“Chanel cosmetics and perfume are very popular with wealthy donju in major cities in North Hamgyong province, such as ...

The issue of child beggars, often called kotjebi, is becoming more severe in the North Korean border city of Hoeryong, in North Hamgyong province.

North Korean border guard units have recently begun cracking down harder on its soldiers using private barbers, designating ...

As the end of the year approaches, North Korea’s ruling party has sent inspectors to major shipyards in Chongjin, Rajin, ...

Many households in North Korea’s Ryanggang province — where winter temperatures plummet to close to 30 degrees Celsius below ...

Kangwon province is enforcing a strict ban on individual vendors setting their own prices for products made at local ...

Recently, South Korea’s Defense Intelligence Agency said North Korea “could carry out a nuclear test within a short period of ...

North Korea has launched a heavy-handed crackdown on private rice sales in North Hamgyong province. “After the Central Committee ordered a halt to the private distribution and sale of ...

North Korean trading companies have recently been importing large quantities of clothing from South Korea and other countries ...

The rare metals North Korea mentioned — the platinum metals palladium and rhodium — sell for more than $1,400 and $4,000 a ...

North Korea’s elite women are flaunting luxury fur coats worth millions of won while ordinary workers struggle to afford rice ...