NEW! Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea>Four Struggling Female Students Expelled and Banished to Rural Areas for Prostitution: Young People's Violation of Order Met with Harsh Punishment 2025.03.26
NEW! Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea>Hunger Crisis: As 'Starving Spring' Approaches, Kim Jong-un's Regime Begins Surveying ' Households in Food Crisis'…UN Agency Reports: "45.5% of Population, 11.8 Million People Suffering from Malnutrition" 2025.03.24
NEW! Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea>The Rapid Expansion of Online Banking: Tracking Citizens' Money? Kim Regime Accelerates E-Money Adoption 2025.03.19
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea>The 'Last Stronghold' of Defection in Crisis: Security Bureau Receives Commendation for Crackdown Success - Smuggling and Defections Nearly Eradicated 2025.03.11
Society / Economy <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 <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 <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
Politics <Inside N. Korea>"10x Wage Increase" One Year Later: What Happened? (1) Expanding Card Payments - "Frequent Power Outages are the Problem" 2025.02.18
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
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea>DPRK Issues Mass "Money Vouchers" to Combat Soaring Prices - Value Quickly Plummets as Public Trust Erodes 2025.02.07
Society / Economy <Inside North Korea> Worker Dispatches to Russia Expanding - Screening Criteria Unusually Relaxed... Appears to Have Increased Following Military Deployment 2025.01.14
Movie <North Korea Analysis>Reality of 'Speed Battle' Apartments - Expert: "Durability at Best 10-15 Years" 2024.12.27
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
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
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
Movie 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
Photo Mysterious Military Industry City Manpo (2) - Civilian Life at the Border: Harvesting with Ox Carts, Children Sleeping on Handcarts (10 Photos) 2024.11.25
Photo Mysterious Military Industry City Manpo (1) Charcoal Cars Emitting White Smoke, Tightly Closed Trading Point, and Military Checkpoints (9 Photos) 2024.11.22
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea> “Government Prepares for ‘Currency Exchange’”… Rumor Cause Chaos: Price Surge from Panic Buying as Authorities Desperately Deny Rumors 2024.11.14
Photo <N.Korea Photo Report> The New Yalu River Bridge Today: Still Unopened After 10 Years Since Completion - Does it Reflect Cooling Relations with China? (7 Photos) 2024.11.01
Politics <Lighting Up N. Korea's Four Dark Years> (10) The Capitalist Ghost Under the Socialist Roof (2) "Leave the Quota to Me" - Are Wealthy Individuals the Driving Force of Rural Economy? 2024.10.11
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea> Signs of a change in agricultural policy: farms given the right to choose what they grow... “Our-style agricultural revolution” being promoted 2024.10.11
Politics <Lighting Up N. Korea's Four Dark Years> (9) The Capitalist Ghost Under the Socialist Roof (1): From Private Ship Owners to 'Unions' Negotiating with the Central Party... Ship Owners Pushing Boundaries 2024.10.11
Politics <Lighting Up N. Korea's Four Dark Years> (8) Pandemic-Induced Financial Crisis and the Regime's Response: 'Tax-Free' North Korea Imposes New Levies, Including 'Fireplace Tax' 2024.10.11