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Prevalence of Housing Sales in NK 
Date : November 19, 2013
Voice of America reported that housing sales in North Korea are currently prevalent.   Many new housings and apartments are being built in Pyongyang. According to…
Capitalistic Labor Markets Expand in NK 
Date : November 19, 2013
Yonhap News recently reported that capitalistic labor markets, which hire laborers through money payments, are increasing in North Korea. It is reported that the North Ko…
Eighty Executions for Bibles and Videos 
Date : November 15, 2013
This month, as many as eighty people were publicly executed for such offenses as watching South Korean movies or possessing a Bible. These executions took place in seven …
Increase of Price of Fuel 
Date : November 15, 2013
North Korean people are busy buying fuel as winter is around the corner, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported. However, the high prices for coal increase the people’s concern.…
Most Underground Christian in NK is Middle Class 
Date : November 15, 2013
‘Seoul USA’, a missionary organization in North Korea, says, “Many underground Christians are middle class who are comparatively free in movement.”   Rev. Eri…
Amusement Park Alienates the NK People 
Date : November 15, 2013
Radio Free Asia reported that many North Korean people turn away from the Hoiryung amusement park which was launched by the North Korean authorities for the anniversary o…
Begging Children in Pyongyang Station 
Date : November 15, 2013
A number of begging children are increasing at Pyongyang Station, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported. These children beg for money and bus tickets from passengers, a source s…
Possibility of Assassination of the Second Secretary  
Date : November 13, 2013
While accidents are frequently happening in regions of the Duman River this year, the second secretary of the party in Musan was found dead a few days ago, so law enforce…
Students Suffer from Construction of Pool  
Date : November 13, 2013
The North Korean authorities opened a large-scale pool, the ‘Munsoo Swimming Pool,’ on the 15th of October. Meanwhile, the authorities also ordered construction of a sw…
Commodities for Wage  
Date : November 13, 2013
The North Korean authorities have increased the wages of laborers 100 times in main factories, such as the Sung Jin Steel Manufacturing Plant, the Kim Chaek Iron and Stee…
U.S. Aid Organization Sends Nutritious Rice to NK 
Date : November 8, 2013
For the past seven years, the international food aid organization, Feed My Starving Children (FMSC), has been sending nutritious rice to the North Korean people, who cont…
International Medical Aid on the Black Market  
Date : November 8, 2013
Radio Free Asia reported that medicine that the international society sent to North Korea is circulating on the North Korean black market at a cheap price.   A so…
Distribution of Soybean Paste 
Date : October 25, 2013
Although the citizens of Yangkang Province were initially told that they would be receiving fewer rations than they had in previous years, the authorities unexpectedly de…
North Korea’s Chemical Warfare Capabilities 
Date : October 15, 2013
According to a recent paper published by the US-Korea Institute at SAIS, North Korea produces and possesses the capability to effectively employ significant quantities an…
Life that Cannot be Told without Tears 
Date : October 15, 2013
This week, North Korean defectors told members of the UK Parliament about the dire human rights situation in their country. This was part of North Korean Defectors' Week …
 
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