Tag: families
Economic collapse forces parents to advise daughters against marriage
A North Korean woman died as a homeless beggar on the streets of Hyesan in Ryanggang province after her parents and siblings refused to...
State television touts mechanized farming while blackouts force workers to thresh...
As farmers around North Korea wrap up the fall harvest, most farms in Ryanggang province have been unable to use their threshing machines because...
Homeroom teachers compete over student bribes as class ceremonies become status...
North Korean high school students in their final year are increasingly putting on a variety of "graduation parties," leaving parents who must now prepare...
Bag inspections and struggle sessions fail to stop Pyongyang students from...
South Korea's unique custom of couples and friends exchanging pairs of stick-shaped snacks on Nov. 11 has arrived in Pyongyang. Aware of this, the...
Elderly N. Koreans long for Kim Jong Il era as markets...
Amid persistent economic hardship, it is becoming more common for elderly North Koreans to long for the days of Kim Jong Il, as an...
North Korea launches multi-child family inspection campaign as officials visit homes...
North Korea's Central Committee has ordered provincial party committees to pay special attention to families with multiple children, dispatching "visitation teams" to homes to...
Economic hardship forces North Korean families to abandon traditional kimchi-making
Kimchi-making season has arrived in the northern stretch of North Korea, including Ryanggang and North Hamgyong provinces. But aside from the financially well-off, ordinary...
North Korean students sacrifice studies to work odd jobs for family...
Many North Korean students take on odd jobs such as making coal briquettes or transporting their parents' market goods due to hardships at home....
Pyongyang’s mining recruitment crisis: Free housing can’t keep workers from fleeing
North Korea is forcing discharged soldiers and young people to fill gaps at the country's mines, offering housing, matchmaking services and material assistance to...
Economic hardship pushes North Korean husbands to share household burdens
North Korean men's participation in mandatory community service projects has noticeably increased in recent years, a significant change that appears to show how the...
