Society / Economy

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Drug Trade: Addicts and Traffickers Turn to Opium as Methamphetamine Prices Skyrocket Due to Border Blockade

2021.12.27

Society / Economy

Young Defectors Escapes to Japan to Be with Her Mother, 62 Years After the Start of the Repatriation Project to North Korea　

2021.12.16

Military

COVID-19

＜Inside N. Korea＞ "Why did they kill him?" How residents feel about the recent shooting of residents escaping into China

2021.12.14

Society / Economy

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Three Junior High School Students Drown After Ice Breaks at Factory Reservoir; Parents Fiercely Protest Factory's Heartless Response

2021.12.06

Society / Economy

COVID-19

＜North Korea＞ East Coast Ports Closed Again, Fishing Banned for 40 Days Due to Fishermen's Violation of Coronavirus Rules

2021.12.06

Society / Economy

COVID-19

＜Inside N. Korea＞ North Korea's border with China is under martial law　

2021.12.05

Society / Economy

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Residential Electricity Suddenly Improves…Why are Some Cities Receiving 10 Hours of Power a Day?　

2021.12.01

Society / Economy

COVID-19

＜Inside N. Korea＞Outbreak of “10-Day Flu” in North Korea: Authorities Restrict Attendance at Work Due to Lack of Medical Supplies

2021.11.30

Society / Economy

Top Secret Documents on North Korea's 'Tongpyo’: Regime Admits to Suspending the Issuance of Banknotes Due to Financial Woes - ISHIMARU Jiro　　　

2021.11.13

Society / Economy

COVID-19

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Nationwide Medicine Shortage Results in Rising Deaths Among Infants and Elderly

2021.11.08

Society / Economy

＜Interview with a Single Mother＞ More and More Young Women Avoiding Marriage - ISHIMARU Jiro

2021.11.02

Society / Economy

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Authorities Crackdown on Rising Prostitution Among Underage Girls, Including 'Aid Relationships'

2021.11.02

Society / Economy

＜Inside N. Korea＞ North Korea's financial crisis has made it impossible to print banknotes. Efforts to issue temporary money coupons "Tonpyo" have been made to replace them, but distrust is growing.

2021.10.23

Society / Economy

＜Inside N. Korea＞ “You Must Shoot Anyone Stealing the Harvest": Live Ammunition Distributed at Cooperative Farms For 24/7 Guard

2021.10.15

Society / Economy

＜Inside N. Korea＞Robberies, Violent Crime on the Rise: Discharged Soldiers Suspected of Impersonating Police to Mug Citizens

2021.10.11

Society / Economy

COVID-19

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Major Factory Shuts Down as Workers Leave Following 6 Months of Unpaid Labor

2021.10.11

Society / Economy

＜Interview with a North Korean Wwoman＞ Women “Revolt” Against Their Husbands as. Coronavirus MeasuresCoronavirus StrainChanges Marriages Nationwide Relationship [ISHIMARU Jiro]

2021.08.30

Society / Economy

COVID-19

＜Inside N. Korea＞Supply of COVID-19 Disinfectant and Protective Clothing Improves…. “If you eat garlic, you won't be infected,” ssayid rresidents.

2021.08.16

Society / Economy

COVID-19

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Electricity Situation Deteriorates Further as Equipment Remains Stuck in China… “Even in the city center supply is limited to one or two hours a day”

2021.08.16

Society / Economy

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Resentful Residents Forced to Foot the Bill for National Flood Recovery as Regime “Has No Money”

2021.08.13

Society / Economy

＜Inside N. Korea＞Domestic Currency Appreciates by 22% as RMB and U.S. Dollar Mysteriously Plunge Again

2021.08.05

Society / Economy

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Cash-Strapped State Releases Prisoners and Reduces Sentences Due to Dwindling Supplies of Food

2021.08.02

Society / Economy

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Last Resort: Urban Poor Flee to Farming Villages to Beg for Food

2021.07.27

Society / Economy

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Chaos in Markets as Vendors Refuse to Sell Food at Government-Set Prices

2021.07.24