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Kimchaek officials slap 72-hour ban on vessel departures after one ship...

Jeong Seo-yeong - December 20, 2023

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Hoeryong security officials launch crackdown on Chinese phone users for year-end...

Lee Chae Eun - December 20, 2023

lecture, whistleblower, russia, overseas labor, overseas workers

Society

N. Korean official confronted by angry ex-employees over unpaid wages

Jeong Tae Joo - December 19, 2023

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Ahead of expansion of trade with Russia, N. Korea orders major...

Jeong Tae Joo - December 19, 2023

News

Pyongyang Soju Factory ordered to ramp up production

Jeong Seo-yeong - December 18, 2023

china factory confined workers china return

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Cancer-stricken N. Korean defector in China receives funds from fellow defectors

Lee Chae Eun - December 18, 2023

North Koreans sell goods on the street in the North Korea-China border region

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Amid imports from China, N. Korean rice prices continue gradual march...

Seulkee Jang - December 15, 2023

trade, border, china, trading, chinese

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Liaoning Province police tell N. Korean defectors to “live quietly” to...

Jeong Tae Joo - December 15, 2023

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N. Korea’s latest spy satellite equipped with Japanese camera – again

Seulkee Jang - December 15, 2023

daughter, son, succession, kim jong un, wife

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High-ranking N. Korean officials question whether Kim Ju Ae could succeed...

Seulkee Jang - December 14, 2023

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