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The AccessDPRK blog is dedicated to exposing North Korea via satellite imagery. Discussing domestic, economic and military locations and helping to uncover this hermit kingdom.

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Thursday, January 8, 2026

Market Growth Post-COVID 2020-2025

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Upwards of 90% of North Koreans supplement their official incomes through market activity, and in the years leading up to Pyongyang's c...

Thursday, November 20, 2025

Gone But Not Forgotten: The Kangdong Power Plant

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With little fanfare, Pyongyang began work on a new coal-fired power plant located in the village of Samdung, Kangdong (39.002934° 126.159251...

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

COVID Isolation Buildings Begin to Come Down

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During the COVID pandemic, North Korea closed its borders, expelled all foreign citizens (including diplomatic staff), and engaged in the st...

Friday, September 19, 2025

Temporary Border Fence Demolished

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During the COVID pandemic, North Korea began to seal off its entire norther border with China and Russia - marking the first time the full n...

Monday, August 25, 2025

Bunker Busting North Korea's Nuclear Program

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Although Iran hasn't demonstrated a working nuclear device, the country was believed to have had one of the most protected nuclear prog...

Thursday, July 3, 2025

Pyongyang's Missing Landfills

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Municipal waste management is a critical part of keeping cities healthy and growing. Normally, when one thinks about what a large city does ...

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