NEW! Politics <Inside N. Korea> A year after “Kim Ju-ae“ ’s first appearance, what kinds of things are people saying about her? 2023.11.30
NEW! Politics <Inside N. Korea> The Major Changes Surrounding the November 26 Elections(1) For the first time, multiple candidates on secret ballots for preliminary election…a small change in past elections 2023.11.28
Politics <Inside N. Korea> The Kim Jong-un regime resumes public executions…Man executed in late September in Yanggang Province for stealing medicine 2023.10.10
Politics <Inside N. Korea>Government calls on people to “repay the Supreme Leader’s hard work” during Kim Jong-un’s visit to Russia and mobilizes people for farmwork and construction projects 2023.09.21
Politics <Inside N. Korea> People increasingly interested in Kim Jong-un’s daughter following continuous appearances in state-run media…Several people investigated for claiming that “the era of a female Supreme Leader has arrived” 2023.09.19
Politics <Breaking News>Kim Jong-un regime restarts public executions…Nine people shot to death in Hyesan City on August 30 according to witness 2023.09.05
Politics <Inside N. Korea> Regime demands provincial party cadres to write self-criticisms regarding failure to social chaos, including starvation deaths 2023.07.24
Politics <Inside N. Korea>Police decided to use gun to combat rash of robberies…Soldiers also frequently take part in robberies, using “knives to threaten people and take away their bicycles, phones, and even their clothes” 2023.07.20
Politics 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
Politics <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
Politics <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
Politics <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
Politics <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
Politics 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
Politics <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
Politics <Confidential Document>Runaways, suicides and deaths are commonplace in N. Korea’s police detention facilities, leading Kim Jong-un to sign off on measures to punish those in charge 2023.02.02
Politics <Inside N. Korea> Cadres shocked by massive personnel shakeup that brings more young people into official positions 2023.01.07
Politics <Interview with Two N. Korean Women> How do N. Koreans view the appearance of Kim Jong-un’s daughter, “Ju-ae”? Rumors circulate that she’s a “genius” and an “advisor” to her father 2022.12.01
Politics Human rights situation has only worsened during Kim Jong-un’s 11 years in power ISHIMARU Jiro 2022.11.30
Politics COVID-19 <Local Interview>Is N. Korea’s “victory of COVID-19” legit? (3) As Kim Yo-jong’s claim that COVID-19 was imported by defectors whips up hatred against the South 2022.09.04
Politics COVID-19 <Local Interview> Is N. Korea’s “victory over COVID-19” legit? (2) “Cadres are now contracting the virus” 2022.09.03
Politics COVID-19 <Local Interviews>Is N. Korea’s “victory over COVID-19” legit? (1) Fever patients still emerge…People believe the country has achieved herd immunity 2022.08.31
Politics <Interview with a N. Korean Woman>What do N. Koreans think about Kim Yo-jong’s speech? 2022.08.29
Military Kim Jong-un has started to make nuclear threats. Did he learn this from Putin’s strategy of escalation? What he’s protecting as his people starve...(ISHIMARU Jiro) 2022.04.30