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North Korean fishing vessel

News

Chongjin fishermen struggle to secure fuel before squid season

Kim Ji-woo - July 13, 2026

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

News

Stricter border controls leave Hyesan foragers with nowhere to sell their...

Kim Ji-woo - June 30, 2026

border, china, north korea, dprk, defectors, defections. remittance

China-North Korea Relations

North Korea tightens grip on China trade by requiring traders to...

Kim Ji-woo - June 16, 2026

Pyongyang Housing real estate prices, upper floors

Society

North Koreans flock to security-gated apartments as crime surges and coal...

Kim Ji-woo - May 20, 2026

false eyelashes, production, economy, manufacturing

News

Chongjin households work through the night on wigs and eyelashes to...

Kim Ji-woo - May 8, 2026

Recent Articles

Workers display freshly harvested greens inside a hydroponic greenhouse at the Sinuiju Comprehensive Greenhouse Farm, North Korea, Feb. 28, 2026.

North Korea’s greenhouse farms stand empty of skills and supplies

July 14, 2026

Exterior of the North Korean consulate in Dandong, Liaoning province, China

With North Korea tourism stalled, China agencies push business visas instead

July 14, 2026

North Korean fishing vessel

Chongjin fishermen struggle to secure fuel before squid season

July 13, 2026

Notetel and mp4

North Korea orders DVD player owners to register devices

July 13, 2026

Image differencing map showing nighttime light increases across downtown Sinuiju and Wihwa Island greenhouse farm

Behind Sinuiju’s brighter nights, a widening electricity divide

July 13, 2026

Cargo trucks lined up outside customs in Dandong, China, waiting to cross into Sinuiju, North Korea

Cargo trucks line up at China-North Korea border in trade surge

July 13, 2026

Truck hauling produce past greenhouse tunnels at Yonpho Greenhouse Farm, July 2026

Fruit and vegetables fill North Korea’s markets as prices climb

July 11, 2026

Kim Jong Un visits a Korean People's Army mechanized infantry unit in western North Korea on Apr. 25, 2026, during the 94th founding anniversary of the Korean People's Revolutionary Army

North Korea orders surprise inspections of civilian militias

July 11, 2026

Street market in Hyesan, Yanggang Province rice sellers dollar rate, markets, market

New tag rule tightens grip on N. Korea markets

July 10, 2026

People gathered in a front of a mine in North Korea.

Coal towns welcome North Korea housing plan

July 10, 2026