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North Korean restaurant issuing reward card for loyal customers, photo shows

North Korean restaurant issuing reward card for loyal customers, photo shows

Pyongyang fast-food eatery offering points-based "preferred services" for regular visitors

North Korean restaurant issuing reward card for loyal customers, photo shows
Dagyum Ji
Dagyum Ji August 22, 2019
North Korean MFA delegation back in Vladivostok to talk tourism, other exchanges

North Korean MFA delegation back in Vladivostok to talk tourism, other exchanges

Russian-DPRK “humanitarian ties” should be expanded, Primorye vice-governor said

North Korean MFA delegation back in Vladivostok to talk tourism, other exchanges
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko August 21, 2019
Russia expects “urgent” action from North Korea to curb illegal fishing: embassy

Russia expects “urgent” action from North Korea to curb illegal fishing: embassy

DPRK's vice minister for fisheries Kim Chang Do set to attend conference in Moscow this week

Russia expects “urgent” action from North Korea to curb illegal fishing: embassy
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko August 19, 2019
North Korea imported over $1 billion in Chinese goods in first half of 2019: data
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North Korea imported over $1 billion in Chinese goods in first half of 2019: data

DPRK imports from PRC likely on course to pass $2 billion in total value by year's end

North Korea imported over $1 billion in Chinese goods in first half of 2019: data
Leo Byrne
Leo Byrne August 15, 2019
Moon promises to “solidify” denuclearization, peace economy by end of term

Moon promises to “solidify” denuclearization, peace economy by end of term

In Liberation Day speech, South Korean President says "peace and unification" possible by 2045

Moon promises to “solidify” denuclearization, peace economy by end of term
Dagyum Ji
Dagyum Ji August 14, 2019
Thousands of North Korean students spend summer vacations on building site: KCNA

Thousands of North Korean students spend summer vacations on building site: KCNA

Universities from across the DPRK dispatch pupils to work on Samjiyon project, state media reports

Thousands of North Korean students spend summer vacations on building site: KCNA
Oliver Hotham
Oliver Hotham August 14, 2019
Rebuilding with care: Kim Jong Un’s on-site scoldings spur drastic demolitions
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Rebuilding with care: Kim Jong Un’s on-site scoldings spur drastic demolitions

Factories, other major projects underwent redevelopment following leader's visits last year

Rebuilding with care: Kim Jong Un’s on-site scoldings spur drastic demolitions
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko August 13, 2019
International trade fair begins in North Korea’s Rason city

International trade fair begins in North Korea’s Rason city

110 organizations taking part in annual exhibition, state media says

International trade fair begins in North Korea’s Rason city
Oliver Hotham
Oliver Hotham August 12, 2019
Sharp drop in Russian petroleum exports to North Korea in June: UN data
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Sharp drop in Russian petroleum exports to North Korea in June: UN data

Exports dropped similarly last year, numbers indicate

Sharp drop in Russian petroleum exports to North Korea in June: UN data
Leo Byrne
Leo Byrne August 12, 2019
Crossing the river by feeling the stones: what Pyongyang can learn from Beijing
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Crossing the river by feeling the stones: what Pyongyang can learn from Beijing

Current DPRK conditions comparable to pre-reform China, but sanctions likely to limit similar opening

Crossing the river by feeling the stones: what Pyongyang can learn from Beijing
John Petrushka
John Petrushka August 12, 2019