Defector Memoris and Testimonies - North Korean Defectors Looking into North Korea from Outside
 
All Hands on Deck for the Rice Planting Season


The busiest time of year in North Korea is usually the rice-planting season between May and June. This year is no different; the authorities have mobilized the entire population to work on farms, meaning that adults and children alike face days of.. [2013-05-22 22:40]
Celebrating 60 Years of Free Healthcare
North Korea marked the 60th anniversary of free, universal healthcare on November 13th with media articles on how the people¡¯s living standards have risen thanks to the healthcare system provided by the state.Rodong Shinmun, the daily publication of the Chosun Work.. [2012-11-15 14:41]
No Rest in the Life of a Farmer
The autumn harvest has begun in North Korean farming villages. People are busy working day and night, not least since the recovery from recent flood damage is incomplete. As has been the case for more than 20 years, days are filled with farm work while nights are.. [2012-09-12 09:52]
Two Koreas See Abuse of Power for Sex
First there was the case of a female university student in the provincial South Korean city of Seosan who took her own life after being sexually abused by her employer, and more recently there has also been the case of a girl who fell victim to sexual assault by a.. [2012-09-11 10:35]
Beating the Korean Summer Heat
A period of unusually scorching heat has reached its peak on the Korean peninsula. According to Korea Meteorological Administration, the temperature in the South Korean capital recently reached 35¡ÆC for twelve straight days. North Korea gets no exemption from this.. [2012-08-08 16:49]
No Smoking Day Lacking NK Traction
Seoul started to fully enforce laws against smoking in public places on the 1st of this month following the end of a grace period. Some of the city¡¯s many smokers, still unaware of the change, have had to pay the price, and there have been a few scenes of people tr.. [2012-06-05 18:08]
The Flower of Unification Stuns Pyongyang
Democratic United Party lawmaker Lim Su Kyung, the so-called ¡®Flower of Unification¡¯ who took an unauthorized trip to Pyongyang for the World Festival of Youth and Students in 1989 as a representative of South Korea¡¯s National University Student Council, made a b.. [2012-06-05 15:55]
Sitting Still and Starving
There are reports emerging of starvation deaths occurring in North and South Pyongan Province during this year¡¯s spring hardship period between March and early June. Yet people faced with this news tend to reject it, for it is rather hard to understand. With just c.. [2012-05-24 15:21]
The Dictionary Definition of Espionage and Democracy?
When I first came to South Korea I was really surprised to find that there are people in this country who sympathize with the Kim Jong Il regime. Imagine my further surprise upon learning of a case in which people who had been spying on South Korea and liaising.. [2012-03-26 10:06]
Scattered Leaflets and Wrongful Arrest
In June 2009, shortly after Kim Jong Il had come to inspect a hospital in Chongjin, the road in front of the same hospital was covered with leaflets saying, ¡°The Party Center which lives off the blood and sweat of the people has to go.¡± ¡°Party Center¡± was referr.. [2012-03-07 12:34]
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