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Exclusive: North Korea's State Security and People's Security ministries implement '9.8 Measures' - New Focus International
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Exclusive: North Korea’s State Security and People’s Security ministries implement ‘9.8 Measures’. Sunday 12th April, 2015. North Korea’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) and Ministry of People’s Security (MPS) begun implementation of an internal joint strategy dubbed the ‘9.8 Measures’ in November 2014, according to New Focus’ sources. This term refers to those deemed to be engaged in behaviours and actions not aligned with the Korean Workers’ Party (KWP) system. In the Supreme Leader Centred System of ...
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Interviews with North Korean refugees and experts. Interview: Super Featherweight World Champion, Boxer Choi Hyon-Mi. Tuesday 26th May, 2015. Hyon-Mi Choi holds the title of 'first North Korean women boxer' Super Featherweight World Champion. Proudly in partnership with. Bull; NK Feature. Interview] Refugees say ‘Thank You’ to TNKR. Monday 1st August, 2016. TNKR has helped scores of refugees as they adjust to their new lives in South Korea. Interview: Super Featherweight World Champion, Boxer Choi Hyon-Mi.
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From the inside out: Kim Jong Un’s 2015 New Year Address - New Focus International
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From the inside out: Kim Jong Un’s 2015 New Year Address. Wednesday 7th January, 2015. How do you distinguish between what North Korea says and what it intends and means and desires? There is a key, via understanding the internal systemic context of its words. Proudly in partnership with. Sanctions see ruling party timelines move but its policies unmoved. Wednesday 25th May, 2016. Exclusive: North Korean trains derailed. Monday 11th April, 2016. Exclusive: Statues made of dollars in North Korea. Press f ...
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Articles focused on the workings of North Korea’s political system. North Korean on the outside, foreign on the inside. Friday 17th April, 2015. Kim Jong Un breaks Kim Jong Il’s smoking ban order. Proudly in partnership with. Conversations from North Korea – Politics. Monday 22nd June, 2015. New Focus reveals details from a phone interview with a North Korean citizen, currently living in Musan, about politics, society and the families of escapees. North Korean on the outside, foreign on the inside. North...
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In North Korea, tattoos too are controlled as propaganda - New Focus International
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In North Korea, tattoos too are controlled as propaganda. Wednesday 5th August, 2015. Are tattoos permitted in North Korea? Yes, but with conditions. Tattoos can be considered a way of self-expression and social identification. Tattoos vary in shape and design depending on tastes. Social perceptions of tattooing is one that continues to change, and is considered a cultural art form among the younger generation in South Korea. We are the General’s offspring! These kinds of tattoos are popular amongst serv...
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Feature stories on the economy. North Korean views from the Chinese border. Tuesday 22nd March, 2016. According to a North Korean correspondent we spoke to on the evening of the March 16th, From the beginning of March, the Chinese border region has been frequently lined with armed Chinese soldiers. Proudly in partnership with. Exclusive] Private ownership of land now legal in North Korea. Tuesday 28th June, 2016. North Korean views from the Chinese border. Tuesday 22nd March, 2016. Tuesday 14th July, 2015.
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Lighting a lightbulb in North Korea - New Focus International
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Lighting a lightbulb in North Korea. Tuesday 28th July, 2015. Storage batteries, unpredictable blackouts and an inefficient billing system – New Focus sheds light on energy use in a typical North Korean household. Image of a storage battery in North Korea via Channel A. The reality in North Korea is quite different from what these state media claims suggest. Aside from the system of ‘loyalty offerings’. And mechanisms of indirect taxation. To avoid overpaying for electricity bills, lightbulbs, radios and...
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Articles devoted to examining all aspects of North Korean society, particularly the daily lives of the country’s ordinary citizens. Breaking: regime’s slush fund manager defects in Vladivostok. Friday 26th August, 2016. Details on the recent defection of a North Korean official in Vladivostok reveal that Mr. Kim was a manager in Kim Jong Un's slush fund department, known as Room 39. Proudly in partnership with. When North Koreans win gold medals. Friday 19th August, 2016. Thursday 18th August, 2016.
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Controls tighten on North Korean overseas labourers - New Focus International
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Controls tighten on North Korean overseas labourers. Saturday 4th April, 2015. North Korean overseas labourers at a construction site/Stock Photo. Recent reports show that approximately 10 000 North Korean labourers mostly youths in their 20s and 30s will be dispatched overseas to in preparation for Kim Il Sung’s birthday celebrations. On March 25. It was observed that hundreds of North Koreans arrived in China. The rest, it has been reported, will be dispatched on April 15. As a basic rule, it is unders...
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