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Kim Jong Un speaks at the Ninth Workers' Party of Korea Congress, Pyongyang, Feb. 19, 2026

South Korea is sleepwalking through the North Korean nuclear crisis

Gil-sup Kwak -
With a U.S.-China summit scheduled for mid-May 2026, calls are growing once again to shift the framework for addressing North Korea's nuclear program away...
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Satellite image of the Yongdok-dong nuclear complex in Kusong, North Pyongan province, showing the high-explosives test area, explosive storage sites, underground facility entrances, headquarters and support area, laboratory, electrical substation, greenhouse, KPA barracks, and the Dongchang River running through the valley. July 1, 2023.

Kusong’s hidden nuclear complex: What satellite imagery reveals

Bruce Songhak Chung -
Satellite imagery of two sites in Kusong, North Pyongan province, captured in early 2026, shows recent changes at facilities linked to suspected nuclear weapons...
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un applauds as he attends the Ninth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) in Pyongyang, North Korea.

North Korea’s policing problem: corruption, crime, and Kim Jong Un’s reform gambit

Yoshihiro Makino -
In his policy address to the Supreme People's Assembly on March 23, 2026, Kim Jong Un declared that he would establish "a police system...
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Recent Stories from North Korea

Medicinal plants on offer at a health food store in Pyongyang

North Korea mobilizes medical students for herb collection drives

Seon Hwa -
North Korea has mobilized medical students at universities across North Pyongan province to collect medicinal herbs, drafting them into a state-driven push to expand...
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North Korean IT workers at computer terminals with a holographic map of North Korea in the background

Pyongyang targets software developers in crackdown on unauthorized programs

Park Hee-soo -
North Korea gathered more than 30 software developers in Pyongyang in mid-April 2026 to take part in what authorities billed as a technical training...
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railways

North Korean freight smugglers arrested, then freed after paying massive bribes

Park Hee-soo -
Two young men in their 20s from Haeju city in South Hwanghae province built a lucrative illegal freight operation by smuggling goods aboard train...
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The flag of China with a view of a river behind it.

China recruits North Korean defectors as informants to trap escape brokers

Lee Chae Eun -
Chinese police are recruiting North Korean defectors living in China as informants and using them to infiltrate defector escape networks, leading to the arrest...
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Medical workers from the Sinam General Clinic in Pyongyang's Chung district set out to conduct community health checkups, July 2021

North Korea’s community doctor system draws skepticism as healthcare shortages persist

Seon Hwa -
North Korea's authorities have been promoting the country's community doctor system as a pillar of preventive healthcare in 2026, but people across the country...
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