Tag: intelligence
North Korea revises criminal law, but old habits persist
North Korea's criminal law reform has moved through four revisions since 2021. Each one has added changes that look, on paper, like genuine gains...
Zeekr electric vehicles and luxury used cars on display as sales...
North Korean authorities launched a large-scale car exhibition in Pyongyang in June 2026 while simultaneously ordering the Ministry of Social Security to covertly investigate...
North Korea ramps up phone surveillance, stoking fear among traders
North Korean authorities in North Pyongan province have sharply intensified phone surveillance in 2026, intercepting both landline and mobile calls to crack down on...
North Korea intensifies Chinese mobile phone crackdown ahead of half-year performance...
Security agents in North Korea's border regions have intensified efforts to catch people using Chinese mobile phones, enlisting ordinary citizens alongside informants to monitor...
North Korea tightens grip on China trade by requiring traders to...
North Korea has tightened controls over cross-border trade with China by requiring traders to report the identities of their Chinese business partners to state...
North Korea dispatches central party inspectors to Rason customs facility
A Workers' Party of Korea central committee inspection team descended without warning on the Rason Quarantine and Inspection Station in late April 2026, conducting...
North Korea’s China consulates hit with sweeping inspection, pre-dawn raids
North Korea's consulates in China were subjected to a sweeping inspection last month, with auditors conducting unannounced pre-dawn searches of staff residences on multiple...
North Korean officials skeptical of Kim Ju Ae as successor despite...
Kim Ju Ae, the daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, made another high-profile appearance at a military event in April 2026, this...
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...
North Korea brokers extort defector families with surveillance threats
Remittance brokers operating near North Korea's border are shaking down the families of North Korean defectors, extorting money from people who recently received funds...
