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4 weeks ago | 
myemail.constantcontact.com | Kim Jieun |Song Sang-ho |Park Boram |Lee Minji
Quotes of the Day:"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be." – Ralph Waldo Emerson"What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequences what we do."– John Ruskin"All cruelty springs from weakness."– Seneca1. Ministry of Unification: “North Korea to prioritize Russia-China relations in the first half of the year… hostile wait-and-see approach toward South Korea and the US”2.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
dailypharmkorea.com | Kim Jieun
INN prescriptions vs selective dispensing of drugs Soo Ho Joo advances to a runoff election for KMA president with a pledge to ‘introduce selective dispensing’ May have been influenced by proposed legislations such as enabling International Nonproprietary Names (INN) prescription and generic substitution ‘INN prescription' supporter Young-hee Kwon elected as president of the Korean Pharmaceutical Association With candidate Joo Soo-ho, who advocates for the selective dispensing of drugs,...
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Dec 25, 2024 | 
rfa.org | Kim Jieun
Read a version of this story in KoreanNorth Korea is issuing colorful official calendars emblazoned with “2025″ -- not “Juche 114,” as it would have previously under the dating system based on the birth of the country’s founder, residents in China told Radio Free Asia.
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Dec 24, 2024 | 
rfa.org | Kim Jieun
Read a version of this story in KoreanNorth Korea has raised the maximum age for enlistment in the military from age 23 to 25, residents in the country told Radio Free Asia, a move they fear will result in more troops being sent to Russia to fight in its war with Ukraine. Able-bodied men are currently required to serve 10 years in the 1.2 million-strong military after high school, from around age 18, while able-bodied women must serve seven years.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
mk.co.kr | Kim Jieun
Following Han Kang's Nobel Prize win, another good news is expected to come. The possibility of 'Korean 醬 ( 장) dipping culture' being listed as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity has increased. The UNESCO Intangible Heritage Committee's evaluation on the 5th received a 'recommendation for registration', and the final decision will be made at the 19th Intangible Heritage Committee in Paraguay on December 2-7.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
rfa.org | Kim Jieun
Read a version of this story in Korean A rare video clip that shows North Korean women — dispatched to China as workers — dancing with Chinese men to loud disco music, indicates that they are picking up elements of capitalist culture that would be forbidden in their restrictive home country. The video, shot in the city of Dandong, which lies just across the border from North Korea’s Sinuiju, was provided to RFA Korean by a resident of Dandong who requested anonymity for security reasons.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
myemail.constantcontact.com | Kwak Yeon-soo |Daniel Shin |Jeong Tae Joo |Kim Jieun
Quotes of the Day:"To rush into explanations is always a sign of weakness."– Agatha Christie"Any attempt to replace a personal conscience by a collective conscience does violence to the individual and is the first step to totalitarianism"– Herman Hesse"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool."– Richard Feynman1. US House passes N. Korean human rights reauthorization act2.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
rfa.org | Kim Jieun
Read a version of this story in KoreanNorth Korea has begun distributing Russian flour rations to factory workers in war-relevant industries, raising suspicion that Moscow is sending food in exchange for military support in its war with Ukraine. North Korean troops began arriving in Russia last month, and Pyongyang is known to have earlier sent shipments of artillery shells.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
rfa.org | Kim Jieun
Read a version of this story in KoreanDozens of staff at a popular North Korean restaurant in the Chinese city of Dandong are returning to North Korea to face punishment after one of them temporarily escaped from her job, residents in China told Radio Free Asia. There are several North Korean restaurants in Dandong, which lies just across the Yalu River border from Sinuiju, and the young waitresses that Pyongyang sends over to staff them are the main draw.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
rfa.org | Kim Jieun
Read RFA coverage of this in KoreanMore than 500 North Korean workers dispatched to China for several years have returned home with serious illnesses over the past two weeks, residents in China told Radio Free Asia. The returning workers, most of whom are in their 20s and 30s, developed diseases like tuberculosis, lung cancer, liver cancer and mental illnesses, after working in dangerous conditions for several years the residents said. They are being recalled because they cannot work. On Oct.
