SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – January 8, 2018 marks the North Korean Fearless Leader’s 34th birthday, but the wishing of many happy returns appears to be happening only behind closed doors as all remains quiet on the Northern front. In the pre-noon hours of the day, none of the various mouthpieces of the communist [...]
Seoul, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — It was reported by The Telegraph, the British daily newspaper, that a farm manager in North Korea was executed after turtles at a farm he operated starved to death. The man was executed in mid-May, right after North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un visited the farm. When the farm [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The North Korean government is planning to host several cooking competitions, according to the Korean Central News agency (KCNA), North Korea’s state news agency. According to the KCNA’s report on February 9, the alleged aim of these curious competitions is to help improve North Koreans’ diets. A national competition will be [...]