RIMJIN-GANG

＜Investigation Inside N. Korea＞ “Many people have died from the start of May due to starvation and disease…” (3) 　The authorities treat starvation deaths as deaths by disease…some people even eat bark from pine trees to survive
2023.05.27
Society / Economy

ASIAPRESS is receiving continuous reports from provincial cities that many people are dying of starvation. After 2021, d...

What’s New

＜Investigation Inside N. Korea＞Famine in the provinces : “Many people have died from the start of May due to starvation and disease…” (2)　Workers can’t go to work due to malnutrition…even at the DPRK’s largest iron mine

Society / Economy

＜Investigation Inside N. Korea＞Famine in the provinces : “Many people have died from the start of May due to starvation and disease…” (2)　Workers can’t go to work due to malnutrition…even at the DPRK’s largest iron mine

2023.05.22

＜Investigation Inside N. Korea＞Famine in the provinces : “Many people have died from the start of May due to starvation and disease…” (1)　The state’s food supplies have hit rock bottom

Society / Economy

＜Investigation Inside N. Korea＞Famine in the provinces : “Many people have died from the start of May due to starvation and disease…” (1)　The state’s food supplies have hit rock bottom

2023.05.22

The Pyongyang Cultural Language Protection Act calls for execution of violators in a bid to eliminate South Korean style speech from the DPRK

The Pyongyang Cultural Language Protection Act calls for execution of violators in a bid to eliminate South Korean style speech from the DPRK

2023.05.19

＜Inside N. Korea＞Violent young people form brotherhoods, causing fights to break out between different gangs…The authorities crackdown on young people who try to earn money outside of their assigned workplaces

Society / Economy

＜Inside N. Korea＞Violent young people form brotherhoods, causing fights to break out between different gangs…The authorities crackdown on young people who try to earn money outside of their assigned workplaces

2023.05.16

＜Investigation＞ The authorities start crackdowns based on the Pyongyang Cultural Language Protection Act (2) “People using South Korean style speech are being arrested”…ASIAPRESS asks its reporting partners about the crackdown

＜Investigation＞ The authorities start crackdowns based on the Pyongyang Cultural Language Protection Act (2) “People using South Korean style speech are being arrested”…ASIAPRESS asks its reporting partners about the crackdown

2023.05.04

＜Investigation＞ The authorities start crackdowns based on the Pyongyang Cultural Language Protection Act (1)… “Eliminate South Korean speech, dialects, and loanwords”… The maximum punishment is execution

＜Investigation＞ The authorities start crackdowns based on the Pyongyang Cultural Language Protection Act (1)… “Eliminate South Korean speech, dialects, and loanwords”… The maximum punishment is execution

2023.04.30

＜Investigation＞Increase in wandering homeless people throughout North Korea…poverty-stricken elderly people and children forced out into the streets, with some even dying…The authorities order thorough measures to be taken

Society / Economy

＜Investigation＞Increase in wandering homeless people throughout North Korea…poverty-stricken elderly people and children forced out into the streets, with some even dying…The authorities order thorough measures to be taken

2023.04.25

＜Interview with N. Korean＞ Farm mobilizations start early this year amid orders to mobilize “every able-bodied person,” How about the situation on the ground

Society / Economy

＜Interview with N. Korean＞ Farm mobilizations start early this year amid orders to mobilize “every able-bodied person,” How about the situation on the ground

2023.04.24

＜Inside N. Korea＞The authorities strengthen punishments toward those engaging in the “non-socialist” practice of living together outside of marriage, even dragging violators in front of public trials and punishing them with forced labor

Society / Economy

＜Inside N. Korea＞The authorities strengthen punishments toward those engaging in the “non-socialist” practice of living together outside of marriage, even dragging violators in front of public trials and punishing them with forced labor

2023.04.20

＜Inside N. Korea＞ “Just one piece of laundry soap and a couple kilograms of corn…” ASIAPRESS asks N. Koreans about the special rations for Kim Il Sung’s birthday

＜Inside N. Korea＞ “Just one piece of laundry soap and a couple kilograms of corn…” ASIAPRESS asks N. Koreans about the special rations for Kim Il Sung’s birthday

2023.04.17

＜Interview with N. Korean＞ Conducts mass mobilization to farming communities: “People are being ordered to increase grain production to the death”… Even farmers are suffering from lack of food

＜Interview with N. Korean＞ Conducts mass mobilization to farming communities: “People are being ordered to increase grain production to the death”… Even farmers are suffering from lack of food

2023.04.16

＜Investigation＞ Changes in how young people view military service: “Why do we need to become soldiers if we’re a strong country with nuclear weapons?”

