The impact of N. Korea’s harsh lockdown of Onsong County in 2022 still reverberates...
In the summer of 2022, North Korean authorities imposed a strict lockdown in Onsong County, North Hamgyong Province, to prevent the spread of the...
N. Korea installed facial recognition devices at major train stations during height of COVID
In 2021, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the North Korean government sought technologies that could help it better track the movements of...
Why was a N. Korean man executed for transporting medicine from China?
In May 2021, when North Korea had a strict COVID-19 quarantine regime in place, the South Pyongan Province Emergency Anti-Epidemic Headquarters ordered the execution...
North Korea’s ban on fishing in 2020 rouses anger
In late September 2020, North Korea issued an order to all fishing companies on the east and west coasts to accurately record all processes...
Behind N. Korea’s lockdown of Kaesong in July 2020
In July 2020, Kaesong was put on lockdown when a North Korean defector crossed the inter-Korean border amid the COVID pandemic.
According to media reports,...
North Korea’s cruel response to the spread of COVID-19
One day in August 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic spread throughout the world, a fever of unknown origin began to sweep through the dwellings...
How one North Korean man was purged for no real reason
In June 2020, the iconic Changgwangwon Health Complex in North Korea celebrated its 40th anniversary. The complex is known among Pyongyang residents for having...
How a Supreme Guard Command officer found himself in front of a firing squad
On Sept. 24, 2020, a high-ranking official in the Supreme Guard Command (SGC), the military branch responsible for the protection of the Kim family,...
The tragic story of one outspoken North Korean journalist
On Jan. 1, 2012, shortly after taking power, Kim Jong Un visited the offices of Rodong Sinmun - the country's most prominent newspaper -...
The story of one victim of North Korea’s informant system
In early February 2023, a young woman knelt in a cell at a police station in Haeju, South Hwanghae Province, her hands cuffed through...
