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Satellite view of the African Renaissance Monument on Colline des Mamelles hill in Dakar, Senegal

Analysis & Opinion

Built by Pyongyang: The North Korean company behind Africa’s most iconic...

Bruce Songhak Chung - April 4, 2026

North Korea has long relied on unconventional means to earn hard currency in the face of sweeping international sanctions that have effectively shut off...

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economic hardship, young people

North Korea orders youth crackdown ahead of Kim Il Sung birthday

April 21, 2026

North Korean university students seen helping with the rice farming at a farm in South Pyongan province.

North Pyongan procurement officers ramp up activity in sign of North...

April 21, 2026

A picture of a gasoline pump in North Korea's city of Sinuiju.

North Korea fuel hoarding spreads as Middle East conflict drives up...

April 21, 2026

A bus crosses the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge over the Yalu River, traveling from Sinuiju, North Korea to Dandong, China

North Korea resumes overseas labor deployment to China amid warming bilateral...

April 21, 2026

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a factory for an inspection

Central party inspection teams descend on Sinuiju factories, rattling local officials

April 20, 2026

Taedong pigs african swine fever

ASF resurges in North Korea, pushing pork prices higher and exposing...

April 18, 2026

Three bags of North Korean factory-made candy and cookies, with packaging showing branding from Mangyongdae Kyonghung Food Factory and Songdowon Comprehensive Food Factory.

North Korea food factory contaminants erode public trust in state-made goods

April 17, 2026

kim il sung university

North Korea threatens to send failing students to coal mines after...

April 17, 2026

Kim Jong Un speaks at the Ninth Workers' Party of Korea Congress, Pyongyang, Feb. 19, 2026

North Korea orders purge of officials with any ties to reunification

April 17, 2026

North Koreans read copies of the Rodong Sinmun newspaper outside a newsstand in winter

North Koreans trust foreign news but still tune out state TV

April 17, 2026