Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea>Violent young people form brotherhoods, causing fights to break out between different gangs…The authorities crackdown on young people who try to earn money outside of their assigned workplaces 2023.05.16
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
Society / Economy <Investigation>Increase in wandering homeless people throughout North Korea…poverty-stricken elderly people and children forced out into the streets, with some even dying…The authorities order thorough measures to be taken 2023.04.25
Society / Economy <Interview with N. Korean> Farm mobilizations start early this year amid orders to mobilize “every able-bodied person,” How about the situation on the ground 2023.04.24
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea>The authorities strengthen punishments toward those engaging in the “non-socialist” practice of living together outside of marriage, even dragging violators in front of public trials and punishing them with forced labor 2023.04.20
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
Military <Investigation> Changes in how young people view military service: “Why do we need to become soldiers if we’re a strong country with nuclear weapons?” 2023.04.12
Military <Interview with Two N. Korean> The 1.4 million young people petitioning for the military was just for show…they know they won’t have to join up to fight against the Americans and South Koreans 2023.03.24
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea> Laborers forced to begin group commutes to work while singing in what appears to be the regime’s efforts to strengthen control over the people 2023.03.23
Military <Inside N. Korea>Suddenly pulls out “Storm Corps” from the border region, perhaps as a response to US-ROK drills 2023.03.19
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea>Food sales banned in markets, leading to anxiety and concern while deepening the poverty suffered by the poor 2023.03.16
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea>Poverty-stricken urban dwellers raid farming villages in search of food…the police are on emergency alert to deal with the rise in robberies 2023.03.14
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea>Gasoline and diesel prices in North Korea have increased by at least two-fold in the past year. Why are prices increasing in North Korea when they are falling in other countries? 2023.03.02
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
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea> Poverty-stricken people gather in front of government and party headquarters in Yanggang Province to demand food 2023.02.21
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea>Reflecting the DPRK’s economic difficulties, special gift for Kim Jong-il’s birthday amounts to just five hours of electricity… “Kids just got sweets to eat” 2023.02.20
Military <In-depth Investigation>N. Korea still boasts the world’s longest military service! This year, men are required to serve 8 years, while women volunteers are given 5 years 2023.02.20
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea>Authorities begin recruiting poverty-stricken urban dwellers to move to farms with promises of food and housing 2023.02.16
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
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea>Harsh cold snap in January leads to death toll, with frozen bodies found in fields or inside mud huts…Authorities order closer monitoring of the people in response to rise in wandering people 2023.02.10
Society / Economy <Inside N. Korea>Even high-level cadres mobilized to collect human feces during this year’s “manure battle”…People bring buckets with them when going to the public lavatory 2023.02.08
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