North Korea orders urgent re-vetting of children’s union anniversary delegates
North Korea's ruling party issued an urgent order to re-vet every child selected to attend celebrations in Pyongyang for the Korean Children's Union's 80th...
North Korea orders TV dramas to be more entertaining, tightening ideological grip in the...
North Korea's state film authority has issued a sweeping directive ordering its television drama production unit to make shows more entertaining and modern while...
North Korean officials skeptical of Kim Ju Ae as successor despite military appearances
Kim Ju Ae, the daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, made another high-profile appearance at a military event in April 2026, this...
North Korea orders purge of officials with any ties to reunification
North Korea has intensified its ideological crackdown following the Ninth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), with the WPK Secretariat ordering security...
Kim Jong Un sidelines his predecessors in sweeping cult of personality push
North Korea has launched an intensified cult of personality campaign around leader Kim Jong Un following the Ninth Congress of the Workers' Party of...
North Korea’s rote learning sessions pressure workers after Ninth Party Congress
North Korea has tightened ideological controls since the Ninth Workers' Party of Korea Congress. Now, first-quarter Q&A-style ideological review sessions have swept across nearly...
North Korea rejects 90% of local party documents in post-congress crackdown
North Korea has launched an unprecedented inspection campaign targeting party documents submitted by local Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) organizations following the Ninth Party...
North Korea orders military loyalty lectures ahead of April 25 army anniversary
North Korea's Korean People's Army General Political Bureau (GPB), the military's primary organ for political indoctrination, ordered a series of special lectures across the...
N. Korea arrests official for quoting Kim Il Sung in Kim Jong Un session
A provincial party official in North Hamgyong province was seized by National Intelligence Agency (NIS) agents the moment he stepped down from the lectern...
North Korea triples border enforcement as Kim Jong Un ideology campaign intensifies
A wave of mandatory study sessions centered on "Kim Jong Un Thought" has swept Ryanggang province following the Ninth Workers' Party of Korea (WPK)...
