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With North Korea tourism stalled, China agencies push business visas instead
As hopes fade for a resumption of Chinese group tours to North Korea, travel agencies are pivoting to a new product this year: business...
North Korean dried seafood and produce flow into China as luggage...
The year 2026 has brought a noticeable shift in how Chinese customs officials treat travelers crossing the border from North Korea, with sources reporting...
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...
North Korea’s new spy agency name evokes South Korea’s Cold War...
North Korea's renaming of its feared political police agency is sending a chill through the population, with many people drawing uncomfortable comparisons to a...
North Korea courts Chinese private investors for Pyongyang commercial complex
North Korea is pushing to develop a large commercial complex in Pyongyang's Hwasong district and is actively courting Chinese private investors to fund it.
According...
North Korea fuel prices surge 20% as Iran war squeezes oil...
North Korea's market prices have surged for the second consecutive month, with fuel costs leading the way as gasoline and diesel prices each jumped...
North Korean traders make fake calls to cover Chinese phone use
North Korean traders near the Chinese border have been deliberately placing brief international calls on state-issued mobile phones to create false records and disguise...
N. Korea orders writers and artists to complete ideological training before...
North Korea has ordered all writers and artists to complete an intensive ideological training course by early April, as the regime moves to tighten...
Pyongyang man sentenced to over 12 years for watching South Korean...
A Pyongyang man was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison at a public trial held in mid-March in the city's Songyo district...
Eased restrictions fuel optimism as North Korea’s crab season gets under...
North Korea appears to be allowing private individuals to go crabbing for the first time since the pandemic, with entrepreneurs flocking to the Yellow...
