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Satellite imagery shows drainage ditch being built near Pyongsan uranium mill
Satellite imagery suggests that a drainage ditch is being built at a settling basin at the Pyongsan Uranium Concentrate Plant. High-resolution images recently taken...
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...
Two N. Koreans living in Russia, China speak out about trash...
The South Korean military has resumed loudspeaker broadcasts toward the North in response to North Korea’s launch of trash-laden balloons into the South. The...
N. Korea’s mass organizations lecture members about threats from abroad
North Korean social organizations, including the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea, the Socialist Women's Union of Korea and the Socialist Patriotic Youth...
Defense Intelligence Agency report confirms Russia is using North Korean missiles...
The US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has confirmed in an unclassified report that Russia used North Korean-made ballistic missiles in its war against Ukraine....
The truth behind Kim Jong Un’s “anti-reunification” policy
In January 2024, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made a major shift in state ideology. Since the division of the Korean peninsula in...
North Korea urges managers to prioritize workers’ rights in China
North Korea recently ordered its officials to pay attention to protecting the rights of workers sent to China. The order appears to be a...
N. Korea is mysteriously delaying its constitutional amendment
Some four months have passed since North Korean leader Kim Jong Un asserted that two states exist on the Korean Peninsula, denying the concept...
Experts are guiding the U.S. to the wrong policy on North...
Distinguished North Korea experts Jeffrey Lewis, in 2022, followed by John Delury, in 2024, published articles of the same tone in the New York...
Changchun police to update personal information of N. Korean defectors living...
The police in Changchun, the capital of China’s Jilin Province, have announced plans to update the personal information of female North Korean defectors who...
