Tag: ninth party congress
North Korea touts uniform success at Ninth Party Congress, but factory...
North Korea is celebrating the nationwide supply of school uniforms as one of its crowning socialist achievements, but factory workers tasked with producing those...
North Korea restricts shampoo, stationery and snack imports as localization drive...
North Korea is tightening import controls on detergents, soap and stationery as part of a broader push to promote domestic consumer goods, following the...
North Korea eyes slice of Russian market long dominated by China
North Korea's ruling party instructed the cabinet's Ministry of External Economic Relations in early February to pursue a new strategy aimed at securing a...
Timing is everything: North Korea’s winter soldiers feel lucky in February
North Korean soldiers undergoing the final month of the country's annual winter military exercises in February 2025 are expressing relief and excitement, saying they...
N. Korea freezes investigations ahead of party congress
North Korea's Ministry of State Security suspended all investigations and custodial proceedings on Feb. 8, ordering provincial bureaus onto emergency footing ahead of the...
N. Korean university holds anti-South Korea lecture ahead of party congress
A North Korean university in Wonsan, Kangwon province, held a mandatory ideological lecture on Feb. 1 instructing faculty and students to view South Korea...
North Korea halts state smuggling ahead of party congress
North Korean authorities suspended state smuggling across North Pyongan, North Hamgyong and Jagang provinces in early February, ahead of the Ninth Party Congress scheduled...
North Korea propaganda truck breaks down during morning rush hour in...
With propaganda campaigns more active than ever throughout North Korea ahead of the Ninth Party Congress, the driver of a loudspeaker truck in Haeju,...
What Kim Ju Ae’s New Year’s shrine visit really signals
On Jan. 1, 2026, Kim Jong Un brought his daughter Kim Ju Ae and his wife Ri Sol Ju to pay their respects at...
