[3] However, since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the newspaper has been experiencing financial difficulties, although it has still continued to operate as of 2023[update].

[3] As it was no longer strictly censored by the state, it began to more freely publish on politics and social issues.

[5] By 2009, it was receiving some help from the Sakhalin government and from an overseas Koreans foundation, but they still reported having financial difficulties.

At first, the newspaper mailed issues to them, but the expenses became too much, so they opened a Naver blog to distribute the paper digitally.

[1] Some of its activities, including a literary contest, are supported by the South Korean Ministry of Unification.

By that year, the paper was published from the building of the Sakhalin Oblast Duma, under the supervision of its president Bae Sun-sin (배순신),[2] who has served since 2007.