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North Korea Market Prices Update: December 6, 2019

Daily NK - December 16, 2019

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Kim Jong Un flouts his own rules in recent Mount Paektu...

Kang Mi Jin - December 13, 2019

north korea strategic position

Analysis & Opinion

N. Korea is moving closer to achieving its “strategic position”

Mun Sun Bo - December 13, 2019

soldiers, military, dprk, north korea, weapons, training, exercises, drills

News

N. Korea curbs electricity use in military hospitals

Jeong Tae Joo - December 12, 2019

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Man faces life in prison after spiking relative’s soup with poison

Jeong Seo-yeong - December 11, 2019

tractor, farm, farming, farms, farmer, supplies, agricultural, rations, security

News

Taxes soar in agricultural regions as farming season wraps up

Kim Yoo Jin - December 11, 2019

Samjiyon work units rumors

News

Women in Samjiyon’s work units fall victim to sexual assault

Mun Dong Hui - December 10, 2019

kim jong un national defense university

News

N. Koreans living near prominent university face eviction

Kim Jeong Yoon - December 10, 2019

kim jong un samjiyon new path

Analysis & Opinion

Has North Korea firmly decided to head down a “new path”?

Ahn Jong Sik, SBS, North Korea specialist reporter - December 9, 2019

worker wages

News

Chinese factories raise wages for North Korean workers

Seulkee Jang - December 9, 2019

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