My COVID experience in North Korea (Part 3)
To explain how North Korea initially responded to COVID, I originally planned to talk about the healthcare system, but then I came across the story...
Food warehouse robbed on military base… Inside job suspected
A recent case of theft at a military warehouse has prompted investigators to suspect the military was itself involved. According to sources contacted in North...
My COVID experience in North Korea (Part 2)
During COVID-19, an enormous amount of “filth” washed ashore. Many of these were strange items we had never seen in North Korea before. Some refrigerators were huge — unbelievably large ones — and yes, even refrigerators floated in from the sea.
Insight into a totalitarian, seditious mindset: What was said and applauded at a pro-North Korean, anti-American conference in New York
Given the ambitious title of the event, observers would have expected speakers at the "People's Summit for Korea" in New York City last month to...
My COVID experience in North Korea (Part 1)
Growing up in Haeju, in a coastal military area in North Korea’s South Hwanghae Province, Kim Yumi was able to secretly watch South Korean news...
Kim permits private car ownership… but not Benz and Lexus
After earlier allowing ordinary citizens to own their own cars, the government has taken high-end foreign luxury brands off the list of permitted vehicles. According...
The Indo-Pacific 80 years on from the nuclear bombs on Japan
August 6 and 9 this year mark the 80th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki...
Mobile Phones in North Korea — A World of Surveillance and Control
Today we’d like to share a video by Kim Yumi, a North Korean defector and speaker at the 2025 Oslo Freedom Forum, titled “North Korea’s...
What sparked the new cheek-kissing trend between parents and children?
A new trend among young parents kissing their children on the cheek has reportedly taken hold in North Korea. The fad of parents sending their...
North Korea’s tourism gamble: Kim unveils new resort to lure foreign visitors
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un presided over the long-delayed grand opening of the Wonsan-Kalma Coastal Tourist Area on June 24. After years of construction delays,...
Veterans to receive gift packages to mark “Victory Day” on July 27
The North Korean regime is to provide gifts to war veterans in commemoration of the 72nd anniversary of the signing of the Korean War armistice...
Kim Jong-un camp followers to cavort with Manhattan’s Marxists… US Juche jamboree, part Comintern, part bombintern
For anyone seeking insight into the nature and scope of the pro-North Korea movement in the United States, an opportunity is just about to arise....
Assault on Special Task Force member…Two perpetrators arrested, one on the run
An incident has reportedly occurred in North Hamgyong Province in which an off-duty member of a Special Task Force unit was assaulted. According to an...