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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＞What Happened to the Sudden '10-fold Wage Increase'? (1) Expanding Card Payments - "Frequent Power Outages are the Problem"

＜Inside N. Korea＞What Happened to the Sudden '10-fold Wage Increase'? (1) Expanding Card Payments - "Frequent Power Outages are the Problem"

2025.02.18

＜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＞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 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

＜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＞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> 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

Mysterious Military Industry City Manpo (1) Charcoal Cars Emitting White Smoke, Tightly Closed Trading Point, and Military Checkpoints (9 Photos)

Mysterious Military Industry City Manpo (1) Charcoal Cars Emitting White Smoke, Tightly Closed Trading Point, and Military Checkpoints (9 Photos)

2024.11.22

＜Inside N. Korea＞ “Government Prepares for ‘Currency Exchange’”… Rumor Cause Chaos: Price Surge from Panic Buying as Authorities Desperately Deny Rumors

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

＜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)

＜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

＜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?

＜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

＜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

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

＜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

＜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

＜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'

＜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

＜Lighting Up N. Korea's Four Dark Years＞ (7) North Korea’s Pandemic Power Play: State Seizes Market Control as “Donju” Crumble

Society / Economy

＜Lighting Up N. Korea's Four Dark Years＞ (7) North Korea’s Pandemic Power Play: State Seizes Market Control as “Donju” Crumble

2024.10.10

＜Lighting Up N. Korea's Four Dark Years＞ (6) Humanitarian Crisis is a Man-Made Disaster: Intensifying Chaos and Disorder... North Korean Version of 'War on Crime' as Told by COVID Survivors

Society / Economy

＜Lighting Up N. Korea's Four Dark Years＞ (6) Humanitarian Crisis is a Man-Made Disaster: Intensifying Chaos and Disorder... North Korean Version of 'War on Crime' as Told by COVID Survivors

2024.10.09

＜Inside N. Korea＞ North Korean Won Value Plummets, US Dollar Exchange Rate Doubles Since Early This Year... 'Severe Foreign Currency Shortage'

＜Inside N. Korea＞ North Korean Won Value Plummets, US Dollar Exchange Rate Doubles Since Early This Year... 'Severe Foreign Currency Shortage'

2024.10.07

＜Lighting Up N. Korea's Four Dark Years＞ (5) What Happened During COVID... "Drink Willow Branch Brew" - Misguided Quarantine Policies Only Led to Residents' Deaths

＜Lighting Up N. Korea's Four Dark Years＞ (5) What Happened During COVID... "Drink Willow Branch Brew" - Misguided Quarantine Policies Only Led to Residents' Deaths

2024.10.03

＜Lighting Up N. Korea's Dark Four Years＞ (4) “The People Are at the End of Their Tether”: A Country that Wants to Control Markets and Rule by Calories

Society / Economy

＜Lighting Up N. Korea's Dark Four Years＞ (4) “The People Are at the End of Their Tether”: A Country that Wants to Control Markets and Rule by Calories

2024.10.01

＜Lighting Up N. Korea's Dark Four Years＞ (3) The Second Link in the Tragedy – Ruthless Quarantine Policy, "The State is Scarier than the Virus"

Society / Economy

＜Lighting Up N. Korea's Dark Four Years＞ (3) The Second Link in the Tragedy – Ruthless Quarantine Policy, "The State is Scarier than the Virus"

2024.09.27

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