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North Korea’s pet boom puts new spotlight on wealth gap
A growing number of North Korean people are keeping pets, fueling rising sales of specialized dog food, clothing and other supplies in 2026. Pet...
North Korea’s pet industry takes off as Kim Jong Un visit...
North Korea's state-linked trading companies imported dozens of pet dogs from China in 2026, in a significant and unusual expansion of the country's nascent...
North Korean officials skeptical of Kim Ju Ae as successor despite...
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 military loyalty lectures ahead of April 25 army...
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...
Is Kim Ju Ae really North Korea’s next leader?
Editor's note: This piece was originally published on Daily NK's Korean website in March 2024.
Kim Jong Un's youngest daughter, Kim Ju Ae, has now...
Beyond hereditary rule: The remaking of Kim Jong Un’s system
North Korea analysts have long viewed Kim Jong Un's government through a familiar lens: a third-generation hereditary dictatorship sustained by the same tools of...
What Kim Ju Ae’s New Year’s shrine visit really signals
On Jan. 1, 2026, Kim Jong Un brought his daughter Kim Ju Ae and his wife Ri Sol Ju to pay their respects at...
Faux fur jackets and combat boots fly off shelves as Kim...
Leather jackets and military-style boots are the season's hottest sellers at North Korean markets, with young people emulating the leader's televised wardrobe and vendors...
Faux fur jackets and combat boots dominate N. Korea’s winter fashion...
Leather jackets and military-style boots are flying off marketplace shelves as North Koreans emulate Kim Jong Un's televised wardrobe, with vendors celebrating rebounding sales...
Economic collapse forces parents to advise daughters against marriage
A North Korean woman died as a homeless beggar on the streets of Hyesan in Ryanggang province after her parents and siblings refused to...
