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Kim Jong Eun Has No Will or Ability to Make Changes 
Date : November 30, 2012
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) analyzed Kim Jong Eun's rule on the 28th by stating that he has no will or ability to change the North Korean regime's criminal acts. &nbs…
UN Resolution on North Korea Adopted 
Date : November 28, 2012
The Third Committee of the UN General Assembly yesterday adopted a resolution on North Korean human rights. The resolution condemned the North Korean regime for their “s…
Family Travel to China Banned 
Date : November 28, 2012
The North Korean regime has moved to curtail family visits to China. The ban on family visits has been implemented on the run-up to the first anniversary of Kim Jong Il’…
Infant and Maternal Mortality Rates Rising 
Date : November 27, 2012
A South Korean aid group, Medical Aid for Children, reported on Monday that the North’s infant and maternal mortality rates have been rapidly rising over the last few ye…
North Korean Men are Immersed in South Korean Fashion 
Date : November 23, 2012
The Chosun Ilbo recently quoted from a Daily NK article on the Korean wave's influence in North Korea. South Korean fashion and cosmetics have become popular for not only…
Consolidation of Power over the Military Continues 
Date : November 21, 2012
Kim Jong Eun is continuing the movement to consolidate his power over the military. The Chosun Ilbo has reported that the South Korean intelligence services have learned …
Cell Phone Users in North Korea have topped 1,500,000 
Date : November 20, 2012
According to the Chosun Ilbo, the number of cell phone users in North Korea has topped 1,500,000, and North Korea’s mobile carrier, Egypt's Orascom, received a 3-year ex…
North Korea Constructing Greenhouses and Livestock Facilities 
Date : November 20, 2012
According to the Chosun Ilbo, the North Korean media recently started expounding the virtues of the North's construction of new greenhouses for vegetables and facilities …
Idolization of Kim Jong Eun is Beginning 
Date : November 19, 2012
According to Yonhap News and other North Korea focused media sources, it seems that the North Korean regime recently begun the process of the idolization of Kim Jong Eun.…
North Korea's 'Sunrise Restaurant,' Whom is it for? 
Date : November 19, 2012
According to the Daily NK, the North Korean regime is using visits to the recently opened 'Sunrise Restaurant' and 'Mansukyo Soft Drink Shop' for propaganda purposes. How…
NK Regime’s Control of Verbal Grievances, Citizens’ Cold Response 
Date : November 14, 2012
  The North Korean regime has recently taken steps to strengthen the surveillance and control of North Korea people’s in an attempt to counteract verbal complaints…
Secret Executions with Blunt Weapons 
Date : November 12, 2012
Last Thursday, the Daily NK reported that the North Korean regime is widely enforcing a 'beating to death with a blunt weapon' policy.  Through defectors' testimonie…
Second Resettlement Center to Open 
Date : November 12, 2012
Hwacheon in Gangwon Province is to be the location of a second resettlement center for North Korean defectors the South Korean government announced last Thursday. The cen…
Defense Security Command Targeting Illicit Border Activities 
Date : November 12, 2012
Inspections of the border guard units along the Chinese border by the Defense Security Command are underway in an attempt to crackdown on guards that assist in illicit ac…
Child Beggars Sometimes not Orphans 
Date : November 12, 2012
Last Friday, a North Korea focused newspaper, New Focus, stated that kkotjaebi [child beggars] before were mostly orphans, but these days, there are many kkotjaebi who ha…
 
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