Because part of NKNews is behind a paid wall –which I can’t blame them for– I now have to go to another site to “get the goods”. In this…

최룡해 (Choe, Ryong-Hae), North Korea’s Party Central Military Commision Vice Chairman, was seen off on his trip to China, by 김격식 (Kim, Kyok-Sik), who was recently replaced by 장정남(Jang, Jong-nam)…

http://www.dailynk.com/korean/read.php?cataId=nk04500&num=99948

60-year old Kang Kyong Suk, one of three “re-defectors” involved in a press conference held in Pyongyang on May 17th stated, “Returning defectors live well so I came back.” However,…

Another Chinese fishing boat captured by North Koreans:
http://www.dailynk.com/korean/read.php?cataId=nk00100&num=99962
3 guys altogether:

The ship LiaoPuYu (遼普漁) was from DaLian(大連), hull number 25222, was caught close to the North Korean maritime border. The…

Despite what happened China’s XiYang Group getting everything confiscated, and then all that dirty laundry being aired all over the media, there are many Chinese traveling to North Korea for…

The Chinese financial sanctions are working, and there was warning in the following Reuters article:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/15/us-korea-north-nuclear-exclusive-idUSBRE94D1A120130515

The panel said countries should be on the lookout for North Korean attempts to procure the…

As reported by DailyNK and NKNews:
http://www.dailynk.com/korean/read.php?cataId=nk00100&num=99871

The number of North Korean citizens entering South Korea is set to decline by 20% year-on-year in 2013, according to new data released by the…

That’s right. 김격식(Kim, Kyok-sik), the likely mastermind behind the Cheonan sinkings has been replaced by 장정남(Jang, Jong-nam):
http://www.nti.org/gsn/article/north-korea-names-relatively-unknown-officer-lead-military
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/13/us-korea-north-idUSBRE94C00P20130513

Kim Kyok-sik himself was only named armed forces minister last November in a…

One of the more recent events, is that air force general that was sacked for sexual assault, despite being the head of the Sexual Assault. This happened, as South…

First reported by the folks at “Pyongyang Traffic Girls“, of course! This girl gets an award, and is very emotional about it.

http://newfocusintl.com/exclusive-why-north-korea-handed-a-bravery-award-to-ri-kyong-sim

One New Focus correspondent in North Korea told…