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＜Inside N. Korea＞"10x Wage Increase" One Year Later: What Happened? (2) "No One Says Life Has Improved" - "Forced Attendance Makes Us Feel Like Government Slaves"
2025.03.04
Society / Economy

In late 2023, the North Korean regime dramatically increased wages for state enterprise workers, civil servants, and pen...
＜Inside N. Korea＞ Are Cooperative Farms Being Nationalized? Local Confirmation of Name Changes - Potential Major Shift in Agricultural Land Ownership - Why Are "Farmers Unconcerned"?
2025.02.25
Society / Economy

Since summer 2022, North Korean state media has replaced the term "cooperative farm" with "farm." While researchers and ...
＜Inside N. Korea＞"10x Wage Increase" One Year Later: What Happened? (1) Expanding Card Payments - "Frequent Power Outages are the Problem"
2025.02.18
Politics

At the end of 2023, the North Korean regime raised wages for state-owned enterprises and civil servants across the board...

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＜Inside N. Korea＞This Year's 'Fertilizer Battle' - Fierce Competition for Human Waste Collection, Unusual Rewards like Money and Tourism, "Some Wait with Shovels Under Outhouses"

Society / Economy

＜Inside N. Korea＞This Year's 'Fertilizer Battle' - Fierce Competition for Human Waste Collection, Unusual Rewards like Money and Tourism, "Some Wait with Shovels Under Outhouses"

2025.02.20

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Daytime Masked Robberies on the Rise - Young Organized Crime Groups Emerge in Hoeryong as Authorities Struggle with Deteriorating Security

Society / Economy

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Daytime Masked Robberies on the Rise - Young Organized Crime Groups Emerge in Hoeryong as Authorities Struggle with Deteriorating Security

2025.02.17

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Kim Jong-un Harshly Condemns Official Entertainment as "Mega Crime" - Private Restaurant Rooms Shut Down in Hyesan, Citizens React with Skepticism

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Kim Jong-un Harshly Condemns Official Entertainment as "Mega Crime" - Private Restaurant Rooms Shut Down in Hyesan, Citizens React with Skepticism

2025.02.14

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Surveillance and Control of Mobile Phones Intensifies: Information Extracted During Repairs, Daily Photography Monitored

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Surveillance and Control of Mobile Phones Intensifies: Information Extracted During Repairs, Daily Photography Monitored

2025.02.12

＜Inside N. Korea＞DPRK Issues Mass "Money Vouchers" to Combat Soaring Prices - Value Quickly Plummets as Public Trust Erodes

Society / Economy

＜Inside N. Korea＞DPRK Issues Mass "Money Vouchers" to Combat Soaring Prices - Value Quickly Plummets as Public Trust Erodes

2025.02.07

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Mockery and Jeers about Kim Jong-un's Daughter 'Ju-ae' Become Trending: "Some People Can Even Inherit a Country..." Seems to Reflect Dissatisfaction with Overwhelming Disparity

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Mockery and Jeers about Kim Jong-un's Daughter 'Ju-ae' Become Trending: "Some People Can Even Inherit a Country..." Seems to Reflect Dissatisfaction with Overwhelming Disparity

2025.01.29

＜Inside N.Korea＞ News of North Korean Soldier Deaths in Russia Finally Reaches Home - Parents Scramble While Some Youth Volunteer: What's Behind This?

＜Inside N.Korea＞ News of North Korean Soldier Deaths in Russia Finally Reaches Home - Parents Scramble While Some Youth Volunteer: What's Behind This?

2025.01.24

Who Are the North Korean Soldiers Deployed to Russia? Analysis by a Former 'Storm Corps' Member (3) Poor Training and Hunger... Disappointment in Reality, Yet "I Was Willing to Be a Suicide Soldier"

Who Are the North Korean Soldiers Deployed to Russia? Analysis by a Former 'Storm Corps' Member (3) Poor Training and Hunger... Disappointment in Reality, Yet "I Was Willing to Be a Suicide Soldier"

2025.01.21

Who are the North Korean Soldiers Deployed to Russia? Analysis by a Former 'Storm Corps' Member (2) - Mysterious Personal Effects of a Dead Soldier: 'Workers' Party Membership Application' Using Party Membership as Bait to Motivate Young Soldiers

Who are the North Korean Soldiers Deployed to Russia? Analysis by a Former 'Storm Corps' Member (2) - Mysterious Personal Effects of a Dead Soldier: 'Workers' Party Membership Application' Using Party Membership as Bait to Motivate Young Soldiers

2025.01.20

Who are the North Korean Soldiers Deployed to Russia? Analysis by a Former 'Storm Corps' Member (1) "POWs Must Be Extremely Confused - Consider Their and Their Families' Human Rights"

Who are the North Korean Soldiers Deployed to Russia? Analysis by a Former 'Storm Corps' Member (1) "POWs Must Be Extremely Confused - Consider Their and Their Families' Human Rights"

2025.01.20

＜Investigation＞ No Birthday Celebrations for Kim Jong-un - "Nobody Knows His Age Even Now," "Perhaps He's Still Too Young" - New Propaganda Film Screened

＜Investigation＞ No Birthday Celebrations for Kim Jong-un - "Nobody Knows His Age Even Now," "Perhaps He's Still Too Young" - New Propaganda Film Screened

2025.01.17

＜Inside North Korea＞ Worker Dispatches to Russia Expanding - Screening Criteria Unusually Relaxed... Appears to Have Increased Following Military Deployment

Society / Economy

＜Inside North Korea＞ Worker Dispatches to Russia Expanding - Screening Criteria Unusually Relaxed... Appears to Have Increased Following Military Deployment

2025.01.14

＜Inside North Korea＞ Leaflets Reach Northernmost Ryanggang Province, Causing Lockdown and Confusion - 300km from South Korea... Who Did It?

