Changing preferences for military service, Strategic Force Command is the most popular
With authorities intensively conducting its spring draft through the first ten days of March, it emerges that the most preferred units for young people this...
Dozens sent to gulag, border region crackdown dampens illegal trade with China
A six-week crackdown of illegal activity in the northern border area this winter netted over 30 people and has cast a pall over the region...
The capricious dictator
What kind of person is Kim Jong-un? As a former subject, I am genuinely curious about who he really is. But ordinary people like me...
Students and women mobilized for large-scale military exercises
North Korea last week began nationwide military drills involving various army units, along with civil defense forces, Worker-Peasant Red Guards, and the Red Youth Guards....
North Korea is still hiding deployment of troops to Russia from the people
Despite the considerable international attention on the deployment of North Korean military personnel to Russia, there has been no news at all about it within...
Weapons factory workers receive significant pay rise
North Korea has significantly increased the salaries of workers in munitions factories in an apparent attempt to boost morale and raise production in its lucrative...
Trump: “Without America, you’re nothing”… Was North Korea’s choice justified?
“You should be more grateful. You have no cards to play. If you're with us, you have cards, but without us, you have no options....
Are we masters or slaves?
If you were born in North Korea, there’s something you’ve heard since childhood: we are the masters of society. That is the core principle of...
Purge of local officials is a regime maintenance strategy
Kim Jong-un recently condemned over 40 local officials for “unforgivable, large-scale criminal offenses,” according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). Using strong language, Kim...
Notifications of soldiers killed in action down amid negative public sentiment
Following a surge in notifications of soldiers killed in action in Russia at the end of last year, such notifications appear to have decreased in...
Remember the innocents who dreamed of freedom
Countless numbers of North Koreans have disappeared into the gulag where they are never heard from again. This article delves into the shocking reality of...
New fence blocks well-trodden escape route into China
China is installing a formidable barbed wire fence with the latest surveillance cameras along a section of its border with North Korea that is used...
New version of Pyongyang smartphone resembles the iPhone
North Korea has launched a new smartphone with an iPhone lookalike design. According to internal materials recently obtained by this publication, the Pyongyang 2438 phone...
Captured soldiers whose faces were shown are “mice trapped in a jar”
The face of a captured North Korean soldier, being interrogated, his face wrapped in bandages, reminded me of the South Korean National Intelligence Service officer...
North Korean soldiers arrested after watching foreign videos
In North Korea, a person coming into contact with content deemed undesirable by the authorities, including books, images, movies, music, and other media, is considered...
Education goals and curriculum in North Korea
In line with other countries, North Korea has defined the 21st century as the era of the knowledge economy. To raise the educational level of...
Why did they shout “Glory to Kim Jong-un” in the face of death?
According to recent reports from the U.S., South Korea, and Ukraine, the number of casualties among North Korean soldiers deployed to Russia is somewhere between...
Lessons from North Korean casualties in Kursk
After its deployment to Russia to the front line fighting Ukrainians, the Korean People’s Army suffered a high attrition rate in the first few weeks...