Money-transfer brokers make a comeback
A marker delineating the border between China and North Korea (Wikimedia Commons) Private money-transfer brokers are reviving in…
North Koreans demand wider graft probe
The Supreme People’s Assembly, pictured in 2020. (Rodong Sinmun-News1) North Korean people are calling for a sweeping investigation…
North Korea beer snubbed for home brews
Pyongyangites drinking Taedonggang Beer. (DPRK Today) North Korea beer is losing out at home to homemade craft brews…
North Korea moonshine crackdown during food shortage
A view of apartment buildings in Hyesan, the capital of Ryanggang province, North Korea, photographed in August 2018.…
North Korea grain stores stabilize rice prices, draw complaints
Vendors sell fruit along a rural road between Nampo and Kaesong, North Korea, in 2015. /Photo=Uwe Brodrecht More…
North Korea grain prices fall at markets in May 2026
FILE PHOTO: A North Korean businessperson using a cell phone at a local market. (Daily NK) Grain prices…
North Korean market vendors make wigs to survive
FILE PHOTO: A picture of a streetside market in Hoeryong taken in 2019. (Daily NK) Market traders in…
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…
North Korea food safety alarm over factory contaminants
Candy and cookies produced by North Korea’s Mangyongdae Kyonghung Food Factory and Songdowon Comprehensive Food Factory. (Daily NK)…
North Koreans trust foreign news but tune out state TV
North Koreans read copies of the Rodong Sinmun outside a newsstand. | Rodong Sinmun · News1 North Koreans…
North Korea brokers extort defector families
In this undated photo, North Koreans can be seen selling goods on the street in the North Korea-China…