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Trump threatens to seize Iranian assets

The US president’s push to seek damages for attacked ships is an “incendiary precedent” that risks chaos, Tehran has said ...

Philippine delegation visits Taiwan to expand bilateral bilingual, STEM cooperation

A 16-member education delegation from the Philippines visited Taiwan to deepen cooperation in bilingual...

FM Lin hosts Polish conservative EP delegation

Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung hosted a dinner banquet for a European Parliament delegation July...

Swiss politician who backed anti-pedophile bills charged with raping minor

Prosecutors allege that Patrick Frei systematically drugged and abused his partner and her underage...

N. Korea locks down villages near uranium plant over mystery illness

North Korean authorities have sealed off a cluster of villages near a uranium refining plant in North Hwanghae province. The lockdown follows an outbreak...

North Korea busts elite hacking ring inside its own banks

A criminal ring hacked into the internal networks of North Korea’s central bank and its main foreign trade bank. The ring used cryptocurrency to...

China quietly eases customs rules for North Korea

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...

No lifeguards as children swim rivers in North Korea’s summer heat

North Korean children are flocking to rivers and streams to cool off during the summer heat, even on rainy days. Almost no safety personnel...

North Korean elementary students keep two diaries to hide feelings

Some elementary school students in parts of North Korea are keeping two separate diaries, with one written for school censorship and the other holds...

Markets, not wages, feed North Korean households

“The official salary from my workplace is about 30,000 North Korean won a month. But feeding our family of four takes more than 800,000...

North Korean military officer executed for stealing reserve grain

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...

Residency ID rumors spark hope for North Korean defectors in China

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...

North Korean students resent piri in Kim Jong Un’s gift instruments

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gave musical instruments to a lower secondary school in Ryanggang province last year. Now the school has assigned...

N. Korea shifts school repair bills from parents to factories

Attendance is improving at schools in Kimchaek city, North Hamgyong province. Authorities there have eased a longstanding practice that forced students and parents to...

New bridge stirs a housing boom in North Korea’s Sinuiju

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...

A teen’s vow to catch leeches moves North Koreans to tears

A high school sophomore in Hyesan, Ryanggang province, recently finished mandatory military training. The training is run by the Red Youth Guard, a paramilitary...

North Korea targets university students in media crackdown

North Korea’s state youth organization has ordered a special crackdown on banned foreign media. It has named university students as the “primary target,” a...

Wealthy North Korean youth hide old players to dodge crackdowns

Young North Koreans from wealthy families are deliberately buying old, worn-out video players instead of newer models. They can easily afford better devices. Instead,...

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