Tag: ideology
North Korean women no longer want to marry police officers. Here’s...
A telling story has been circulating in South Pyongan province. A daughter of a local People's Committee official was urged by her parents to...
North Korea orders TV dramas to be more entertaining, tightening ideological...
North Korea's state film authority has issued a sweeping directive ordering its television drama production unit to make shows more entertaining and modern while...
North Korea opts for re-education over prison for South Korean content...
Four young North Koreans caught watching a South Korean romance drama were subjected to a public criticism session rather than criminal prosecution, a response...
Pyongyang targets software developers in crackdown on unauthorized programs
North Korea gathered more than 30 software developers in Pyongyang in mid-April 2026 to take part in what authorities billed as a technical training...
North Korea’s policing problem: corruption, crime, and Kim Jong Un’s reform...
In his policy address to the Supreme People's Assembly on March 23, 2026, Kim Jong Un declared that he would establish "a police system...
Pyongyang tells Kangwon province: use science and talent to hit second-quarter...
North Korea's central party authorities have issued a directive to the Kangwon province party committee ordering officials to use science, technology, and talent development...
A mended plastic bag from North Korea tells the story the...
On April 15, the day North Korea marks the birth of founding leader Kim Il Sung with elaborate state celebrations, I was combing through...
North Korea intensifies anti-American indoctrination for middle and high school students
North Korean authorities are significantly expanding anti-American ideological education targeting middle and high school students, ordering the content to be woven into virtually every...
North Korea’s forest officers now feared more than police amid reforestation...
Forest supervision officers in North Korea have sharply intensified enforcement activity in April as authorities push forward with the country's second-phase reforestation drive, with...
North Korea orders purge of officials with any ties to reunification
North Korea has intensified its ideological crackdown following the Ninth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), with the WPK Secretariat ordering security...
