Tag: punishment
North Korea’s forest officers now feared more than police amid reforestation...
Forest supervision officers in North Korea have sharply intensified enforcement activity in April as authorities push forward with the country's second-phase reforestation drive, with...
North Korea threatens to send failing students to coal mines after...
North Korea's ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) launched a sweeping inspection of senior middle schools in 2026 after a new elective subject system...
North Korea orders purge of officials with any ties to reunification
North Korea has intensified its ideological crackdown following the Ninth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), with the WPK Secretariat ordering security...
North Korea rejects 90% of local party documents in post-congress crackdown
North Korea has launched an unprecedented inspection campaign targeting party documents submitted by local Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) organizations following the Ninth Party...
North Koreans mourn a holiday emptied by grave removal campaign
North Korea's grave removal campaign has drained one of the country's last traditional holidays of meaning, as North Koreans across North Pyongan province marked...
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...
North Korean police use undercover spies to entrap merchants in foreign...
North Korea is intensifying crackdowns on person-to-person foreign currency transactions under its foreign exchange control law, with police in Sinuiju, North Pyongan province, recently...
Wonsan’s young workers choose bicycle deliveries over state assignments despite forced...
The Socialist Patriotic Youth League has ordered immediate investigations and forced labor punishments for members skipping assigned work to pursue personal business in Wonsan's...
From fairways to firepower: Inside North Korea’s camouflaged missile program
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit was held on Oct. 31–Nov. 1, in Gyeongju, a city in South Korea's North Gyeongsang province. Just one...
