1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (447+ words) Package tours priced at around $1,370 per person include Pyongyang landmarks, Mount Myohyang, and a model collective farm in Nampo A Beijing travel agency has begun recruiting tourists for direct-flight package tours to North Korea, with two departure dates set for…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago  (628+ words) North Korea's younger generation is breaking with tradition by dividing restaurant tabs rather than treating the group North Korean high school students in Hamhung have begun dining out with classmates multiple times a week, with splitting the bill evenly becoming…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (10+ words) North Korea tourism hopes rise as Beijing-Pyongyang train resumes'DailyNK...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1137+ words) Dr. Bruce S. Chung previously worked for South Korea's National Institute of Forest Science and for the Intelligence Agency of Satellite Image Analysis, and is now the head of the Satellite Analysis Center at the Korea Institute for Security Strategy. North…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (614+ words) Private vehicle ownership is spreading as an investment strategy among North Korea's donju class " but the price tag leaves most behind Young North Koreans with wealthy parents are buying vehicles they cannot drive and hiring drivers to run them as…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (272+ words) Gray market workarounds may no longer be tolerated under new rules North Korea instructed grocery store managers across the country in early February to strictly follow government guidelines for the purchase, sale, and storage of goods, with the Sinchon county…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (480+ words) Soldiers patrol shellfish farms as workers hide clams to supplement meager pay North Korea's aggressive expansion of aquaculture operations has created a system of labor exploitation along the country's west coast, where workers assigned to collect shellfish work full days…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (557+ words) Chinese demand for crab and shellfish drives illicit trade through Rason Trade representatives from Rason are purchasing large quantities of shellfish and other seafood from coastal areas of South Hamgyong province for export to China, creating temporary employment for local…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (882+ words) North Korea's railway bridges: strategic assets linking China, Russia while severing South'DailyNK North Korea's railway network and border railway bridges are more than just means of transportation " they are a strategic asset closely tied to the national economy, diplomatic relations…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (237+ words) The competition at Mount Paektu resort marks the country's continued absence from international sporting events since 2018 North Korea opened its own winter sports competition Wednesday at the Mount Paektu Sports Village after failing to qualify athletes for the 2026 Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo…...