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＜Inside N. Korea＞The government starts claiming that “suicide is an anti-state, traitorous act…” Warns that bereaved relatives will face punishment…People wonder whether committing suicide due to starvation is considered a traitorous act

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＜Inside N. Korea＞The government starts claiming that “suicide is an anti-state, traitorous act…” Warns that bereaved relatives will face punishment…People wonder whether committing suicide due to starvation is considered a traitorous act

2023.10.04

＜Inside N. Korea＞ New proclamation calls for intensified control over the economy…Intense crackdowns on circulation of goods and use of foreign currency (3) Proclamation reveals Kim regime’s anti-market policies…government crackdowns down heavily on private economic activities

Society / Economy

＜Inside N. Korea＞ New proclamation calls for intensified control over the economy…Intense crackdowns on circulation of goods and use of foreign currency (3) Proclamation reveals Kim regime’s anti-market policies…government crackdowns down heavily on private economic activities

2023.09.22

＜Inside N. Korea＞Kim Jong-un orders start of operation to eliminate private medical activities, with a “secret vote” leading to arrests…The state also aims to revive its control over the medical sector

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＜Inside N. Korea＞Kim Jong-un orders start of operation to eliminate private medical activities, with a “secret vote” leading to arrests…The state also aims to revive its control over the medical sector

2023.09.18

Who is starving in North Korea in 2023 and why? 　Analyzing the situation through Amartyra Sen’s theories on famine 　ISHIMARU Jiro

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Who is starving in North Korea in 2023 and why? 　Analyzing the situation through Amartyra Sen’s theories on famine 　ISHIMARU Jiro

2023.09.06

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Report suggests deaths in second largest city of Hamhung…One visitor to the city reports: “People are dying of starvation and disease. Crime is increasing, leading to a brutal atmosphere in the city.”

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＜Inside N. Korea＞ Report suggests deaths in second largest city of Hamhung…One visitor to the city reports: “People are dying of starvation and disease. Crime is increasing, leading to a brutal atmosphere in the city.”

2023.08.31

＜Inside N. Korea＞ New proclamation calls for intensified control over the economy…Intense crackdowns on circulation of goods and use of foreign currency (2) Proclamation declares that serious violators face execution or life in prison

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＜Inside N. Korea＞ New proclamation calls for intensified control over the economy…Intense crackdowns on circulation of goods and use of foreign currency (2) Proclamation declares that serious violators face execution or life in prison

2023.08.28

＜Inside N. Korea＞New proclamation calls for intensified control over the economy…Intense crackdowns on circulation of goods and use of foreign currency (1) The authorities confiscate Chinese yuan and US dollars

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＜Inside N. Korea＞New proclamation calls for intensified control over the economy…Intense crackdowns on circulation of goods and use of foreign currency (1) The authorities confiscate Chinese yuan and US dollars

2023.08.21

＜Inside N. Korea＞ “People are stealing unripe corn from the fields” Farms already see a rash of thefts of grains…Security guards given live rounds and even soldiers are deployed

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＜Inside N. Korea＞ “People are stealing unripe corn from the fields” Farms already see a rash of thefts of grains…Security guards given live rounds and even soldiers are deployed

2023.08.14

＜Inside N. Korea＞The authorities finally start cracking down on housing transactions, “Severely punish anti-socialist behavior”…Crackdown on 25-year-old “housing market” may cause chaos

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＜Inside N. Korea＞The authorities finally start cracking down on housing transactions, “Severely punish anti-socialist behavior”…Crackdown on 25-year-old “housing market” may cause chaos

2023.08.08

＜Inside N. Korea＞Even the police face temporary cut in rations due to financial troubles… “In May, they had no choice but to buy food on credit”

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＜Inside N. Korea＞Even the police face temporary cut in rations due to financial troubles… “In May, they had no choice but to buy food on credit”

2023.08.07

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Daycares and preschools stop providing meals due to financial troubles…Parents facing demands for rice and money protest by turning their backs on the schools, sending their kids to neighbors instead

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＜Inside N. Korea＞ Daycares and preschools stop providing meals due to financial troubles…Parents facing demands for rice and money protest by turning their backs on the schools, sending their kids to neighbors instead

2023.08.04

<Interview> ASIAPRESS asks a Chinese businessman how North Korean business is doing: “North Korean labor is of more interest than trade”

