Attitudes inside North Korea toward serving in the border guard have shifted completely. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, soldiers could collect bribes for turning a...
North Korean authorities have sealed off a cluster of villages near a uranium refining plant in North Hwanghae province. The lockdown follows an outbreak...
China has temporarily eased customs rules for equipment and materials bound for North Korea’s civilian economy. The move, which could reshape China-North Korea trade...
Some elementary school students in parts of North Korea are keeping two separate diaries, with one written for school censorship and the other holds...
A North Korean military officer arrested for embezzling state reserve grain meant for the armed forces was recently executed in public.
A Daily NK source...
Rumors that China may soon issue permanent residency ID cards to North Korean defectors are spreading rapidly across the country’s northeast. The rumors have...
Attendance is improving at schools in Kimchaek city, North Hamgyong province. Authorities there have eased a longstanding practice that forced students and parents to...
Apartment prices in Sinuiju, a North Korean border city, have been climbing steadily since the COVID-19 pandemic. A source in North Pyongan province told...
