Tag: Supreme People’s Assembly
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 shifts education costs onto the public with new funding...
North Korea has formalized a system requiring institutions, enterprises, and ordinary citizens to financially support state education through a newly obtained law, shifting the...
North Koreans fear tighter crackdowns as Kim announces police system
North Korean people expressed confusion and alarm this week following Kim Jong Un's announcement of plans to establish a police system, with many questioning...
North Korean traders make fake calls to cover Chinese phone use
North Korean traders near the Chinese border have been deliberately placing brief international calls on state-issued mobile phones to create false records and disguise...
North Korea’s state security apparatus undergoes generational overhaul after party congress
North Korea's state security bureau in North Hamgyong province has ordered the replacement of roughly 40% of its agents at municipal and county offices...
Kim Jong Un consolidates power in North Korea’s sweeping political overhaul
North Korea completed preparations for Kim Jong Un's fourth term as the country's supreme leader in late February and March 2026, holding three major...
Kim Yo Jong loses State Affairs Commission seat as Kim Jong...
The first session of the 15th Supreme People's Assembly convened in Pyongyang on March 22, bringing with it a sweeping reorganization of the State...
North Korean remittance brokers shut down for SPA election
North Korean remittance brokers suspended operations in border cities ahead of the March 15 Supreme People's Assembly election, shifting instead to public participation in...
Is Kim Jong Un about to become DPRK president?
North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly convenes March 22 to elect state leadership and revise the constitution. With Kim Jong Un freshly re-elected as Workers'...
North Korean children forced into streets for a week to perform...
North Korean schoolchildren as young as elementary age were forced to march through neighborhoods waving flowers and singing state songs for a full week...
