N. Korean university holds anti-South Korea lecture ahead of party congress
A North Korean university in Wonsan, Kangwon province, held a mandatory ideological lecture on Feb. 1 instructing faculty and students to view South Korea...
North Korean police intensify home visits and patrols ahead of party congress
Police boxes in cities and counties throughout North Hamgyong province, including Hoeryong, have intensified public controls following provincial police orders to ensure a year...
North Korean youth “see party congress slogans in dreams” as weekly lectures intensify
North Korea has dramatically increased the frequency of ideological indoctrination lectures for young people ahead of the Ninth Party Congress. However, young people are...
Kim Jong Un’s frequent Sinuiju visits force Chinese phone users into hiding as crackdowns...
Frequent visits by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to North Korea's largest greenhouse farm, which was built in a section of Sinuiju that...
North Korean workers walk out on Kim Jong Un’s New Year’s speech demanding more...
North Korean workers were frustrated with the speech national leader Kim Jong Un delivered in Pyongyang on New Year's Day. The speech was distributed...
N. Korea limits Pyongyang residency for fallen soldiers’ families amid loyalty checks
North Korea plans to grant Pyongyang residency to families of soldiers killed fighting in Russia, but it's strictly limiting the privilege to immediate relatives...
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...
