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

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

Society / Economy

COVID-19

＜Emergency Interview on North Korea＞ A woman living in Hyesan City under lockdown, speaks in a painful voice: “If this continues, I will starve to death.”

2021.02.08

Society / Economy

COVID-19

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Running out of Juice: Regional Cities Receiving Just 2 Hours of Tap Water and Electricity per Day

2021.01.27

Society / Economy

COVID-19

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Authorities Ordered to House More Homeless, Internal Documents State, as Economic Paralysis of Coronavirus Worsens

2021.01.13

Society / Economy

COVID-19

＜Inside N. Korea＞ Missing Medicine: Country on Verge of "Medical System Collapse" due to Rapid Depletion and Blocked Imports of Drugs

2020.12.23

Society / Economy

COVID-19

＜Inside N. Korea＞ “No Soap but Many Broken-Down Cars”: The Reality of Life Under the Paralyzed COVID-19 Economy

2020.12.22