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MOFA welcomes US Reps. Boyle, Salinas, Kennedy

Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung hosted a banquet for Reps. Brendan Boyle, Andrea Salinas and Tim Kennedy of the U.S. House of Representatives Oct. 7 in Taipei City,...

Taiwan opens representative office in Phoenix

Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung attended the launch of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office...

Interview: How bribery holds North Korea’s market economy together

A few years ago, two researchers – Dr. Andrew Yeo (Brookings Institution) and Dr....

MOFA welcomes Japan’s Kumamoto Gov. Kimura

The Oct. 6 visit by Kumamoto Governor Takashi Kimura and Prefectural Assembly Chair Koki...

Man arrested for posing as nephew of N. Korean foreign minister in nationwide scam

A man in his 30s was recently arrested by the Ministry of State Security for scamming people out of money by pretending to be...

North Korean teams hunt for advanced military parts abroad

North Korea dispatched technical teams to Dandong, China and major Russian cities in early November to procure advanced military components like electronic parts and...

World Cup success sparks soccer fever in N. Korean schools, but not all can join

Elementary schools in North Korea are actively operating after-school soccer clubs, likely mirroring the public enthusiasm for the North Korean women’s team’s consecutive victories...

N. Korea conceals combat deaths of troops fighting in Russia

North Korea is enforcing strict secrecy around casualties among its troops fighting in Russia. A source within the Korean People’s Army’s 11th Corps revealed...

‘Not enough’: N. Korean farm workers push back against harvest allocations

Farm workers in North Korea are expressing frustration over receiving small allocations of the fall harvest despite their year-round labor, with tensions exemplified by...

North Korean students face earlier college prep test

North Korea’s education ministry announced recently that a preparatory exam for college applicants will be held two weeks early. “Education departments at provinces, cities and...

N. Korea expels money changers amid currency crackdown

North Korea has intensified its crackdown on foreign currency exchanges as market rates continue to climb. In recent weeks, authorities have banished multiple money...

N. Korea orders market crackdown to combat ‘capitalist elements’

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has directed officials to crack down on marketplaces, citing concerns about the spread of capitalist influences. The directive...

N. Korea’s failed whistleblower system: Informants left unprotected

North Korea’s Public Reporting System Law encourages overseas workers to report their colleagues’ illegal activities, but the system has proven ineffective due to inadequate...

Revealed: N. Korea’s 2020 law to shield young people from ‘foreign influence’

Daily NK has acquired the full text of North Korea’s Juvenile Crime Prevention Law, which the North Korean regime enacted to prevent information from...

N. Korea detains widow over comments on Juche calendar change

North Korean authorities have arrested a woman for questioning the suspension of the “Juche” calendar system that honored founder Kim Il Sung. The incident...

Out of reach: N. Korea’s push to expand luxury horse riding facility

North Korean authorities recently sought public input on expanding access to Pyongyang’s premier recreational facility, the Mirim Horse Riding Club, though critics note its...

Economic crisis drives North Korean city dwellers to countryside

Urban residents in North Korea’s city of Hamhung are relocating to rural areas like Hongwon and Riwon counties due to severe economic hardships making...

Mass exodus: N. Korean workers abandon posts in Chinese border city

Thousands of North Korean workers are departing China’s border city of Dandong without replacement, with approximately 4,000 leaving in October alone. “This month, about 2,000...

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