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＜Super-telephoto Lens Report> One Year After Floods, What Does the Site Look Like Now? (1) Rows of New Apartments... But Look Closely and Tiles Are Already Falling Off (10 Photos)

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＜Super-telephoto Lens Report> One Year After Floods, What Does the Site Look Like Now? (1) Rows of New Apartments... But Look Closely and Tiles Are Already Falling Off (10 Photos)

2025.10.27

＜Inside N. Korea＞N. Korean Won Plunges 30-40% as Dollar and Yuan Surge Due to Foreign Currency Shortage; Rice Prices More Than Double, Food and Fuel Costs Skyrocket

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＜Inside N. Korea＞N. Korean Won Plunges 30-40% as Dollar and Yuan Surge Due to Foreign Currency Shortage; Rice Prices More Than Double, Food and Fuel Costs Skyrocket

2025.10.27

＜Ultra-Telephoto Footage＞ Bridge Construction Between N. Korea and Russia Progressing Steadily - Dump Trucks, Cranes... Chinese Heavy Equipment in Action

＜Ultra-Telephoto Footage＞ Bridge Construction Between N. Korea and Russia Progressing Steadily - Dump Trucks, Cranes... Chinese Heavy Equipment in Action

2025.10.15

＜N. Korea Photo Report＞Mass Smuggling of Vehicles in Violation of Sanctions... Hundreds of Luxury Cars Including Toyota and Trucks Lined Up at Border - Chinese Authorities Possibly Turning a Blind Eye

＜N. Korea Photo Report＞Mass Smuggling of Vehicles in Violation of Sanctions... Hundreds of Luxury Cars Including Toyota and Trucks Lined Up at Border - Chinese Authorities Possibly Turning a Blind Eye

2025.10.15

＜Breaking News/ Super-telephoto＞The N.Korea-Russia Vehicle Bridge Construction Progressing Steadily (6 photos and maps)

＜Breaking News/ Super-telephoto＞The N.Korea-Russia Vehicle Bridge Construction Progressing Steadily (6 photos and maps)

2025.09.30

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Mass outbreak of severe diarrhea and colitis patients from tap water - Authorities respond with large amounts of disinfectant, but "smell too strong to drink" in Hyesan

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＜Inside N. Korea＞ Mass outbreak of severe diarrhea and colitis patients from tap water - Authorities respond with large amounts of disinfectant, but "smell too strong to drink" in Hyesan

2025.09.26

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Farm Officials Illegally Transfer Children to Cities... Avoiding the Despised Farmer Status of Poverty and Contempt

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＜Inside N. Korea＞ Farm Officials Illegally Transfer Children to Cities... Avoiding the Despised Farmer Status of Poverty and Contempt

2025.09.15

＜Inside N. Korea＞Solar and Biomass Power Facilities Being Installed on Farms - However, Costs to Be Paid by Farmers

Society / Economy

＜Inside N. Korea＞Solar and Biomass Power Facilities Being Installed on Farms - However, Costs to Be Paid by Farmers

2025.09.10

＜Inside N. Korea＞Protect the Harvest - Farms Organize 24-Hour Paid Security Teams, Military Blocks Roads and Conducts Inspections

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＜Inside N. Korea＞Protect the Harvest - Farms Organize 24-Hour Paid Security Teams, Military Blocks Roads and Conducts Inspections

2025.09.10

＜Inside N. Korea＞Almost Like Farmers? Military Farm Deployments Become Routine…　Farms Welcome Free Labor, but Authorities Worry About Soldiers' Misconduct

＜Inside N. Korea＞Almost Like Farmers? Military Farm Deployments Become Routine…　Farms Welcome Free Labor, but Authorities Worry About Soldiers' Misconduct

2025.08.27

The Rise and Fall of the New Wealthy Class 'Donju' in the Kim Jong-un Era (5) Newly Emerging Under Economic Reform, Donju Who Enter Enterprises and Strike It Rich - Who Are They?

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The Rise and Fall of the New Wealthy Class 'Donju' in the Kim Jong-un Era (5) Newly Emerging Under Economic Reform, Donju Who Enter Enterprises and Strike It Rich - Who Are They?

