Recommendations <Special Feature> Escaping N.Korea…History and Present State(1) Kim Jong Un’s war of extermination leads to the end of the defector era ISHIMARU Jiro 2022.08.01
Society / Economy The N. Korean won’s depreciation is not stopping, losing around 40% of its value against the RMB, 68% against the USD compared to early 2022 2022.07.31
Society / Economy <Interview with a N. Korean Woman> "I live with goats and pigs in my apartment" The desperation driving people to raising animals at home 2022.07.27
Society / Economy COVID-19 <Inside N. Korea> Signs of a new surge of COVID-19 in N. Korea…Restrictions are intensifying again while some suggest that a new variant has hit the country 2022.07.25
Society / Economy COVID-19 <Inside N. Korea>Investigating N. Korea’s COVID-19 Situation (2)…Deaths in Yanggang Province…Authorities lift ban on vehicular movement between cities 2022.07.05
Recommendations COVID-19 <Inside N. Korea>Investigating N. Korea’s COVID-19 Situation (1)…Some areas of N. Hamgyung Province suffer a death rate of 3-5%…Nobody believes the government’s statistics…Increasing deaths of children and elderly people 2022.07.04
Society / Economy COVID-19 <Inside N. Korea> Using market surveys to understand the economic situation (2)…Food supply chain is in chaos due to COVID-19, with prices skyrocketing more than 10 times for some items 2022.07.01
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea> Using market surveys to understand the economic situation (1)…Chinese-made products nowhere to be found…Replaced by domestic soap, toothpaste and clothing 2022.06.29
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea> The Kim Jong-un regime orders city dwellers to the farms to make up for lost time 2022.06.25
Society / Economy COVID-19 <Breaking News> Hyesan City Lockdown Completely Lifted: Market and Workplaces Reopened, Citizens Soon to be Mobilized for Farm Work 2022.06.14
Society / Economy COVID-19 <Inside N. Korea>Farmers face very difficult conditions with food shortages causing rampant starvation…Labor shortages mean many farm fields remain unweeded and unplanted…Crop yields are down because of recent droughts 2022.06.14
Society / Economy COVID-19 A glimpse into North Korea’s COVID-19 situation (2) Urban lockdowns are slowly being lifted, and people in areas where lockdowns have ended are being sent to farms 2022.06.14
Society / Economy COVID-19 A glimpse into North Korea’s COVID-19 situation (1) The elderly and young are dying…The authorities determine infections using just temperature checks…Most people are recovering from their symptoms 2022.06.13
Society / Economy COVID-19 <Inside N. Korea> Facing the spread of starvation, N. Korean authorities distribute food for free in some urban areas 2022.06.01
Society / Economy COVID-19 <Inside N. Korea>N. Korea’s largest iron mine shutdowns, markets close, and controls intensify daily due to COVID-19 in N. Hamgyong Province’s Musan County 2022.05.25
Society / Economy COVID-19 <N. Korea’s COVID-19 pandemic> Reports of people dying following the lockdown of Hyesan, Yanggang Province…The authorities fail to provide medicine and medicine to those in isolation…The Kim Jong-un regime is intent to prevent information leaks about the situation 2022.05.24
Society / Economy COVID-19 <Interview from Inside N. Korea>“Nobody would know if isolated people die in their homes”…Severe shortages of medical supplies and food…No state rations for people in quarantine 2022.05.20
Society / Economy COVID-19 <Interview from Inside N. Korea> People are afraid of starvation if cities are locked down…PCR tests don’t exist…ASIAPRESS interviews a N. Korean to better understand the situation in the country and how people are feeling 2022.05.17
Society / Economy COVID-19 <Inside N. Korea> A report about the COVID-19 situation from a party member in North Hamgyung Province: Those with fevers are placed in isolation and their apartment buildings are put under lockdown, People continue to go to work and the markets remain open, People are more scared of lockdowns than the disease 2022.05.16
Society / Economy COVID-19 <Inside N. Korea> Theft of car parts is rampant in North Korea. Thieves immobilize vehicles by stealing tires, mirrors to sell on the black market...Few car parts make it over the border due to the pandemic 2022.05.14
Society / Economy COVID-19 <Urgent > What is happening inside N.Korea with COVID-19? The government heavily crackdown on hoarding and restrict movement to other areas 2022.05.13
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea> Scarier than the police...Housewives turned “people’s units” leaders are now becoming more powerful as key resources used by N. Korea to control its population 2022.04.28
Society / Economy <Inside N.Korea> Hunger spreads in rural areas in April; farmers run out of food, and people in cities have no cash income… The authorities implement weak measures to resolve these issues 2022.04.25
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea> Kim Jong-un expresses rage over continued leaking of secret documents, handing down order to prohibit party organizations from printing documents 2022.04.25