PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Despite the unwanted publicity of a criminal trial for one of their main suppliers, business is booming at Pyongyang's 'Singapore shops,' which sell everything from ...

The BBC's John Sudworth in the North Korean capital Pyongyang on what the apparent "mini-boom" tell us about the economy.

PYONGYANG, North Korea -- Despite the unwanted publicity of a criminal trial for one of their main suppliers, business is booming at Pyongyang's 'Singapore shops,' which sell everything from ...

Shops in North Korea can sit empty for months, and many restaurants are just fronts. Last year Kim Jong Un warned North Koreans that another famine might be in store, and advised eating the roots ...

North Korea has finished building an international airport terminal, state media reported Thursday, and photos show leader Kim Jong Un inspecting rather swanky amenities that include a jewelry ...

In an attempt to develop a tourist economy, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un celebrated the impending launch of Wonsan Kalma — ...

auto shop, car wash, beer hall and department store. Analysts say the opening of this luxury resort shows that Pyongyang is pursuing economic prosperity as well as — not instead of — military ...

That being said, as North Korea economy expert Benjamin Silberstein has noted, while the expansion of state-run food shops can be considered a heavy government intervention in its own right, there ...

However, short of drastically altering North Korea’s inefficient centrally planned economy, freeing the nearly 120,000 political prisoners believed to be held in gulags, or pulling back on its ...

The new shop at Aegibong Peace Ecopark in Gimpo, South Korea, offers customers a view of North Korea's Songaksan mountain and a village in Kaephung county, according to the Associated Press.

In this Dec. 21, 2018, photo, a North Korean woman walks outside Bugsae Shop, also known as the "Singapore Shop," in Pyongyang, North Korea. Despite the unwanted publicity of a criminal trial for ...