Tag: poverty

Young North Koreans facing poverty and an unrelenting burden of workplace levies are volunteering for the country's much-dreaded labor brigades in growing numbers, choosing...

A satirical phrase mocking North Korea's wealthy class has been making the rounds in Ryanggang province marketplaces, blending lyrics from two well-known songs into...

A growing birthday cake trend among North Korean elementary school students is deepening social divides, with children from poorer families being excluded from parties...

As residents of the northern highlands of North Hamgyong province suffer from firewood shortages amid freezing winter temperatures, the city of Hoeryong launched a...

As North Korea endures a severe food shortage, desperate North Koreans have been selling their blood, a practice that has surged recently after the...

North Korean money changers have reaped substantial profits from recent currency fluctuations. While money changers have increased their foreign currency assets in a short...

Several cases of infant abandonment have emerged across North Korea in recent months, with babies being discovered in remote rural areas of the country. Multiple...

Smugglers in North Hamgyong province have been working overtime importing accessories from China this summer, driven by surging demand among young people who are...

North Korean schools are openly charging fees to excuse students from farmwork as the country's annual rice transplantation begins. According to a source in South...

North Korea is racing to slap together the final 10,000 apartments of its ambitious five-year housing project in Pyongyang, with state media breathlessly reporting...