Tag: ideology
Asian Games athletes face ideology drills before Japan trip
North Korea's ruling Workers' Party of Korea has ordered intensive ideological education for the elite athletes it plans to send to the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya...
North Korea cracks down on teens’ K-pop-inspired finger heart gesture
North Korean authorities have spent 2026 tightening control over how people speak and behave, part of an effort to block outside cultural influence. Now...
Party charter codifies Kim Jong Un’s sole leadership
North Korea revealed the full text of its revised party charter from the Ninth Party Congress held in March 2026, institutionalizing Kim Jong Un's...
New leadership signals shift in North Korea’s political prison camp oversight
North Korea's core regime stability apparatus is undergoing significant reorganization as the Ministry of State Security transitions to the National Intelligence Agency, with political...
Kim Ju Ae’s blank expression reveals North Korea’s deeper worries
North Korea held a commemorative performance in Pyongyang on July 27, 2026. The event marked the 73rd anniversary of the Korean War armistice, a...
North Korea cracks down on youths using South Korean-style word for...
Authorities in Chongjin, North Hamgyong province, summoned three young people to a provincial youth league office this month over their use of the South...
North Korea targets university students in media crackdown
North Korea's state youth organization has ordered a special crackdown on banned foreign media. It has named university students as the "primary target," a...
North Korea orders cabinet: take China’s cash, not its culture
North Korea has issued a new China directive to cabinet officials, ordering them to separate economic gains from ideological control even as Pyongyang seeks...
Pyongyang recycles old anthem to build loyalty to Kim Jong Un
North Korean authorities are reviving an old loyalty song to teach young people that happiness comes only from following Kim Jong Un. Officials are...
North Korea steps up surveillance to erase belief the two Koreas...
North Korea's Ministry of Social Security has ordered tighter surveillance of North Korean people. The goal is to root out the lingering belief that...
