Society / Economy COVID-19 Optimism in North Korea: As Poverty Spreads Residents Start to Play Down the Pandemic…"COVID is like the common cold" and "Eating garlic will keep us safe" 2022.02.25
Military COVID-19 Nationwide “Compost Battle” Begins Again: Cash-Strapped Regime Continues Missile Testing While Forcing Citizens to Collect Feces for Farm Use. ISHIMARU Jiro 2022.01.20
Military COVID-19 <Inside N. Korea> "Why did they kill him?" How residents feel about the recent shooting of residents escaping into China 2021.12.14
Society / Economy COVID-19 <North Korea> East Coast Ports Closed Again, Fishing Banned for 40 Days Due to Fishermen's Violation of Coronavirus Rules 2021.12.06
Society / Economy COVID-19 <Inside N. Korea> North Korea's border with China is under martial law 2021.12.05
Society / Economy COVID-19 <Inside N. Korea>Outbreak of “10-Day Flu” in North Korea: Authorities Restrict Attendance at Work Due to Lack of Medical Supplies 2021.11.30
Society / Economy COVID-19 <Inside N. Korea> Nationwide Medicine Shortage Results in Rising Deaths Among Infants and Elderly 2021.11.08
Society / Economy COVID-19 <Inside N. Korea> Major Factory Shuts Down as Workers Leave Following 6 Months of Unpaid Labor 2021.10.11
Military COVID-19 <Latest Photo Report> Scenes of North Korea Captured by Super Telephoto Lens (2) People Trapped in a "Cage” of Their Own Construction [ISHIMARU Jiro] 2021.08.24
Society / Economy COVID-19 <Inside N. Korea>Supply of COVID-19 Disinfectant and Protective Clothing Improves…. “If you eat garlic, you won't be infected,” ssayid rresidents. 2021.08.16
Society / Economy COVID-19 <Inside N. Korea> Electricity Situation Deteriorates Further as Equipment Remains Stuck in China… “Even in the city center supply is limited to one or two hours a day” 2021.08.16
Military COVID-19 <Latest Photo Report> Scenes of North Korea Captured by Super Telephoto Lens (1) Residents Replaced by Border Guards Along the Riverside [ISHIMARU Jiro] 2021.08.10
Politics COVID-19 <Inside N. Korea> The Deteriorating Plight of the People (1) Residents Impoverished by Excessive Coronavirus Quarantine Measures [ISHIMARU Jiro] 2021.07.08
Society / Economy COVID-19 <Inside N. Korea> Kim Jong-un Gives Direct Order to Crackdown on Cash Brokers: “S. Korean agents are painting Chinese banknotes with coronavirus and sending them here” 2021.06.14
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 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
Military COVID-19 COVID-19 and the Military (Part 2): “1 Thermometer Per Company”...Soldiers and Families Struggle to Cope with Harsh Military Quarantine Measures 2021.03.16
Military COVID-19 COVID-19 and the Military (Part 1): Starving Soldiers Shoot Stray Livestock and Desert to Survive Depleting Rations 2021.03.15
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 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