Monthly Archives: March 2022
Despite mid-air explosion of missile, Kim Jong Un expresses encouragement rather than rebuke
The in-flight explosion of a North Korean ballistic missile launched on Mar. 16 appears to have occurred while testing a new engine with liquid...
North Korea’s Cabinet orders tough crackdown on foreign electronic products sold in markets
North Korean authorities recently ordered a tough crackdown on the sales of foreign-made and privately produced electronic equipment in local markets and is moving...
N. Korea ratchets up crackdowns on wealthy business people amid concerns over smuggling
North Korea authorities continue to bust rich donju (North Korea’s wealthy entrepreneurial class) and security agents in regions along the country’s border with China....
N. Korean crackdowns on private oil sales one factor in skyrocketing oil prices
Oil prices in North Korea are climbing even faster than domestic exchange rates and international oil prices.
This comes as international oil prices skyrocket due...
Six Yanggang Province residents put on trial for siphoning off electricity
Six people in Yanggang Province’s Daehongdan County who earned money by siphoning off electricity from the national grid were recently put on public trial,...
Woman sexually assaulted by police official following arrest for watching S. Korean dramas
Recently, a young woman was sexually assaulted on the premises of a local branch of the Ministry of Social Security after being arrested for...
Yanggang Province distributes extra farmland in bid to resolve local food shortages
Yanggang Province has decided to distribute extra farmland to organizations and businesses in an attempt to resolve food shortages among the province’s residents, Daily...
Expert: Large-scale outbreak of COVID-19 in North Korea is inevitable
North Korean authorities suggested in January that they were moving to “advanced, people-friendly” quarantine protocols, but they are still taking intensive measures regarding disease...
Many petitioners in S. Hamgyong Province not heading to their designated areas
Many people in South Hamgyong Province who “petitioned” and were then selected to work in rural areas and other hard-to-survive places are not heading...
Increasing number of N. Korean workers in China end their lives due to difficult...
There has recently been an increasing number of suicides among North Korean workers in China, signifying the depressed mood among North Korean managers and...
