Society / Economy COVID-19 <Inside N. Korea>N. Korea’s largest iron mine shutdowns, markets close, and controls intensify daily due to COVID-19 in N. Hamgyong Province’s Musan County 2022.05.25
Society / Economy COVID-19 <N. Korea’s COVID-19 pandemic> Reports of people dying following the lockdown of Hyesan, Yanggang Province…The authorities fail to provide medicine and medicine to those in isolation…The Kim Jong-un regime is intent to prevent information leaks about the situation 2022.05.24
Society / Economy COVID-19 <Interview from Inside N. Korea>“Nobody would know if isolated people die in their homes”…Severe shortages of medical supplies and food…No state rations for people in quarantine 2022.05.20
Society / Economy COVID-19 <Interview from Inside N. Korea> People are afraid of starvation if cities are locked down…PCR tests don’t exist…ASIAPRESS interviews a N. Korean to better understand the situation in the country and how people are feeling 2022.05.17
Society / Economy COVID-19 <Inside N. Korea> A report about the COVID-19 situation from a party member in North Hamgyung Province: Those with fevers are placed in isolation and their apartment buildings are put under lockdown, People continue to go to work and the markets remain open, People are more scared of lockdowns than the disease 2022.05.16
Society / Economy COVID-19 <Inside N. Korea> Theft of car parts is rampant in North Korea. Thieves immobilize vehicles by stealing tires, mirrors to sell on the black market...Few car parts make it over the border due to the pandemic 2022.05.14
Society / Economy COVID-19 <Urgent > What is happening inside N.Korea with COVID-19? The government heavily crackdown on hoarding and restrict movement to other areas 2022.05.13
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea> Scarier than the police...Housewives turned “people’s units” leaders are now becoming more powerful as key resources used by N. Korea to control its population 2022.04.28
Society / Economy <Inside N.Korea> Hunger spreads in rural areas in April; farmers run out of food, and people in cities have no cash income… The authorities implement weak measures to resolve these issues 2022.04.25
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea> Kim Jong-un expresses rage over continued leaking of secret documents, handing down order to prohibit party organizations from printing documents 2022.04.25
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea> Not So Special: Kim Jong-un’s Unused Tourist Zone in Samjiyon is Falling Apart 2022.04.19
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea> Escape From Samjiyon: Young People Flee Kim Jong-un's Luxury Tourism Zone. "There are no Chinese tourists because of coronavirus. We can't survive." 2022.03.31
Society / Economy COVID-19 <Inside N. Korea> State of Emergency Ordered Following Coronavirus Outbreak in China…Night Curfew and Strict Quarantine Measures Reinstated and Construction at the Border Brought to a Halt 2022.03.22
Society / Economy Gas Prices in North Korea 1.6 Times Higher Compared to Beginning of the Year…Situation in Ukraine Expected to Exacerbate Economic Difficulties 2022.03.14
Society / Economy COVID-19 Optimism in North Korea: As Poverty Spreads Residents Start to Play Down the Pandemic…"COVID is like the common cold" and "Eating garlic will keep us safe" 2022.02.25
Society / Economy <Special Rations for Kim Jong-il's Birthday> Gap Between Capital and Countryside Grows as Kim Jong-un Regime Blatantly Abandons Rural Areas 2022.02.17
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea> Minus 30 Degrees Celsius! Residents Live With Neighbours to Save on Heating as Coal is Rationed to Workplaces 2022.02.15
Politics <Inside N. Korea> Fear and Tension among the Police: Authorities Order the Eradication of Bribery With Threats of Punishing Officers and Their Families 2022.02.10
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea> Plummeting Won Causes Market Panic: Authorities Crack Down on Black Market Money Changers Amid Fears of Inflation 2022.01.31
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea> Authorities and Families Anxious Following Mass Pardon of Malnourished Prisoners 2022.01.30
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea> Exchange Rates for Foreign Currencies Skyrocket After Resumption of Railroad Trade; U.S. Dollar rises 24% 2022.01.24
Military COVID-19 Nationwide “Compost Battle” Begins Again: Cash-Strapped Regime Continues Missile Testing While Forcing Citizens to Collect Feces for Farm Use. ISHIMARU Jiro 2022.01.20
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea> Social Unrest and Discontent Over Lack of Special Rations as Security is Stepped Up For Kim Jong-un's Birthday For the First Time 2022.01.11
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea> Growing Radicalization of People's Control (3): 14 Year-Old Junior High School Students Taken Out of Class in Handcuffs for Watching a Foreign Film…More than 20 Arrested So Far 2022.01.07