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Elite North Korean university expands Chinese language program

Elite North Korean university expands Chinese language program

Pyongyang University of Science and Technology now offering Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi language test

Elite North Korean university expands Chinese language program
Oliver Hotham
Oliver Hotham May 13, 2019
Domestic strivers as anti-heroines: household chores in North Korean movies

Domestic strivers as anti-heroines: household chores in North Korean movies

DPRK official culture long treated women's work at home as second class

Domestic strivers as anti-heroines: household chores in North Korean movies
How life for women is — and isn’t — changing under Kim Jong Un

How life for women is — and isn’t — changing under Kim Jong Un

Recent research paints a grim, though sometimes surprising, picture

How life for women is — and isn’t — changing under Kim Jong Un
Adam Cathcart
Adam Cathcart | Yujin Lim May 3, 2019
Dining out in the DPRK capital: Pyongyang’s (surprisingly) good restaurants

Dining out in the DPRK capital: Pyongyang’s (surprisingly) good restaurants

As consumer choice for the upper classes has grown, so too have options for eating out

Dining out in the DPRK capital: Pyongyang’s (surprisingly) good restaurants
Alek Sigley
Alek Sigley April 30, 2019
Activity at Pyongyang’s May Day Stadium hints at early start for 2019 mass games

Activity at Pyongyang’s May Day Stadium hints at early start for 2019 mass games

News follows reports earlier this week of ongoing outdoor practices in DPRK capital

Activity at Pyongyang’s May Day Stadium hints at early start for 2019 mass games
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko April 23, 2019
No observable power shortages in Pyongyang, despite “hour-a-day” report

No observable power shortages in Pyongyang, despite “hour-a-day” report

Situation in North Korean capital remains normal, sources insist, while some say it's improving

No observable power shortages in Pyongyang, despite “hour-a-day” report
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll April 21, 2019
Mass Games training drills observed in Pyongyang, photos show

Mass Games training drills observed in Pyongyang, photos show

Preparations come amid rumor that Chinese leader Xi Jinping will soon visit Pyongyang

Mass Games training drills observed in Pyongyang, photos show
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll April 20, 2019
To Pyongyang and back again – NKNews Podcast Ep.67
Podcast

To Pyongyang and back again – NKNews Podcast Ep.67

The NK News team discusses a recent trip to the DPRK and last week's leadership reshuffle

To Pyongyang and back again – NKNews Podcast Ep.67
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot April 16, 2019
No invites issued for April 15 military parade, foreign Pyongyang residents say

No invites issued for April 15 military parade, foreign Pyongyang residents say

Mixed signals on possible parade as 107th anniversary of Kim Il Sung's birth looms

No invites issued for April 15 military parade, foreign Pyongyang residents say
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll April 12, 2019
Pyongyang’s Kaeson metro station under secondary renovation: photos

Pyongyang’s Kaeson metro station under secondary renovation: photos

Upgrades are the second there in less than six months, come following reports of metro expansion

Pyongyang’s Kaeson metro station under secondary renovation: photos
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll April 10, 2019