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Dual-function battery transformers highlight growing wealth gap in N. Korea
Battery transformers imported from China are gaining popularity among wealthy North Koreans. These dual-purpose devices, which both convert voltage and store electricity, are seeing...
N. Korean parents offer desperate bribes to save children from military...
North Korean parents are desperately trying to keep their children out of the army ahead of the country's spring draft, with mounting concerns over...
Bribes help N. Koreans dodge midnight police raids in N. Hamgyong...
North Korean police have intensified inspections of residential areas in North Hamgyong province, using heightened inter-Korean tensions as justification. The provincial Ministry of Social...
Sink or swim: North Korea’s war prep hits the pool
North Korean authorities have intensified swimming education in Pyongyang's middle schools, citing war preparedness, as teachers face unprecedented scrutiny of their aquatic skills.
Speaking anonymously,...
Rodong Sinmun circulation drops in North Korea’s rural areas
The number of copies of the Rodong Sinmun circulated to businesses in rural North Korea has dropped significantly. As a result, a growing number...
Group formed to crack down on smoking in North Hamgyong Province
A group to enforce “social compliance” with anti-smoking legislation passed during Nov. 4’s plenary session of the Presidium of North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly...
