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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

China has temporarily eased customs rules on equipment and materials bound for North Korea's civilian economy, trade sources in China say.

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

Some North Korean elementary students keep a hidden diary for true feelings, separate from the one their teacher reviews for censorship.

With no way to cool their homes amid chronic outages, North Koreans in Kaechon are flocking to abandoned coal mines to escape ...