Tag: families
Soaring prices squeeze North Korea’s vulnerable households
Rising food prices and exchange rates in North Korea are sharply eroding the purchasing power of vulnerable households. Prices have climbed sharply, but incomes...
N. Korea shifts school repair bills from parents to factories
Attendance is improving at schools in Kimchaek city, North Hamgyong province. Authorities there have eased a longstanding practice that forced students and parents to...
A teen’s vow to catch leeches moves North Koreans to tears
A high school sophomore in Hyesan, Ryanggang province, recently finished mandatory military training. The training is run by the Red Youth Guard, a paramilitary...
North Korea’s rural transit gap leaves a daughter unable to say...
A woman in North Korea lost both parents in a traffic accident in Kumya county, South Hamgyong province, but was unable to attend their...
North Koreans mourn a holiday emptied by grave removal campaign
North Korea's grave removal campaign has drained one of the country's last traditional holidays of meaning, as North Koreans across North Pyongan province marked...
North Korean family faces ten years prison as neighbors suspect police...
A North Korean family in Onsong county, North Hamgyong province, is being questioned by police after being caught watching foreign media.
The community has been...
North Korean youth spend $345 on power-symbol coats worn by security...
Young North Koreans are shelling out $345 to copy a look that signals power: "gaeteol-shuba," the dog-fur padded coats worn by soldiers, state security...
North Korean woman marries widowed brother-in-law to honor sister’s dying wish
The story of a North Korean woman who tried to fill the shoes of her deceased older sister by starting a family with her...
Height, songbun, and accordion skills: What it takes to land a...
With North Korea expected to expand its overseas workforce, more young women are taking lessons in singing and musical instruments with the hope of...
N. Korean defectors in China lose savings to trusted individuals who...
Female defectors working part-time to support families back home have no recourse when Chinese nationals refuse to return money, unable to use banks or...
