Behind the Ministry of People’s Security’s recent name change
North Korea’s recent move to change the name of the Ministry of People’s Security to the Ministry of Social Security has its origins in...
North Korea Focusing on Natural Disaster Risk
North Korea’s domestic media outlets have been paying an unusual degree of attention to events in Japan following the catastrophic earthquake of March 11th,...
Kim Jong Cheol Left off the Inspection Due to Absence of Leadership
The "National Defense Committee Inspections," which began on April 20th mostly around Chongjin City in North Hamkyung Province left off for a reason of...
S. Hwanghae Province dispatches officials to provide guidance ahead of planting season
South Hwanghae Province recently dispatched local party and government officials to city and county farms to ascertain difficulties farms are facing ahead of the...
Pentagon: NK Could Have 200 Mobile Launchers
The U.S. Department of Defense believes that North Korea could have up to 200 mobile missile launchers, according to an annual report submitted to...
Five Real Points for Observing North Korean Power
As accomplished Pyongyang-watchers have already figured out, the North Korean New Year’s Common Editorial was empty of real content.
Some say that the expression...
Official Visitor Numbers Hit New High
China’s National Tourism Administration has revealed that the number of North Koreans legally visiting the country reached a new high in 2011.
According to a...
Renewed grievances over forced labor for Masik Pass Ski Resort construction
A photo on a wall inside the Koryo Hotel in Pyongyang purporting to show workers enjoying a holiday at the Masik Pass ski resort. Image:...
Kim Jong Il, “Hijacker Holding His People Hostage”
Hwang Jang Yop strongly claimed that in the next presidential election, the chairperson of North Korean Democratization Alliance should keep the Sun-shine policy supporters...
North Korea intensifies defector kidnappings
A propaganda broadcast aimed at South Korea showing an interview with Lim Ji Hyun, a North Korean defector who recently returned to the North...
