Healthcare workers in North Hamgyong province are unsettled by a surprise audit of the medical sector ordered by the government.
According to a source in...
North Korean authorities are intensifying crackdowns on Chinese-made mobile phones, which serve as a crucial channel for outside information entering the country and internal...
Parents in Hamhung, North Hamgyong province, were outraged when a local high school posted and then quickly removed student results from the “preliminary exam”...
The police department in Hoeryong has recently criticized its officers for brutal policing practices, drawing resistance from members of the force.
According to a source...
North Korea has steadily increased state control over the country’s grain trade through legal amendments, shifting these activities away from autonomous markets. A significant...
China has intensified surveillance of North Korean defector women in the cities of Siping and Tonghua since Dec. 1, following orders from Jilin province’s...
Market prices in North Korea are rising at an unprecedented rate, with rice costs and Chinese yuan exchange rates reaching record highs.
Daily NK’s market...
North Korea has launched a nationwide crackdown on illegal alcohol production, threatening the livelihoods of many who depend on bootlegging.
According to multiple sources inside...
North Koreans are expressing growing concern over construction quality as the country rushes to build new housing in flood-damaged areas.
A Daily NK source in...
North Korea’s acknowledgment of public executions at a U.N. human rights review in Geneva this November was carefully orchestrated. The admission came from Pak...
A North Korean defector woman was murdered by her Chinese husband in rural Liaoning province, with the killer facing no legal consequences. The case...
Pyongyang authorities have launched a crackdown on illegal practices in the city’s growing taxi industry. As taxis have become a central part of the...
Daily NK has obtained documentation revealing that North Korea’s mandatory mobile phone insurance program offers little actual protection for consumers. While the insurance certificates...
