North Korea is restricting imports of daily necessities including shampoo, soap and stationery to promote locally made products after the ninth party congress.

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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 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 ...

북한의 조선노동당 제9차 대회가 2월 19일부터 25일까지 평양에서 개최되었다. 보고에서 이번 대회는 ‘자주, 자립, 자위의 국가건설과 사회주의건설의 전략적 노선의 사상, 기술, 문화의 3대 혁명의 기치를 생명선으로’ 하는 ...