North Korea border guard duty was once prized for smuggling bribes, but tighter controls cut off that income, leaving ...

North Korean rice prices hit a record high in July as the exchange rate climbs too, driven by trade with China and falling ...

North Korean workers say official salaries barely cover a fraction of costs, with trade and side jobs actually sustaining ...

Rising prices are pushing more North Korean women into prostitution, a source says, as an organized trade makes police ...

Rumors of permanent residency IDs for North Korean defectors are spreading in China, raising hopes among those living without ...

Villages near North Korea's Pyongsan uranium plant were sealed off after people reported hair loss and vomiting, fueling ...

North Korea's youth league is threatening college students with expulsion over a crackdown on watching banned foreign films ...

In Kimchaek, North Korea, school attendance is rising after officials shifted repair costs from struggling parents onto local ...

North Korean students assigned Kim Jong Un's gift instruments say wealthier peers got the best ones, leaving piri players ...

Wealthy North Korean youth are choosing old, worn video players over new ones, betting inspectors assume rich families use ...

North Koreans want a full graft probe after a senior military official's bribery was exposed at a July conference attended by ...

Sinuiju apartment prices are rising as North Koreans bet on a new bridge and expanded trade with China to lift the border ...