Amid intensifying China-U.S. rivalry and global trade volatility, middle powers such as South Korea and Brazil are diversifying their supply chains through minilateralism.
Amid intensifying China-U.S. rivalry and global trade volatility, middle powers such as South Korea and Brazil are diversifying their supply chains through minilateralism.
North Korea is celebrating the nationwide supply of school uniforms as one of its crowning socialist achievements, but factory workers tasked with producing those uniforms say the reality on the ground is a far cry from the official narrative. A Daily NK source in North Hamgyong province said Wednes
In some parts of North Korea, the number of teenagers heading to gold mining sites has been growing as their families struggle to make ends meet. While young people have sought income from gold mining in the past, multiple sources say the current surge in school-age children joining mining operation
North Korea is tightening import controls on detergents, soap and stationery as part of a broader push to promote domestic consumer goods, following the ninth congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea, which identified the modernization of local industrial factories and the localization of consu
North Korea has been promoting the expansion of coastal fish farms as an achievement, but seafood prices in local markets have actually been rising. North Korean people say they are not feeling any effect from the authorities’ seafood production increase policy. According to a Daily NK source