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North Korea resumes China transport links but clamps down on tourist...
North Korea resumed rail and air links with China in late March after a roughly six-year COVID-19 suspension, marking a significant development in North...
Flu outbreak overwhelms North Korean hospitals as children develop pneumonia
A flu outbreak is sweeping parts of North Korea, overwhelming hospitals and forcing parents to seek private doctors as children as young as one...
Youth weddings in North Korea go bare-bones as photo traditions fade
North Korea's youth weddings are getting smaller, cheaper, and in some cases, nearly invisible. Newlyweds across the country are increasingly skipping one of the...
North Korea loosens mobile restrictions as it courts Chinese investment
North Korea appears to be easing mobile phone restrictions on Chinese nationals entering the country for business, a move observers inside the country are...
North Korea arrests factory workers for diverting goods to markets
Three workers at a state-run local industry factory in North Hamgyong province were publicly struggled against and arrested last month after diverting factory output...
North Korea threatens criminal punishment for diverting factory goods to informal...
The party committee of Songchon county, South Pyongan province, has ordered a complete halt to the flow of state-produced goods into informal markets, threatening...
Air China’s Beijing-Pyongyang resumption stirs economic hopes inside North Korea
North Korea resumed its first direct Air China flights from Beijing in six years on March 30, and the news has spread quickly inside...
North Korea fuel prices surge 20% as Iran war squeezes oil...
North Korea's market prices have surged for the second consecutive month, with fuel costs leading the way as gasoline and diesel prices each jumped...
North Koreans skip medicine as drug prices soar at private markets
As North Korea's seasonal temperature swings intensify this spring, the number of cold and flu cases in Ryanggang province has surged. But for most...
North Korean women hauling sand daily as Musan county construction depletes...
Women's union members in North Korea's Musan county are being mobilized daily to haul sand from the Tumen River and nearby mine sites to...
