Tag: workers’ party of korea
North Korea electricity conservation drive mocked amid chronic blackouts
North Korea's electricity shortage has become so severe that a state-run campaign urging people to conserve power is drawing open ridicule from the very...
North Korea mocks Seoul over drone apology. Time to reflect.
In a Kim Yo Jong South Korea statement issued April 6, the senior WPK official acknowledged President Lee Jae-myung's apology over a South Korean...
Is Kim Ju Ae really North Korea’s next leader?
Editor's note: This piece was originally published on Daily NK's Korean website in March 2024.
Kim Jong Un's youngest daughter, Kim Ju Ae, has now...
Beyond hereditary rule: The remaking of Kim Jong Un’s system
North Korea analysts have long viewed Kim Jong Un's government through a familiar lens: a third-generation hereditary dictatorship sustained by the same tools of...
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 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 Korea’s trade officials are running a pay-to-work racket
To get a coveted work posting in China, North Korean trade workers are being forced to hand over as much as $20,000 in cash...
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...
N. Korea orders writers and artists to complete ideological training before...
North Korea has ordered all writers and artists to complete an intensive ideological training course by early April, as the regime moves to tighten...
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...
