of poor

Eun Seol -
  North Korea distributed cooking oil ration vouchers to mark the April 15 birthday of founder Kim Il Sung in 2026, but the state-set price...
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economic hardship, young people

North Korea orders youth crackdown ahead of Kim Il Sung birthday

Jeong Seo-yeong -
North Korea's ruling party apparatus in North Hamgyong province issued a special directive in April 2026 ordering a crackdown on ideological nonconformity among young...
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Street market in Hyesan, Yanggang Province rice sellers dollar rate, markets, market

North Korea’s black market dollar rate breaks all-time record as China trade expands

Seulkee Jang -
North Korea's black market exchange rate for the U.S. dollar broke 70,000 North Korean won for the first time in recorded history in April...
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Three bags of North Korean factory-made candy and cookies, with packaging showing branding from Mangyongdae Kyonghung Food Factory and Songdowon Comprehensive Food Factory.

North Korea food factory contaminants erode public trust in state-made goods

Lee Chae Eun -
North Korean food factories are producing confectionery products riddled with contaminants, including hair and thin metal wire, fueling a growing public health controversy and...
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A bus crosses the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge over the Yalu River, traveling from Sinuiju, North Korea to Dandong, China

North Korea resumes overseas labor deployment to China amid warming bilateral ties

Seulkee Jang -
Hundreds of North Korean workers entered China through the border city of Dandong in April 2026, in an unprecedented resumption of overseas labor deployment...
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