North Korean rice prices hit a record high in July as the exchange rate climbs too, driven by trade with China and falling ...

North Korea border guard duty was once prized for smuggling bribes, but tighter controls cut off that income, leaving ...

North Korean workers say official salaries barely cover a fraction of costs, with trade and side jobs actually sustaining ...

A Pyongyang task force arrested a store manager for smuggling Chanel and Rolex to elite wives, then found bribery among ...

Three Chongjin youths were reprimanded for saying "appa," a South Korean word for dad, amid North Korea's crackdown on ...

North Korea sent about 10,000 new workers to China in a single month, and more than 50,000 workers are already under contract ...

A Hyesan school had hotel cuisine students buy their own ingredients for a 2026 exam, fueling complaints over North Korea's ...

Some North Korean elementary students keep a hidden diary for true feelings, separate from the one their teacher reviews for ...

A new North Korean apartment nearly collapsed weeks after passing inspection, forcing an emergency evacuation and an official's arrest.

As North Koreans buy more private cars, crashes involving new drivers are rising and there's still no system to compensate ...

Rising prices are pushing more North Korean women into prostitution, a source says, as an organized trade makes police ...

North Korean students assigned Kim Jong Un's gift instruments say wealthier peers got the best ones, leaving piri players ...