Tag: ministry of social security
North Korea uses Russia’s Victory Day to push war readiness doctrine
North Korea used its military's participation in Russia's Victory Day parade to conduct ideological indoctrination sessions targeting security officials, in what reflects Pyongyang's effort...
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’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...
North Korea’s donju go dark as post-congress crackdown spreads fear
North Korean donju — the wealthy private traders who form the backbone of the country's informal market economy — are going dark. Amid a...
Break-ins hit South Hamgyong villages during planting season as police do...
A wave of break-ins is sweeping rural areas of South Hamgyong province in April as thieves exploit the spring planting season to target homes...
Pyongyang man sentenced to over 12 years for watching South Korean...
A Pyongyang man was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison at a public trial held in mid-March in the city's Songyo district...
North Korea targets currency traders with undercover operatives as won crisis...
North Korea has drawn its sharpest response yet to a currency crisis, deploying undercover security cadets and newly assigned officers to crack down on...
North Korean logistics officers profiteer from grain collection as rice prices...
As officers from the logistics departments of government agencies begin collecting grain, they are profiteering by tampering with the ratio of rice received, as...
Why North Korean troops fear “assignments” more than combat duty
A North Korean young man performing his military service in the riot police was beaten unconscious by a group of his superiors, prompting an...
North Korea includes families of ‘war heroes’ in special amnesty for...
North Korea's special amnesty marking the 80th anniversary of the ruling party's founding this year included families of so-called "war heroes" deployed to fight...
