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North Korean law enforcement agents are shaking down individuals profiting from illegal activities, Daily NK has learned. Speaking on condition of anonymity, a source in...

The North Korean Socialist Women’s Union of Korea recently held lectures highlighting the supposed superiority of their socialist system, contrasting it with hardships in...

North Korea plans to import large amounts of equipment needed for hydroelectric power plants established as a joint venture with China. North Korea and...

North Korean cosmetics factories are struggling with debt because no one is buying their products. Speaking on condition of anonymity, a source in North Korea...

Morale is plummeting among North Korean military units laying mines and building walls along the front line of the inter-Korean border. The government-ordered construction...

In early June, the Pyongyang People’s Committee launched an investigation into corruption involving residency permits at a housing development on Jonwi Street that was...

The Bunker Management Department of the Supreme Guard Command has expanded its patrol and technical formations to strengthen the security of the statues of...

North Korea’s Propaganda and Agitation Department has initiated inspections of how local agencies and organizations are handling and storing important documents.  Speaking on condition of...

North Korea is exploiting foreign visitors by applying an artificially high official exchange rate, likely to compensate for the regime’s foreign currency shortage. A Chinese...

As climate change intensifies, global temperatures are rising at an alarming rate. Recent reports indicate extreme heat waves, with temperatures soaring to 52 degrees...

In the fall of 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, a Chinese middle manager approached Yong-hee (pseudonym), a North Korean worker in...

North Korea’s Korean Central TV broadcast news of the second day of the Eighth Party Central Committee’s 10th Plenary Session on June 30, showing...

North Korea’s market exchange rates continue to skyrocket. Amid the resulting chaos, North Koreans have begun to criticize the government’s actions. According to Daily NK’s...

Summer clothing imported from China is selling well in Yanggang Province’s city of Hyesan, Daily NK has learned. “With the weather getting hotter, summer clothes...