Monthly Archives: November 2019
N. Korea cracks down on teenage opium use, sources report
In an attempt to counter a rise of opium use among North Korean teenagers, authorities in Ryanggang Province are now conducting physical examinations in...
Thae Yong Ho: N. Korea must normalize its sports diplomacy
North Korea’s most prominent newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, has reported almost everyday that North Korea is becoming a global power in sports thanks to the...
North Korea tightens control over navy in East Sea
North Korean authorities issued an order to the country’s navy on Nov. 7 to intensify control over passing fishing vessels as well as other...
North Korea Market Prices Update: November 15, 2019
All prices are in KPW and current as of November 15, 2019.
Data: Daily NK
China’s government frets about N. Korea’s nukes, expert says
Following the breakdown of negotiations between North Korea and the US in Stockholm, Sweden, at the beginning of October, some foreign media outlets speculated...
N. Korea is wasting time with calls for self-reliance and frugality
Subsequent to the recently failed negotiations between North Korea and the US, North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un has called on his nation to...
South Korean 50,000 won bills all the rage in North Korea
An urban legend that claims owning a South Korean 50,000 bill will bring wealth has recently started circulating in North Korea. There are now...
The ebbs and flows of former N. Korean first lady Kim Song Ae
All narratives about the Kim dynasty in North Korea only focus on its four most infamous members, Kim Il Sung, Kim Jung Suk, Kim...
Symposium discusses SGDs as an avenue for improving human rights in North Korea
SEOUL, South Korea -- On Wednesday, November 6th, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Seoul and the National...
S. Korea must come clean about N. Koreans’ deportation
On November 7, the government deported two North Korean defectors back to North Korea. This is the first time the South Korean government has...