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ASIAPRESS asks a Chinese businessman how North Korean business is doing: “North Korean labor is of more interest than trade”

2023.07.25

＜Inside N. Korea＞ The Kim Jong-un regime prevents news of frequent suicides from spreading

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＜Inside N. Korea＞ The Kim Jong-un regime prevents news of frequent suicides from spreading

2023.07.14

＜Investigation Inside N. Korea＞Famine in the provinces : “Many people have died from the start of May due to starvation and disease…” (4)　 Old parents and children are abandoned, and frequent robberies occur…People are scared

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＜Investigation Inside N. Korea＞Famine in the provinces : “Many people have died from the start of May due to starvation and disease…” (4)　 Old parents and children are abandoned, and frequent robberies occur…People are scared

2023.05.30

＜Investigation Inside N. Korea＞Famine in the provinces : “Many people have died from the start of May due to starvation and disease…” (3) 　The authorities treat starvation deaths as deaths by disease…some people even eat bark from pine trees to survive

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＜Investigation Inside N. Korea＞Famine in the provinces : “Many people have died from the start of May due to starvation and disease…” (3) 　The authorities treat starvation deaths as deaths by disease…some people even eat bark from pine trees to survive

2023.05.27

＜Investigation Inside N. Korea＞Famine in the provinces : “Many people have died from the start of May due to starvation and disease…” (2)　Workers can’t go to work due to malnutrition…even at the DPRK’s largest iron mine

Society / Economy

＜Investigation Inside N. Korea＞Famine in the provinces : “Many people have died from the start of May due to starvation and disease…” (2)　Workers can’t go to work due to malnutrition…even at the DPRK’s largest iron mine

2023.05.22

＜Investigation Inside N. Korea＞Famine in the provinces : “Many people have died from the start of May due to starvation and disease…” (1)　The state’s food supplies have hit rock bottom

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＜Investigation Inside N. Korea＞Famine in the provinces : “Many people have died from the start of May due to starvation and disease…” (1)　The state’s food supplies have hit rock bottom

2023.05.22

＜Inside N. Korea＞Violent young people form brotherhoods, causing fights to break out between different gangs…The authorities crackdown on young people who try to earn money outside of their assigned workplaces

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＜Inside N. Korea＞Violent young people form brotherhoods, causing fights to break out between different gangs…The authorities crackdown on young people who try to earn money outside of their assigned workplaces

2023.05.16

＜Investigation＞Increase in wandering homeless people throughout North Korea…poverty-stricken elderly people and children forced out into the streets, with some even dying…The authorities order thorough measures to be taken

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＜Investigation＞Increase in wandering homeless people throughout North Korea…poverty-stricken elderly people and children forced out into the streets, with some even dying…The authorities order thorough measures to be taken

2023.04.25

＜Interview with N. Korean＞ Farm mobilizations start early this year amid orders to mobilize “every able-bodied person,” How about the situation on the ground

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＜Interview with N. Korean＞ Farm mobilizations start early this year amid orders to mobilize “every able-bodied person,” How about the situation on the ground

2023.04.24

＜Inside N. Korea＞The authorities strengthen punishments toward those engaging in the “non-socialist” practice of living together outside of marriage, even dragging violators in front of public trials and punishing them with forced labor

Society / Economy

＜Inside N. Korea＞The authorities strengthen punishments toward those engaging in the “non-socialist” practice of living together outside of marriage, even dragging violators in front of public trials and punishing them with forced labor

2023.04.20

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Laborers forced to begin group commutes to work while singing in what appears to be the regime’s efforts to strengthen control over the people

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＜Inside N. Korea＞ Laborers forced to begin group commutes to work while singing in what appears to be the regime’s efforts to strengthen control over the people

2023.03.23

＜Inside N. Korea＞Food sales banned in markets, leading to anxiety and concern while deepening the poverty suffered by the poor

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＜Inside N. Korea＞Food sales banned in markets, leading to anxiety and concern while deepening the poverty suffered by the poor

2023.03.16

＜Inside N. Korea＞Poverty-stricken urban dwellers raid farming villages in search of food…the police are on emergency alert to deal with the rise in robberies

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＜Inside N. Korea＞Poverty-stricken urban dwellers raid farming villages in search of food…the police are on emergency alert to deal with the rise in robberies

2023.03.14

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