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Iran oil shock threatens North Korea from its fuel pumps to black markets
For North Korea, the pain from oil price hikes is compounded by the source of much of its fuel: black markets
Chinese passenger train crosses into North Korea for first time in 6 years
Social media footage shows a locomotive pulling seven cars into North Korea’s Sinuiju
North Korean firms set to offer wigs, sanctioned textiles to Russian market
Official records show three DPRK companies registered trademarks in Russia so far this year
Chinese video spotlights sanctioned goods inside North Korean factories
A Chinese blogger captured footage of computers, TVs and other machinery that use U.S. and Chinese parts in North Korea
China, North Korea resume train service after six-year suspension
Photos of train tickets and receipts show China, DPRK restarting routes after hiatus
Russian, North Korean firms building plastics factory in Vladivostok
Joint venture set to start production in April, despite sanctions that prohibit such cooperative entities
North Korean education officials visit Chinese school furniture factory
Visit appears to signal interest in modernizing classrooms with imports, even as DPRK pushes greater domestic production
11 Russian construction firms send flowers for ex-North Korean leader’s birthday
Tributes to Kim Jong Il point to companies’ involvement in expanding scheme to import DPRK labor
Russia says it exported beer, tobacco to North Korea for first time in 2025
Pork shipments also rose sixfold to $3.6 million last year in the latest sign of growing economic ties
North Korean brewery appears to rebrand signature beer for export to China
Expert says Rason company behind Pado Beer frequently changes product names to avoid getting flagged for sanctions
