Pyongyang restaurant workers endure all-day struggle session targeting personal lives
Hwasonggak, a major restaurant in the Hwasong district of Pyongyang, was subject to a year-end evaluation and ideological struggle session as part of a...
Pyongyang’s rule of law push meets skepticism from people facing arbitrary enforcement
As North Korea urges the public to adopt a "law-abiding spirit" to help instill the rule of law, many complain the law is more...
N. Korean judges and prosecutors shift toward leniency after Kim Jong Un orders legal...
Sariwon corruption cases at fuel depot and commercial management office concluded in December without legal punishment as prosecutors examined "fundamental causes and contexts" rather...
Public trials surge in Pyongsong as N. Korea tightens control before Ninth Party Congress
Several trials have been held in Pyongsong's party committee square over the past two months, with authorities targeting contraband sales, unauthorized distribution and foreign...
N. Korean women criticize lectures claiming unification ‘absolutely unnecessary’
Socialist Women's Union members in Sariwon question narrative shift away from "dying wish of past leaders," with some sarcastically comparing North Korea's dictatorship to...
North Korea orders youth to lead final push on five-year plan ahead of party...
Socialist Patriotic Youth League organizations are conducting large-scale ideological campaigns at factories, but young workers react indifferently to calls for double shifts and overtime...
Chinese war films shock North Koreans with revelations about regime’s Korean War propaganda
Movies depicting Chinese military sacrifices during the Korean War are spreading along the border, prompting viewers to question decades of state education that attributed...
N. Korea inspects progress in ‘three revolutionary movements’ at shipyards
As the end of the year approaches, North Korea’s ruling party has sent inspectors to major shipyards in Chongjin, Rajin, Sinpo and Nampo to...
Pyongyang’s calculated silence: Why North Korea won’t celebrate RFA’s shutdown
Radio Free Asia (RFA) may have suspended the production and broadcasting of programs into North Korea, but Pyongyang is keeping quiet about it, including...
North Korea intensifies indoctrination promoting ‘complete nation’ status under new doctrine
North Korea has been focusing on ideological indoctrination to teach the public that it is a completely independent nation — not an incomplete, divided...