＜Inside North Korea＞ Leaflets Reach Northernmost Ryanggang Province, Causing Lockdown and Confusion - 300km from South Korea... Who Did It?

2025.01.10

＜North Korea Analysis＞Reality of 'Speed Battle' Apartments - Expert: "Durability at Best 10-15 Years"

＜North Korea Analysis＞Reality of 'Speed Battle' Apartments - Expert: "Durability at Best 10-15 Years"

2024.12.27

＜Inside N.Korea＞"No One Knows soldiers are dying in battle... It's Like a Dog's Death" Strict Silence Order on Russian Deployment Information Anxiety Spreads Among Soldiers' Parents

＜Inside N.Korea＞"No One Knows soldiers are dying in battle... It's Like a Dog's Death" Strict Silence Order on Russian Deployment Information Anxiety Spreads Among Soldiers' Parents

2024.12.27

＜Inside N.Korea＞Chaos Spreads as Prices Soar - Gas More Than Doubles, Rice Up 1.65x, Currency Value Falls to One-Third... 'We'll Die Like This…'

Society / Economy

＜Inside N.Korea＞Chaos Spreads as Prices Soar - Gas More Than Doubles, Rice Up 1.65x, Currency Value Falls to One-Third... 'We'll Die Like This…'

2024.12.26

Analysis of Dangerously Rushed Apartment Construction (2): Expert Says 'Only Completion Matters, Life is Being Disregarded' - Past 23-Story Building Collapse in Pyongyang...

Society / Economy

Analysis of Dangerously Rushed Apartment Construction (2): Expert Says 'Only Completion Matters, Life is Being Disregarded' - Past 23-Story Building Collapse in Pyongyang...

2024.12.16

Analysis of Dangerously Rushed Apartment Construction (1): Expert Warns '90 Years Behind Japan, Durability at Most 10-15 Years' - Severely Lacking Materials, Zero Power Sources...

Society / Economy

Analysis of Dangerously Rushed Apartment Construction (1): Expert Warns '90 Years Behind Japan, Durability at Most 10-15 Years' - Severely Lacking Materials, Zero Power Sources...

2024.12.16

＜Super-telephoto video＞North Korea's border with Russia: What's in the pile of unidentified cargo? Guards at the checkpoint... North Korean military tightens control of railroad terminals

＜Super-telephoto video＞North Korea's border with Russia: What's in the pile of unidentified cargo? Guards at the checkpoint... North Korean military tightens control of railroad terminals

2024.12.06

＜Super-telephoto Lens Report＞ Sakju (2): Residents Trapped Behind Barbed Wire... Middle School Students Pointing and Laughing, Soldiers Quietly Observing (10 photos)

＜Super-telephoto Lens Report＞ Sakju (2): Residents Trapped Behind Barbed Wire... Middle School Students Pointing and Laughing, Soldiers Quietly Observing (10 photos)

2024.12.03

＜Super-telephoto Lens Report＞ Sakju (1): Factory Once in Ruins Gets a Makeover - Camouflage or Renewal? Soldiers Walk Heavily Carrying Bricks (9 photos)

＜Super-telephoto Lens Report＞ Sakju (1): Factory Once in Ruins Gets a Makeover - Camouflage or Renewal? Soldiers Walk Heavily Carrying Bricks (9 photos)

2024.12.03

＜Inside N. Korea＞Unrest Spreads Among Parents of Soldiers Deployed to Russia, Checking on Sons' Safety Through Bribes, Military Says 'Letters Will Come Soon'

＜Inside N. Korea＞Unrest Spreads Among Parents of Soldiers Deployed to Russia, Checking on Sons' Safety Through Bribes, Military Says 'Letters Will Come Soon'

2024.11.29

<Super-telephoto Video> Alarming Safety Conditions at North Korea's Flood Recovery Sites: Workers Dangling in Mid-air Like Circus Performers, No Rest Despite Harsh Weather

Alarming Safety Conditions at North Korea's Flood Recovery Sites: Workers Dangling in Mid-air Like Circus Performers, No Rest Despite Harsh Weather

2024.11.27

Mysterious Military Industry City Manpo (2) - Civilian Life at the Border: Harvesting with Ox Carts, Children Sleeping on Handcarts (10 Photos)

Mysterious Military Industry City Manpo (2) - Civilian Life at the Border: Harvesting with Ox Carts, Children Sleeping on Handcarts (10 Photos)

2024.11.25

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