Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea> The maximum penalty for the "Korean Wave Suppression Act" is death. Still, K-pop is popular among young people. 2021.05.14
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea> Order to Abolish All "Hidden Fields": Farmers Fear Starvation as Ban Begins 2021.05.11
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea>"Crash Landing on You" Finally Reaches N. Korean Screens: Interviews With the Women Risking their Lives to Watch It 2021.05.06
Politics <Inside N. Korea> "Show me your texts and photos": Strict Censorship of Cell Phones Comes with Threat of Death Penalty 2021.04.27
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea> Kim Regime’s Crackdown on Individual Business Activities Begins: Ruthless Confiscation of Goods Forces Traders to Consider Defection 2021.04.26
Politics Kim Jong-un Regime Fears Digital Resistance: less than 0.1% of N. Koreans Can Access the Internet (ISHIMARU Jiro) 2021.04.19
Society / Economy COVID-19 <Inside N. Korea> “Coronavirus Comes from the Sea”: Impoverished Fishermen Forced to Sell their Ships to Survive 2021.04.14
Society / Economy COVID-19 <Inside N. Korea> Kim Jong-un Regime Orders Emergency Import of Medicine: Many Dead due to Collapse of Medical Care Under Coronavirus Restrictions 2021.04.12
Military <Inside N. Korea> Military Cuts (Part 3): Enlistment Rate Crashes as Malnutrition Plagues Military 2021.04.09
Military <Inside N. Korea> Military Cuts (Part 2): Frustrations Rise Amid Forced Deployment of Discharged Soldiers to Farms and Coal Mines 2021.04.05
Military <Inside N. Korea>Military Cuts (Part 1): Military service for men cut from 13 to 8 years... What are Kim Jong-un's intentions? 2021.04.02
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea> Agricultural Materials in Short Supply as Farmers Predict Disastrous Harvest 2021.03.30
Military COVID-19 COVID-19 and the Military (Part 2): “1 Thermometer Per Company”...Soldiers and Families Struggle to Cope with Harsh Military Quarantine Measures 2021.03.16
Military COVID-19 COVID-19 and the Military (Part 1): Starving Soldiers Shoot Stray Livestock and Desert to Survive Depleting Rations 2021.03.15
Society / Economy COVID-19 The lockdown in Hyesan suddenly lifted after only two days, due to strong opposition 2021.03.11
Society / Economy COVID-19 <Inside N. Korea> Month-Long Lockdown Begins for Third Time in Hyesan as Residents Fear Further Hardship and Starvation 2021.03.05
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea>Trade with China Set to Resume in March with Fertilizer Imports as Top Priority 2021.03.04
Society / Economy COVID-19 Japan-N. Korea Ties Severed by the Coronavirus: Contact Lost with Relatives for Over a Year due to Postal Service Stop ISHIMARU Jiro 2021.02.26
Society / Economy COVID-19 <Emergency Interview>Lockdown Death Toll Climbs in Hyesan: “We are Dying Due to Lack of Medicine and Food” 2021.02.24
Society / Economy COVID-19 <Inside N. Korea> Hyesan Lockdown Lifted Early Due to Local Reports of Starvation 2021.02.18
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea> Several Defectors Shot and Killed at Chinese Border: Poverty and Starvation Forces Residents to Choose Between Deadly Border Crossing or Suicide 2021.02.10
Society / Economy COVID-19 <Inside N. Korea> Crime and Suicide on the Rise as Border City Residents Face Starvation in Second 30-Day Lockdown 2021.02.09
Society / Economy COVID-19 <Emergency Interview on North Korea> A woman living in Hyesan City under lockdown, speaks in a painful voice: “If this continues, I will starve to death.” 2021.02.08
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea> Nationwide “Compost Battle” Begins: Kim Jong-un’s Huge Demand for Home-Made Fertilizer Spurs Human Feces Thievery 2021.02.01