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N. Korea cracks down on mobilization shirkers to increase labor at...

Seulkee Jang - May 25, 2023

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Socialist Patriotic Youth League event comes under scrutiny for biased participant...

Jeong Seo-yeong - May 25, 2023

price controls

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N. Korea curtails early morning commerce in Pyongyang and other major...

Jeong Seo-yeong - May 25, 2023

Rason Market in North Hamgyong Province coronavirus

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N. Korea’s mid-May market prices of rice reach highest levels in...

Seulkee Jang - May 25, 2023

worker wages

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Global Slavery Index 2023: N. Korea has the globe’s highest prevalence...

Laura Geigenberger - May 25, 2023

North Korean women bikes support

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Unmarried N. Korean woman dies after receiving abortion at doctor’s home

Lee Chae Eun - May 24, 2023

bank, central, finance, economy, payments

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N. Korea allows regional commercial banks to issue cashless bank slips

Seulkee Jang - May 24, 2023

Agriculture

N. Korean fruit, vegetable farms suffer damage due to unseasonably low...

Mun Dong Hui - May 24, 2023

North Korean students farm mobilization

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N. Hwanghae Province supplies soy milk to elementary students mobilized for...

Jeong Seo-yeong - May 24, 2023

Taedong pigs african swine fever

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SPN: Cows in N. Korea’s Pyongan provinces showing signs of foot-and-mouth...

Laura Geigenberger - May 23, 2023

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