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New learning apps hint at growing digital education industry in North Korea

New learning apps hint at growing digital education industry in North Korea

New learning software featured in DPRK state media helps children learn English or study math

New learning apps hint at growing digital education industry in North Korea
Kelly Kasulis
Kelly Kasulis June 12, 2020
On a remote South Korean island, North Korean trash washes ashore

On a remote South Korean island, North Korean trash washes ashore

Bright and colorful DPRK food and drinks wrappers are easy to find on South Korean island

On a remote South Korean island, North Korean trash washes ashore
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll June 12, 2020
Don’t allow North Korean staff to use the internet, International Red Cross told

Don’t allow North Korean staff to use the internet, International Red Cross told

Instruction comes despite rules already in place to prevent DPRK nationals accessing web

Don’t allow North Korean staff to use the internet, International Red Cross told
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll May 27, 2020
Amid health rumors, Kim Jong Un absent for two consecutive three-week periods

Amid health rumors, Kim Jong Un absent for two consecutive three-week periods

North Korean leader has not appeared in public since May 1

Amid health rumors, Kim Jong Un absent for two consecutive three-week periods
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll May 22, 2020
North Korea touts new remote learning tech as COVID-19 fears keep students home

North Korea touts new remote learning tech as COVID-19 fears keep students home

State media promotion follows adoption of new law on "tele-education" back in April

North Korea touts new remote learning tech as COVID-19 fears keep students home
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim May 21, 2020
What’s up Pyongyang? North Korea experiments with vlogging to fight “fake news”

What’s up Pyongyang? North Korea experiments with vlogging to fight “fake news”

A new online series, produced in-country, could represent a bold new style for Pyongyang's propaganda operations

What’s up Pyongyang? North Korea experiments with vlogging to fight “fake news”
Portraits removed from Pyongyang’s Kim Il Sung square amid renovation works

Portraits removed from Pyongyang’s Kim Il Sung square amid renovation works

Changes come ahead of 75th anniversary of North Korea's ruling party in October

Portraits removed from Pyongyang’s Kim Il Sung square amid renovation works
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll May 15, 2020
Yanggakdo football stadium undergoing major refurbishment, recent imagery shows

Yanggakdo football stadium undergoing major refurbishment, recent imagery shows

Stadium built in 1989 appears to be undergoing slow renovation process

Yanggakdo football stadium undergoing major refurbishment, recent imagery shows
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll May 13, 2020
Advance-fee scam focuses on missing North Korean official, email campaign shows

Advance-fee scam focuses on missing North Korean official, email campaign shows

Scam email campaign targets those in North Korea watcher community with investment assistance request

Advance-fee scam focuses on missing North Korean official, email campaign shows
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll May 6, 2020
In a hard news vacuum, the Kim Jong Un health rumor mill goes into overdrive

In a hard news vacuum, the Kim Jong Un health rumor mill goes into overdrive

Dead, alive, abducted by aliens - speculation on the North Korean leader has been running rampant across the internet

In a hard news vacuum, the Kim Jong Un health rumor mill goes into overdrive
Jacob Fromer
Jacob Fromer | Min Chao Choy April 28, 2020
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