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Dr. Kang is a researcher in Kookmin University's North Korean Law Research Center.

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N. Korea’s criminal justice reform: Control under cover

Kang Hye-ryeon - November 3, 2025

Recent Articles

North Korea cracks down on private hairdressers and barbers

August 13, 2026

North Koreans in China forced repatriation: flags near the Tumen River border, North Hamgyong province

North Korea shifts from raw material to processed goods exports

August 13, 2026

North Koreans walk along a tree-lined street shielding themselves from the heat with parasols in a screen grab from a Korean Central Television broadcast on July 10, 2025.

North Korea issues heat wave rules as deaths surpass 100

August 12, 2026

Two women standing in front of a coffee shop.

Coffee shops become NK’s heat wave refuge

August 12, 2026

North Koreans peruse cell phones on offer

North Korea quietly hikes phone prices at the border

August 12, 2026

A farmer in North Korea with a cow.

Sick and denied rest, detainees beaten in North Korean heat wave

August 11, 2026

Pyongyang residents receive bags of fish at a state-run store after leader Kim Jong Un ordered thousands of tons of fish distributed to the capital, Dec. 21, 2021.

Donju now run many of North Korea’s state grain shops

August 11, 2026

North Korea prioritizes power for munitions factories amid heat wave

August 10, 2026

North Korea tactical road and bridge construction in DMZ Kangwon province

North Korea fortifies its side of the DMZ, satellite images show

August 10, 2026

Aerial view of a newly built local industrial factory complex in Jaeryong county, South Hwanghae province, North Korea

North Korea’s new factories struggle as workers sent to mines

August 10, 2026