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Competition between 'donju' heats up Seol Song Ah | 2016-06-04 06:58 Increasing market activity in North Korea is raising the bar when it comes to competition between vendors to sell goods. This is fueling an emerging trend amongst the donju (newly affluent middle class), who are paying high...

Simmering discontent rises to the surface following '200-Day Battle' order Choi Song Min | 2016-06-02 00:09 Less than a month after the conclusion of the “70-Day Battle” in preparation for the 7th Party Congress, the North Korean authorities have issued orders for a “200-Day Battle,”...

Illegal mobile phone users to face harsher repercussions Kim Chae Hwan | 2016-05-31 07:16 In order to block would-be defectors and sensitive internal information from escaping North Korea, Kim Jong Un has handed down new punitive measures for those using illegal Chinese mobile phones. “The...

Two railway officials expelled, stripped of Party membership for Party Congress antics Kang Mi Jin | 2016-05-27 17:05 Two North Korean officials from the Ministry of Railways were reportedly removed from the Party Congress held earlier this month for creating a drunken disturbance at their...

S.Korean churches must build defector relationships: pastor Eritrean pastor offers advice to S.Korean Christians based on outreach to Ethiopians Ha-young Choi June 3rd, 2016 A pastor who has worked to build underground churches in the “North Korea in Africa” told South Korean Christians that...

U.S. lists North Korea as money launderer, imposes financial strictures Recent measures aim to isolate North Korea from the U.S. and international banking system Hamish Macdonald June 1st, 2016 The United States has designated North Korea a “primary money laundering concern” under section...

North Korea missile launch failed, says South Korean military AFP on June 1, 2016, 12:28 am Seoul (AFP) - North Korea apparently failed with an attempted missile launch Tuesday, the latest in a series of setbacks for a ballistic weapons programme that aspires to threaten the US mainland...

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N.Korean leadership changes indicate more party control Changes to Central Military Commission may mean relative decline in military influence vis-a-vis WPK JH Ahn May 10th, 2016 The personnel changes announced with the end of the Seventh Congress of the Worker’s Party of Korea (WPK) may...

N.Korea claims recent murder of pastor done by Seoul: media Chinese source says missionary activities in region attracted negative response after defections Ha-young Choi and JH Ahn May 11th, 2016 The recent murder of a Korean-Chinese pastor in Changbai Korean Autonomous County was...

Korean-American sentenced to 10 years hard labour in North Korea for espionage According to the North’s state media, Kim Dong-chul had been arrested in Rason as he was receiving a USB stick containing nuclear-linked and military secrets from his source PUBLISHED : Friday, 29 April, 2016...

Korean-American sentenced to 10 years hard labour in North Korea for espionage According to the North’s state media, Kim Dong-chul had been arrested in Rason as he was receiving a USB stick containing nuclear-linked and military secrets from his source PUBLISHED : Friday, 29 April, 2016...

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