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Air China’s Beijing-Pyongyang resumption stirs economic hopes inside North Korea

North Korea resumed its first direct Air China flights from Beijing in six years on March 30, and the news has spread quickly inside the country, stirring genuine excitement...

North Korea fuel prices surge 20% as Iran war squeezes oil supply

North Korea’s market prices have surged for the second consecutive month, with fuel costs...

North Korea triples border enforcement as Kim Jong Un ideology campaign intensifies

A wave of mandatory study sessions centered on “Kim Jong Un Thought” has swept...

North Korea orders campaign to erase South Korea from youth consciousness

North Korea has ordered a sweeping ideological campaign to erase South Korea from the...

Russian goods shop in Dandong reveals North Korea-China-Russia cooperation

A shop dealing solely in Russian goods in Dandong, China—just across from the customs house in the North Korean city of Sinuiju, North Pyongan...

North Korea’s rush for party congress results leaves five “complete” hotels nonfunctional

Five hotels in the Samjiyon Tourist Resort that were personally visited by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Dec. 20–21 appear complete on...

North Korean households receive heavy yearly scrap collection quotas as new year begins

North Korean neighborhood watch unit leaders have given households their yearly quotas for various scrap materials they are supposed to collect for the government. Families...

Freight train fire destroys TVs and vehicle parts as soldiers beat cigarette-smoking passenger

A fire aboard a freight train headed to Nampo from Pyongyang incinerated the cargo it was carrying, Daily NK has learned. The train in...

N. Korean market prices fall sharply as exchange rates drop and state stores expand grain sales

Prices at North Korea’s informal marketplaces are falling across the board, including imported goods and grains like rice and corn. This appears to be...

Kim Jong Un’s frequent Sinuiju visits force Chinese phone users into hiding as crackdowns intensify

Frequent visits by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to North Korea’s largest greenhouse farm, which was built in a section of Sinuiju that...

Pyongyang university students rank top five schools: connections matter more than academics

As prospective college students in North Korea wait to hear back from their preferred universities, Daily NK asked ten students currently attending university in...

North Korea smuggles high-end computers and GPUs from China for hacking and AI development

North Korea has recently been importing large quantities of electronic devices and parts from China. A source in China told Daily NK recently that North...

N. Korean youth punished for dozing off during propaganda film sessions

Amid ongoing propaganda film study sessions praising the greatness of Kim Jong Un in South Hamgyong province, authorities are treating young people who dozed...

Jagang province cracks down on moonshine as livelihood strategy faces elimination

The authorities in North Korea’s Jagang province have been cracking down on the production of moonshine since the turn of the year. “The provincial authorities...

North Korean beer and wild herbs could reach South Korea if import rules ease, traders say

As the South Korean government moves to streamline the import of North Korean food products, Chinese traders are looking to take advantage of what...

North Korean youth rebel against marriage interviews as housing crisis delays wedlock

The Socialist Patriotic Youth League (SPYL) has begun interviews of unmarried youth to determine why they have yet to tie the knot amid a...

North Korean officials flock to fortune tellers fearing Ninth Party Congress shake-up

Since the start of the new year, North Korean officials have sought out fortune tellers to divine their future for 2026. North Korean authorities...

Hotel and entertainment construction in Sinuiju sparks hopes for Chinese tourist revival

With a recent spike in the construction of hotels and amenities in and around the border town of Sinuiju, North Pyongan province, residents have...

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