Tag: workers’ party of korea
North Korea’s provincial firms need autonomy, not new specifications
North Korean authorities have been pushing provincial factories to update their product specifications to improve quality and lift flagging market demand — but updating...
North Korea’s crackdown on school bribery fuels teacher backlash in North...
North Korea's Ministry of Education has singled out North Hamgyong province for a sweeping anti-corruption drive after the province posted some of the country's...
North Korea mobilizes labor for rice planting even as seedlings lag...
North Korea has ordered a mass mobilization for the rice transplanting season in North Pyongan province even as some farms in the region have...
North Korea dismisses officials who missed military supply quotas tied to...
North Korean authorities have launched a sweeping personnel shake-up in South Pyongan province in May 2026, dismissing and reassigning officials who underperformed in a...
South Korea is sleepwalking through the North Korean nuclear crisis
With a U.S.-China summit scheduled for mid-May 2026, calls are growing once again to shift the framework for addressing North Korea's nuclear program away...
Pyongyang targets software developers in crackdown on unauthorized programs
North Korea gathered more than 30 software developers in Pyongyang in mid-April 2026 to take part in what authorities billed as a technical training...
North Korea pushes boil-water order as spring disease season arrives
North Korean authorities are intensifying sanitation controls and disease-prevention propaganda to curb the spread of waterborne illnesses as temperatures rise in May 2026, but...
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 dispatches central party inspectors to Rason customs facility
A Workers' Party of Korea central committee inspection team descended without warning on the Rason Quarantine and Inspection Station in late April 2026, conducting...
North Korea’s farm labor exemptions for top students spark fairness row
A Ryanggang province party committee directive exempting top-scoring students from seasonal farm labor mobilization has ignited a fairness dispute among parents, with many arguing...