＜Investigation＞ Changes in how young people view military service: “Why do we need to become soldiers if we’re a strong country with nuclear weapons?”

2023.04.12

＜Interview with Two N. Korean＞ The 1.4 million young people petitioning for the military was just for show…they know they won’t have to join up to fight against the Americans and South Koreans

＜Interview with Two N. Korean＞ The 1.4 million young people petitioning for the military was just for show…they know they won’t have to join up to fight against the Americans and South Koreans

2023.03.24

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Laborers forced to begin group commutes to work while singing in what appears to be the regime’s efforts to strengthen control over the people

Society / Economy

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Laborers forced to begin group commutes to work while singing in what appears to be the regime’s efforts to strengthen control over the people

2023.03.23

＜Inside N. Korea＞Suddenly pulls out “Storm Corps” from the border region, perhaps as a response to US-ROK drills

＜Inside N. Korea＞Suddenly pulls out “Storm Corps” from the border region, perhaps as a response to US-ROK drills

2023.03.19

＜Inside N. Korea＞Food sales banned in markets, leading to anxiety and concern while deepening the poverty suffered by the poor

Society / Economy

＜Inside N. Korea＞Food sales banned in markets, leading to anxiety and concern while deepening the poverty suffered by the poor

2023.03.16

＜Inside N. Korea＞Poverty-stricken urban dwellers raid farming villages in search of food…the police are on emergency alert to deal with the rise in robberies

Society / Economy

＜Inside N. Korea＞Poverty-stricken urban dwellers raid farming villages in search of food…the police are on emergency alert to deal with the rise in robberies

2023.03.14

＜Inside N. Korea＞Gasoline and diesel prices in North Korea have increased by at least two-fold in the past year. Why are prices increasing in North Korea when they are falling in other countries?

Society / Economy

＜Inside N. Korea＞Gasoline and diesel prices in North Korea have increased by at least two-fold in the past year. Why are prices increasing in North Korea when they are falling in other countries?

2023.03.02

How should we view Kim Jong-un’s daughter？　The regime is looking to perpetuate the country’s one-family rule into a fourth succession　 ISHIMARU Jiro

How should we view Kim Jong-un’s daughter？　The regime is looking to perpetuate the country’s one-family rule into a fourth succession　 ISHIMARU Jiro

2023.02.28

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Poverty-stricken people gather in front of government and party headquarters in Yanggang Province to demand food

Society / Economy

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Poverty-stricken people gather in front of government and party headquarters in Yanggang Province to demand food

2023.02.21

＜Inside N. Korea＞Reflecting the DPRK’s economic difficulties, special gift for Kim Jong-il’s birthday amounts to just five hours of electricity… “Kids just got sweets to eat”

Society / Economy

＜Inside N. Korea＞Reflecting the DPRK’s economic difficulties, special gift for Kim Jong-il’s birthday amounts to just five hours of electricity… “Kids just got sweets to eat”

2023.02.20

＜In-depth Investigation＞N. Korea still boasts the world’s longest military service! This year, men are required to serve 8 years, while women volunteers are given 5 years

＜In-depth Investigation＞N. Korea still boasts the world’s longest military service! This year, men are required to serve 8 years, while women volunteers are given 5 years

2023.02.20

＜Inside N. Korea＞Authorities begin recruiting poverty-stricken urban dwellers to move to farms with promises of food and housing

Society / Economy

＜Inside N. Korea＞Authorities begin recruiting poverty-stricken urban dwellers to move to farms with promises of food and housing

2023.02.16

＜Emergency Interview＞ What did you think when you saw Kim Jong-un’s daughter at the military parade? 　“Nobody thinks that she will become successor”

＜Emergency Interview＞ What did you think when you saw Kim Jong-un’s daughter at the military parade? 　“Nobody thinks that she will become successor”

2023.02.13

1 2 3 … 29