Tag: eighth party congress
North Korea orders youth to lead final push on five-year plan...
Socialist Patriotic Youth League organizations are conducting large-scale ideological campaigns at factories, but young workers react indifferently to calls for double shifts and overtime...
North Korea’s secret police crack down on officials’ wives consulting fortune...
The Ministry of State Security has ordered provincial bureaus to monitor nighttime movements and superstitious rituals as families fear personnel changes, with some paying...
Why North Korea’s December plenary meeting matters for the Ninth Party...
The time has come to wrap up another year.
In North Korea, the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea typically holds a plenary...
N. Korea’s criminal justice reform: Control under cover
North Korea recently scrapped its system of preliminary examinations—a legal procedure the country maintained for roughly 70 years since the regime's founding. This change...
N. Korea pressures major firms to show results before key political...
North Korea's biggest companies are being forced to submit detailed progress reports on key economic projects as the country's leadership tries to showcase achievements...
N. Korea credits Russia cooperation for economic gains during five-year period
North Korea's Cabinet has reviewed economic progress during the five years of the Eighth Party Congress and announced tasks for the remainder of the...
N. Korea opens complaint hotline as public trust in banking system...
North Korea's Central Bank has ordered provincial branches to create systems that allow people to directly report problems that arise in financial services.
"After detecting...
Market chaos in N. Korea: Currency crisis devastates trade
A wave of inflation is crushing North Korean markets as exchange rates soar and the local currency plummets. The dollar's value has jumped 20-30%...
Landmines to cameras: North Korea’s defense ministry inspects entire China border...
North Korea is conducting a month-long inspection of its entire border with China as part of completing a five-year campaign to completely seal the...
N. Korea pushes winter tourism with China ahead of party congress
North Korea is taking concrete steps to boost tourism with China to meet growing demand for winter festivals and sports.
"At the end of June,...
