North Hamgyong province has issued orders demanding supplies and labor brigade recruits for Pyongyang’s Hwasong district ...

North Korean markets see sharp seafood price increases even as authorities promote aquaculture expansion, leaving people unable to afford staple foods.

Despite harsh penalties under North Korea’s criminal and Reactionary Ideology and Culture Rejection Act, fortune-telling ...

North Korea held its own Winter Games in Samjiyon, Ryanggang province — a propaganda showcase masking deep limits as a ...

North Korea’s housing push under Kim Jong Un may look like progress, but systemic barriers prevent construction from driving ...

Workers at a North Korean military logistics unit now stand nightly guard after thieves nearly stole tons of compost ...

Ryanggang households have been ordered to prepare gravel for spring road repairs, adding yet another burden to people already struggling to get by.

Restaurants in Pyongyang and other major cities filled up over the Feb. 16-17 holidays, but steep prices kept most North ...

North Korean authorities have held up a Hyesan family that skipped a traditional 60th birthday celebration in late January as ...

Corn prices hit their highest level since August amid holiday demand FILE PHOTO: North Korean sellers peddle goods on the fringes of a market in Sunchon, South Pyongan Province, in October 2018. (The ...

North Korea’s health ministry has ordered provincial hospitals to join a national digital medical network aimed at connecting ...

An extended holiday combining Kim Jong Il’s birthday and Lunar New Year filled North Korean bathhouses, stores, and karaoke ...