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‘No time frame’ for ending Iran war – Trump

The US president has rejected claims that he is rushing to end the conflict ahead of midterm elections ...

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MOFA thanks IPAC, EU for supporting international civil aviation safety

A statement and remarks made respectively by the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China and the...

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Lebanon accuses Israel of war crimes after killing of another journalist

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam says attacks on media workers have become an established pattern,...

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Fire breaks out aboard identity-fluid $8bn USS Zumwalt

Three sailors were injured aboard the Navy’s problem-plagued stealth destroyer undergoing a hypersonic makeover ...

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N. Korea enhances nuclear readiness ahead of military’s summer exercises

The North Korean military has ordered units to review nuclear weapons maintenance and nuclear command and control and conduct related drills ahead of the...

Why has North Korea been importing mainly white-colored vehicles?

Black vehicles are reserved for official use in North Korea, so almost all the cars imported from China are white, a source in Yanggang...

N. Koreans fork out bribes to get jobs at food processing factories

As more North Koreans seek jobs at food processing plants, where food rations and wages are guaranteed, the cost of bribes for those jobs...

China’s Hebei Province issues temporary residency permits to defectors

Police in parts of China’s Hebei Province are issuing temporary residency permits to defectors who have lived in China for a decade or more,...

Satellite imagery shows drainage ditch being built near Pyongsan uranium mill

Satellite imagery suggests that a drainage ditch is being built at a settling basin at the Pyongsan Uranium Concentrate Plant. High-resolution images recently taken...

Ministry of Social Security Ensemble dancer takes her own life

A dancer of the Ministry of Social Security Ensemble recently took her own life, Daily NK has learned. Speaking on condition of anonymity, a Daily...

Hoeryong police conduct bunker drills to prepare for war

Police officers in Hoeryong, North Hamgyong Province, underwent about two weeks of bunker drills in preparation for war earlier this month, Daily NK has...

Chinese companies increasingly seek out cheap N. Korean labor

A growing number of Chinese companies are seeking cheap North Korean labor due to the recent rise in labor costs in China. In response,...

Refused asylum to S. Korea, N. Korean defector dies on the streets of Russia

As the world lived in fear of COVID-19 in the year 2020, a North Korean (identified here as “A”) managed to escape from a...

South Hwanghae Province residents catch leeches, earthworms to earn money

Residents of North Korea’s South Hwanghae Province are eager to catch leeches and earthworms to make money, Daily NK has learned. “People in Haeju and...