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'Russian deployment heroes’ stained with youth's blood (2) The Roots of Heroism: How Does North Korean Education Brainwash People？
2025.09.25
Politics

Kim Jong-un's regime's ongoing creation of "new heroes" is closely linked to North Korea's education system. This articl...
'Russian deployment heroes’ stained with youth's blood (1) Creating a ‘new hero’ myth through propaganda
2025.09.24
Politics

Since North Korean authorities first officially acknowledged the Russian deployment on April 28, 2025, an unprecedented ...
＜Inside N. Korea＞ Farm Officials Illegally Transfer Children to Cities... Avoiding the Despised Farmer Status of Poverty and Contempt
2025.09.15
Society / Economy

As farm officials' movements to send their children away from rural areas to cities have spread, North Korean authoritie...
N. Koreans Residents React Positively to Kim Jong-un's China Visit: 'We Now Stand Shoulder-to-Shoulder with Great Powers' - Propaganda Campaign Begins Immediately
2025.09.12
Politics

When Kim Jong-un attended the 80th anniversary commemoration of victory in the Anti-Japanese War and World Anti-Fascist ...

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＜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

Society / Economy

＜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＞ Explains that they fought South Korean forces in Russia - Youth education already begun with "Let's become bullet and bomb suicide squads"

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Explains that they fought South Korean forces in Russia - Youth education already begun with "Let's become bullet and bomb suicide squads"

2025.09.02

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Increased vigilance ordered due to rising crimes by hungry soldiers 'Report soldiers on unauthorized leave'...Parents worry about malnutrition and send money

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Increased vigilance ordered due to rising crimes by hungry soldiers 'Report soldiers on unauthorized leave'...Parents worry about malnutrition and send money

2025.09.01

＜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?

Society / Economy

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

Society / Economy

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

Society / Economy

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

Society / Economy

＜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

Society / Economy

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

Society / Economy

＜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"

Society / Economy

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

＜Video＞ Call with a N. Korean Woman (2) What is daily life like for residents now? "It's not a time when just anyone can do business. People are really exhausted"

＜Video＞ Call with a N. Korean Woman (2) What is daily life like for residents now? "It's not a time when just anyone can do business. People are really exhausted"

2025.07.30

＜Video＞ Call with a N. Korean Woman (1) Expectations for Dialogue with the Lee Jae-myung Administration? "I don't think the Kim regime will do anything with the South..."

＜Video＞ Call with a N. Korean Woman (1) Expectations for Dialogue with the Lee Jae-myung Administration? "I don't think the Kim regime will do anything with the South..."

2025.07.30

＜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

Society / Economy

＜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"

Society / Economy

＜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

<Inside N. Korea> Internal Document Leaks Give Kim Regime Headaches... Digitization as Countermeasure (2) Propaganda Website 'Napalsu' Replaces Print Materials... "People Carrying Publications Have Disappeared"

Internal Document Leaks Give Kim Regime Headaches... Digitization as Countermeasure (2) Propaganda Website 'Napalsu' Replaces Print Materials... "People Carrying Publications Have Disappeared"

2025.06.05

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Internal Document Leaks Give Kim Regime Headaches... Digitization as Countermeasure (1)　'Preventing Secret Leaks' Directive Document Obtained and Released

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Internal Document Leaks Give Kim Regime Headaches... Digitization as Countermeasure (1)　'Preventing Secret Leaks' Directive Document Obtained and Released

2025.05.30

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Explaining the Ukraine War to Citizens: "Russia's Patriotic War," "A Favorable Situation for Our Revolution" - Silence on Troop Deployment and Casualties

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Explaining the Ukraine War to Citizens: "Russia's Patriotic War," "A Favorable Situation for Our Revolution" - Silence on Troop Deployment and Casualties

2025.05.23

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

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