2025.08.25

The Rise and Fall of the New Wealthy Class 'Donju' in the Kim Jong-un Era (4) The Establishment of the 'Enterprise Responsibility Management System' - The Dawn of the Corporate Age... Donju Seizing New Opportunities

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The Rise and Fall of the New Wealthy Class 'Donju' in the Kim Jong-un Era (4) The Establishment of the 'Enterprise Responsibility Management System' - The Dawn of the Corporate Age... Donju Seizing New Opportunities

2025.08.19

The Rise and Fall of the New Wealthy Class 'Donju' in the Kim Jong-un Era (3) Only the Sign Says 'State-run Store' - What About the Actual Operations? The Resurgence of Donju

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The Rise and Fall of the New Wealthy Class 'Donju' in the Kim Jong-un Era (3) Only the Sign Says 'State-run Store' - What About the Actual Operations? The Resurgence of Donju

2025.08.15

＜Atomic Bomb Survivors Who Went to N. Korea＞"My Brother Suffered for Life": Testimony of N. Korean Defector Park Young-sook

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＜Atomic Bomb Survivors Who Went to N. Korea＞"My Brother Suffered for Life": Testimony of N. Korean Defector Park Young-sook

2025.08.12

North Korea is Sweltering! Pyongyang Hits 36°C, Mother and Daughter Sleeping Outdoors in Hamhung Hit and Killed by Car, Outdoor Sleeping Banned

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North Korea is Sweltering! Pyongyang Hits 36°C, Mother and Daughter Sleeping Outdoors in Hamhung Hit and Killed by Car, Outdoor Sleeping Banned

2025.08.12

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Key Institutions Replace Chinese PCs with Domestic Products - Widespread Virus Infections and Information Leak Concerns - Components Still Chinese-Made

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＜Inside N. Korea＞ Key Institutions Replace Chinese PCs with Domestic Products - Widespread Virus Infections and Information Leak Concerns - Components Still Chinese-Made

2025.08.05

The Rise and Fall of the New Wealthy Class 'Donju' in the Kim Jong-un Era (2) COVID and Anti-Market Policies... "70-80% of Donju Have Likely Collapsed"

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The Rise and Fall of the New Wealthy Class 'Donju' in the Kim Jong-un Era (2) COVID and Anti-Market Policies... "70-80% of Donju Have Likely Collapsed"

2025.08.05

The Rise and Fall of the New Wealthy Class 'Donju' in the Kim Jong-un Era (1) The Donju's Market Debut: Prelude to a Great Collapse

Society / Economy

The Rise and Fall of the New Wealthy Class 'Donju' in the Kim Jong-un Era (1) The Donju's Market Debut: Prelude to a Great Collapse

2025.08.04

＜Inside N. Korea＞Military Units Deployed for Farming Support　Farms Welcome "Free Labor" While Hungry Soldiers Visit Households Pretending to Need Water, Asking for Food

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＜Inside N. Korea＞Military Units Deployed for Farming Support　Farms Welcome "Free Labor" While Hungry Soldiers Visit Households Pretending to Need Water, Asking for Food

2025.06.23

＜Inside N. Korea＞Youth Missing in Large Numbers "They Left for Business or Mobilization Work and Never Returned..." Authorities Suspect Defections and Place Residents Under Emergency Surveillance

Society / Economy

＜Inside N. Korea＞Youth Missing in Large Numbers "They Left for Business or Mobilization Work and Never Returned..." Authorities Suspect Defections and Place Residents Under Emergency Surveillance

2025.06.20

＜Inside N. Korea＞Large influx of Russian flour appears underway... Regular sales through grain stores, rations to major mines. Residents without cash unable to purchase

Society / Economy

＜Inside N. Korea＞Large influx of Russian flour appears underway... Regular sales through grain stores, rations to major mines. Residents without cash unable to purchase

2025.06.16

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Long-Standing Rural Mobilization Practice of 'Total Mobilization' Support Has Disappeared - Farms Also Changing with Increased Burden: "Won't Accept Mobilized Workers if Possible"

Society / Economy

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Long-Standing Rural Mobilization Practice of 'Total Mobilization' Support Has Disappeared - Farms Also Changing with Increased Burden: "Won't Accept Mobilized Workers if Possible"

2025.06.10

＜Inside N.K＞ Former Midwife was arrested for Illegal Abortions as Kim Jong Un Regime Targets Birth Control: "They Don't Even Sell Contraceptives... Women Are Suffering"

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＜Inside N.K＞ Former Midwife was arrested for Illegal Abortions as Kim Jong Un Regime Targets Birth Control: "They Don't Even Sell Contraceptives... Women Are Suffering"

2025.06.09

＜North Korea Analysis＞How Should We View Kim Jong-un's Agricultural Policy Reform?

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＜North Korea Analysis＞How Should We View Kim Jong-un's Agricultural Policy Reform?

2025.05.22

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