Tag: families

The story of a North Korean woman who tried to fill the shoes of her deceased older sister by starting a family with her...

With North Korea expected to expand its overseas workforce, more young women are taking lessons in singing and musical instruments with the hope of...

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...

Ryanggang province authorities now require overseas candidates to be married with children, tightening selection criteria as regime seeks to prevent defections by holding family...

The Ministry of State Security has ordered provincial bureaus to monitor nighttime movements and superstitious rituals as families fear personnel changes, with some paying...

Authorities in provinces along the Chinese border are levying fines up to $280 on families with hillside graves, citing damage to national image and...

North Korea's II Corps has ordered nutritious food for soldiers ahead of winter exercises beginning Dec. 1, but the directive has sparked complaints from...

The number of child beggars in the North Korean border city of Hoeryong is surging, with homeless youngsters increasingly visible near train stations and...

North Korea’s elite women are flaunting luxury fur coats worth millions of won—enough to buy a provincial home or feed a family for years—while...

Many households in North Korea’s Ryanggang province — where winter temperatures plummet to close to 30 degrees Celsius below freezing — lack wind blockers...