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Trump pressed on nuclear strike against Iran (VIDEO)

The US president insists Washington has already decimated Tehran in a “very conventional way” ...

Famed UFO researcher dies unexpectedly in US

Ruled a suicide, David Wilcock’s demise comes amid a probe into a string of...

Hungary to get first LGBTQ TV channel – media

An application to register the network was reportedly filed immediately after the country’s gay...

Middle East war fallout hits consumers worldwide

Disruptions to shipping and energy flows are driving up costs, straining supply chains and...

N. Korea’s Chongjin Department Store comes under probe for corruption

The Chongjin Department Store in Chongjin, North Hamgyong Province, has been the subject of an investigation by the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party...

Samsu Power Plant employee punished due to his son’s troublemaking

A North Korean manager at the Samsu Power Plant in Yanggang Province has been punished in connection with his son’s transgressions, Daily NK has...

Growing trade leads to a spike in N. Koreas market exchange rates

Market exchange rates in North Korea have hit another high as the US dollar climbs in international markets and trading activity expands in certain...

N. Koreans scoff at government’s propaganda about childcare programs

North Korea continues to spread propaganda about the ruling party’s childcare programs, including the distribution of free dairy products to children. Recently, the party...

N. Korea’s rural areas suffer from high rates of infant mortality

The infant mortality rate in North Korea’s rural areas is higher than in the country’s cities, a source in the country told Daily NK...

The impact of N. Korea’s harsh lockdown of Onsong County in 2022 still reverberates today

In the summer of 2022, North Korean authorities imposed a strict lockdown in Onsong County, North Hamgyong Province, to prevent the spread of the...

Kim Il Sung’s birthday didn’t lead to fall in grain prices this year

Grain prices at North Korean markets did not fall as they usually do around Apr. 15, which is Kim Il Sung’s birthday and the...

State-run restaurants boom as N. Koreans increasingly forgo home-cooked meals

North Koreans used to prepare different kinds of food to eat with their families on major holidays, but things are changing. Speaking on condition of...

N. Korea reassigns soon-to-be-retiring generals to specialized fields

North Korea is reassigning experienced army, navy and air force generals who have reached retirement age as researchers in specialized fields such as military...

Two Onsong County officials face struggle session for non-socialist behavior

A public struggle session was held at a raw material base in Onsong County, North Hamgyong Province, in early April against two people who...

N. Korea installed facial recognition devices at major train stations during height of COVID

In 2021, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the North Korean government sought technologies that could help it better track the movements of...

N. Korea’s state security agency cracks down on corruption in offices along border

North Korea’s Ministry of State Security has designated April as the “month of eliminating illegal activities” and is heavily monitoring state security departments along...

Seafood is a luxury for N. Koreans living in the country’s interior

As a peninsula surrounded by the sea on three sides, Korea has easy access to a wide variety of seafood. Seafood is nutritionally excellent,...

Parents of school children turn to second-hand stores amid N. Korea’s economic difficulties

Driven by economic hardships, a large number of parents of school-age children shopped at second-hand clothing stores in Hamhung markets before the start of...

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