Yahoo

Empty bowls and rising rates: North Korea's currency chaos returns

In North Korea, the relentless rise in the exchange rates of foreign currencies, coupled with surging food prices, paints a bleak picture of an economy on the brink of collapse. Photo by Lukas ...
The Diplomat

North Korea’s Economic Crisis: Solutions or More Controls?

North Korea finds itself in the grip of a severe economic crisis marked by a dramatic currency devaluation and soaring prices, with foreign exchange rates and domestic prices more than doubling ...
The Boston Globe

North Korea and Russia agree to expand their economic cooperation

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea and Russia reached a new agreement for expanding economic cooperation following high-level talks in Pyongyang this week, the North’s state media said Thursday, as ...
The Morung Express

North Korea enacts urban development law to provide better living conditions

Seoul, November 24 (IANS): North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament has enacted an urban development law aimed at modernising city environments to provide better living conditions for the people, the ...
Human Rights Watch

Submission on North Korea’s Implementation of Recommendations from the Third and Fourth Cycles of the Universal Periodic Review for the Special Rapporteur’s Report

Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to assess the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) implementation of selected Universal Periodic Review (UPR) recommendations from the third (2019 ...