Society / Economy <N. Korea> A Mysterious 33% Surge in the Won Against the RMB…Are the Authorities Manipulating N. Korea’s Currency? 2021.06.08
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea> Major Power Outages Continue Across Cities as Electricity Supply to Residents is Cut Off Drastically…Why? 2021.06.08
Society / Economy <Interview with a North Korean woman (2) > Flouting Hallyu Crackdown, N. Korean Teens Speak in S. Korean Dialect and Even Engage in ‘Sexting’ 2021.06.02
Society / Economy COVID-19 <Interview with a North Korean Woman (1) > Why the COVID Situation is Causing a Surge in “Black-Market Abortions” 2021.05.31
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea> Digital Dictatorship: Top Leadership Forced to Take Computer Classes as Kim Jong-un Orders Officials to “Keep up with the times” 2021.05.21
Politics <Inside N. Korea> Maximum Punishment Under the "Korean Wave Suppression Act" is Death…Still, K-pop is Popular 2021.05.19
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea> More Elderly and Children Begging in the Streets…Girls at Greater Risk of Sexual Abuse 2021.05.17
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea> The maximum penalty for the "Korean Wave Suppression Act" is death. Still, K-pop is popular among young people. 2021.05.14
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea> Order to Abolish All "Hidden Fields": Farmers Fear Starvation as Ban Begins 2021.05.11
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea>"Crash Landing on You" Finally Reaches N. Korean Screens: Interviews With the Women Risking their Lives to Watch It 2021.05.06
Politics <Inside N. Korea> "Show me your texts and photos": Strict Censorship of Cell Phones Comes with Threat of Death Penalty 2021.04.27
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea> Kim Regime’s Crackdown on Individual Business Activities Begins: Ruthless Confiscation of Goods Forces Traders to Consider Defection 2021.04.26
Politics Kim Jong-un Regime Fears Digital Resistance: less than 0.1% of N. Koreans Can Access the Internet (ISHIMARU Jiro) 2021.04.19
Society / Economy COVID-19 <Inside N. Korea> “Coronavirus Comes from the Sea”: Impoverished Fishermen Forced to Sell their Ships to Survive 2021.04.14
Society / Economy COVID-19 <Inside N. Korea> Kim Jong-un Regime Orders Emergency Import of Medicine: Many Dead due to Collapse of Medical Care Under Coronavirus Restrictions 2021.04.12
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea> Agricultural Materials in Short Supply as Farmers Predict Disastrous Harvest 2021.03.30
Society / Economy COVID-19 The lockdown in Hyesan suddenly lifted after only two days, due to strong opposition 2021.03.11
Society / Economy COVID-19 <Inside N. Korea> Month-Long Lockdown Begins for Third Time in Hyesan as Residents Fear Further Hardship and Starvation 2021.03.05
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea>Trade with China Set to Resume in March with Fertilizer Imports as Top Priority 2021.03.04
Society / Economy COVID-19 Japan-N. Korea Ties Severed by the Coronavirus: Contact Lost with Relatives for Over a Year due to Postal Service Stop ISHIMARU Jiro 2021.02.26
Society / Economy COVID-19 <Emergency Interview>Lockdown Death Toll Climbs in Hyesan: “We are Dying Due to Lack of Medicine and Food” 2021.02.24
Society / Economy COVID-19 <Inside N. Korea> Hyesan Lockdown Lifted Early Due to Local Reports of Starvation 2021.02.18
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea> Several Defectors Shot and Killed at Chinese Border: Poverty and Starvation Forces Residents to Choose Between Deadly Border Crossing or Suicide 2021.02.10
Society / Economy COVID-19 <Inside N. Korea> Crime and Suicide on the Rise as Border City Residents Face Starvation in Second 30-Day Lockdown 2021.02.09