Tag: punishment
Women’s union crackdown targets home tailoring workshop in Hyesan
A women's union crackdown in the North Korean border city of Hyesan has targeted a home-based tailoring workshop this September, with officials publicly criticizing...
South Hwanghae grain store managers escape punishment after hiking rice prices
Managers of state-run grain stores in North Korea's South Hwanghae province pushed rice prices well above market rates in September 2026. Provincial authorities summoned...
North Korea revises science and technology law, adds unpaid labor penalties
North Korea revised its science and technology law this year. The changes sharpen the criteria for choosing which new technologies enter production, and they...
Drone pilot arrested for secretly filming inside homes in Kaesong
A young farm worker in Kaesong has been arrested after using a pesticide-spraying drone to secretly film inside private homes in the city's Panmun...
Nine youths in Chongjin face public criticism over foreign videos
North Korean authorities in Chongjin, North Hamgyong province, staged a large scale public criticism session last month targeting nine young people in their 20s...
Asian Games athletes face ideology drills before Japan trip
North Korea's ruling Workers' Party of Korea has ordered intensive ideological education for the elite athletes it plans to send to the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya...
North Korea probes army corruption after soldiers found starving on construction...
North Korea's Ministry of Defense has ordered a monthlong special inspection by military prosecutors after reports surfaced that soldiers deployed to rural construction sites...
Sinuiju youths sentenced to labor training over foreign videos
Four unemployed young men in Sinuiju, North Pyongan province, were sentenced to labor training after North Korean authorities caught them watching South Korean and...
North Korea weather agency faces month-long ideological review
North Korea's State Hydro-Meteorological Administration is undergoing a sweeping, party-ordered ideological review this month after a string of forecasting failures worsened storm and heat...
Heat wave destroys North Hwanghae’s power grid, even at statues
A prolonged heat wave overwhelmed North Hwanghae province's aging power infrastructure this month, triggering a province-wide blackout in North Korea that even cut electricity...
