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...
North Korea’s changing marriage culture…a choice not of love?
Marriage culture in North Korea is reportedly undergoing noticeable changes. While relationships across class lines have existed in the past, it is now common for...
North Korea condemns U.S. human rights offensive in public lectures
The government in North Korea has reportedly launched an ideological offensive in the form of public lectures targeting factory workers and residents, claiming there is...
Soldiers killed in Russia honored as ‘Hero of the Republic’… Families relocated to Pyongyang
North Korea has reportedly awarded its highest honor, the “Hero of the Republic,” to several soldiers who died in combat in the Russian war with...
Parenting: North Korea vs. South Korea!
Today we’d like to share a video by Kim Yumi, a North Korean defector and speaker at the 2025 Oslo Freedom Forum, titled “Parenting: North...
The race for long-range missiles between Japan and North Korea
Eastern Asia is witnessing a military buildup not seen since the aftermath of WWII. North Korea is becoming an ever greater rogue regime, with increasing...
What fate awaits North Korean soldiers returning from the war with Ukraine?
When North Korea broke its silence and acknowledged back on April 28 that its troops were fighting for Russia in the war with Ukraine, media...
Who are the rural hospitals really being built for?
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un recently inspected a rural hospital construction site and praised the project as “a great revolution in the backward health sector.” ...
What’s behind mandatory military service for women?
Growing up, my mother always said, “Don’t wait for a man who went to the army.” She was patient for ten years before my father...
Soaring exchange rate drives up food prices
A recent surge in the U.S. dollar exchange rate against the North Korean won appears to have led to a rise in food prices. According...
Ordinary North Koreans express optimism over Lee’s inauguration in the South
Following a straight news report by the Korean Central News Agency on the inauguration of President Lee Jae-Myung, informing the populace about the change at...
Serious accident during destroyer launch… Kim Jong Un: “An unacceptable crime”
Kim Jong Un witnessed a major accident May 21 during the botched launch of a newly built 5,000-ton-class destroyer. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)...
State Security Ministry is now monitoring and restricting military counterintelligence agents—What’s going on?
The State Security Ministry (SSM) is reportedly monitoring and restraining even the activities of military counterintelligence agents from the Defense Security Bureau (Security Command) in...
North prepares for additional troop deployment to Russia… Aims to mass-produce combat-hardened fighters
North Korea is reportedly preparing an additional troop deployment to the Russian front in the war with Ukraine. The goal appears to be to mass-produce...
North enforces crackdown during rice-planting season… Forced labor for offenders
Amid the height of the rice-planting season, an intensive crackdown is reportedly underway. Part of the regime’s broader effort to maintain social order, the season...
The state takes over smuggling, violating sanctions and threatening livelihoods
The widespread smuggling which has long been a means of livelihood for many ordinary citizens has been replaced by what is known inside North Korea...
Families of soldiers killed in Russia compensated with 30 days’ worth of groceries
Government authorities are providing a month’s worth of groceries to the families of soldiers killed in combat in Russia in its war with Ukraine, according...
Who digs through the garbage?
When I lived in North Korea, which was until recently, anything related to South Korea was completely taboo. All we knew was that it was...