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Wed, September 26, 2018 | 06:32

'Non-socialist' lifestyle under crackdown in N. Korea

North Korea is being vigilant against the influx of any “non-socialist” lifestyle amid the reconciliatory mood on the Korean Peninsula, according to sources familiar with Pyongyang. The sources said the authorities were especially keeping an eye on “non-socialist” behaviors in public ahead of the country’s 70th founding anniversary on Sept. 9.

North Korea | 2018-08-19 16:44

N. Korea smuggles tobacco products

North Korea is raising cash by smuggling tobacco products, including counterfeit cigarettes, according to sources familiar with Pyongyang. North Korea is raising cash by smuggling tobacco products, including counterfeit cigarettes, according to sources familiar with Pyongyang.

North Korea | 2018-08-19 16:43

Video games catch on in North Korea

Foreign computer and video games are becoming popular among North Korean youth, according to defectors in Seoul. They say the games vary from "Grand Theft Auto 5," "FIFA Online" and "Project IGI2" and that "every one of" their friends played them when they (the defectors) were in the reclusive state.

North Korea | 2018-08-19 16:37

N. Korea to greet Xi in 'unprecedented manner'

North Koreans are expected to welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping in an “unprecedented manner” when he joins Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang to celebrate the 70th founding anniversary of the North’ s regime on Sept. 9, according to analysts. If confirmed, the visit will be the first by the highest-ranking Chinese official since Hu Jintao’s 2005 trip. Such an historic visit fuels op...

North Korea | 2018-08-19 16:35

Xi's N. Korea visit could make US uneasy

Xi's N. Korea visit could make US uneasy

Chinese President Xi Jinping's planned visit to North Korea next month, which was reported Sunday, is expected to provide a watershed moment in negotiations over denuclearizing the North, according to analysts.

North Korea | 2018-08-19 16:33

N. Korea to greet Xi in 'unprecedented manner'

Reunions of separated families to begin Monday

A group of 89 elderly South Koreans gathered in Sokcho, Gangwon Province, Sunday, before crossing the Demilitarized Zone to reunite with their loved ones in the North, Monday.

North Korea | 2018-08-19 16:33

Dream or reality: Separated Koreans to meet after decades apart [PHOTOS]

Lee Soo-nam was 8 the last time he saw his older brother. Sixty-eight years ago this month the boy watched, bewildered, as his 19-year-old brother left their home in Seoul to escape invading North Korean soldiers who were conscripting young men just weeks after invading South Korea to start the Korean War. An hour later his brother, Ri Jong Song, was snatched up by North Kore...

North Korea | 2018-08-19 13:52

Reunions of separated families to begin Monday

For many separated Korean families, reunion event comes too late [VIDEO]

For Chung Hak-soon, it feels just like yesterday when she recalls the days she was together with her brother before they were separated by the 1950-53 Korean War. It must have been a lifetime dream for the 81-year-old woman to meet her brother in North Korea again. But it is too late to realize it as the sibling she loved already passed away years ago.

North Korea | 2018-08-19 09:57

Reunions of separated families to begin Monday

Chinese leader Xi to visit North Korea next month: report

Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to visit Pyongyang early next month at the invitation of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to attend the celebrations of the reclusive state’s 70th founding anniversary, Singapore's Straits Times reported on Saturday, citing unidentified sources. If it happens, it will be the Chinese leader's first visit to the North Korean capital since he t...

North Korea | 2018-08-18 21:53

Separated family reunions to focus on participants

Separated family reunions that will take place in North Korea next week will focus on providing participants personal time with family members and eliminating an physical inconveniences considering they are elderly, according to the unification ministry, Friday. This will be done through enabling them to have lunch separately instead of dining in a group and simplifying secur...

North Korea | 2018-08-17 18:15

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