북한의 가을걷이 총동원이 마무리 단계에 접어들고 있는 가운데, 현장에서는 농장원들이 돈을 받고 다른 농장에 대신 동원을 나가는 기이한 현상이 나타나고 있는 것으로 전해졌다. 이는 국가의 동원 시스템에 시장 논리가 적용되고 ...

As business slows at North Korea’s marketplaces, people are complaining about being constantly called up for mandatory ...

The Chinese government freed the Hongxiang Group’s major executives after criminally punishing them. They kept a low profile afterwards, but have recently returned to trade with North Korea.

Several North Koreans who had resorted to gold mining as a last resort in the face of economic difficulties recently died ...