Markets, not wages, feed NK households
Pyongsong’s city center. (Bjørn Christian Tørrissen) “The official salary from my workplace is about 30,000 North Korean won…
North Korea’s young workers game the 8·3 labor system
The Nov. 3, 2025, edition of Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the Korean Workers’ Party, highlighted officials…
North Korean traders prep for summer clothing season
FILE PHOTO: North Koreans are seen peddling goods at a street market in Hyesan, Yanggang Province. (© Daily…
Kim Jong Un cult of personality alarms North Koreans
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presides over a vote at the first session of the 15th Supreme…