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Kim Jong Un’s party orders chief secretaries to take charge of party school study

North Korea has ordered its top provincial, city and county party officials to personally lead party school study in 2026. The move tightens Kim Jong Un’s grip on how...

Badminton boom takes off among North Korean high school students

A badminton boom is sweeping North Korean high schools in 2026, as Musan county...

North Korean vessels cash in on drug runs between Southeast Asia and China

North Korean ships are earning large sums of foreign currency through drug smuggling between...

Thermal satellite images show Yongbyon reactors running nonstop

North Korea’s Yongbyon nuclear complex kept its key reactors and processing plants running through...

N. Hamgyong Province orders replacement of technical inspectors at Tumen River Station

The North Hamgyong Province Party Committee recently ordered the replacement of a large number of technical inspectors at Tumen River Station, Daily NK has...

N. Korea cracks down on farm volunteers drinking alcohol on the job

North Korean authorities have taken issue with the consumption of alcohol on the job by volunteers helping on farms, Daily NK has learned.  Speaking on...

Camera lens captures N. Korean workers on an outing in Dandong

Dozens of North Korean women were recently seen at a group outing in a park in Dandong, suggesting that North Korean workers in China...

N. Korea restarts efforts to purchase used oil tankers

North Korea has recently resumed efforts to buy used oil tankers. The Ministry of External Economic Relations, which oversees the country’s trade, activities to...

Pyongyang probes how well companies handed out rations ahead of Labor Day

The Pyongyang People’s Committee recently tallied the rations that workers employed in the city have received from their employers ahead of Labor Day, Daily...

Chongjin intensifies street-level inspections of mobile phones

Mobile phone inspections and body searches of young residents of Chongjin have recently become more intense than ever. North Korean authorities appear to be...

High-resolution satellite imagery suggests N. Korea is producing fissile materials

An inspection of high-resolution satellite imagery and thermal infrared satellite imagery indicates that North Korea has recently operated key facilities in the Yongbyon Nuclear...

Nampo’s 2021 lockdown led to tragedy for many people

In early 2020, as North Korea implemented a maritime lockdown in response to COVID-19, the port city of Nampo suffered a steep drop in...

N. Korea’s demolition of Mount Kumgang’s S. Korean facilities appears to have stalled

The unauthorized demolition of South Korean facilities at the Mount Kumgang tourism area and Kosong Port in Kangwon Province, which is part of North...

North Korea’s imports of oil from China and Russia are going to military units

North Korea is increasing oil supplies to naval units based in Nampo and Nason as the nation imports massive amounts of petroleum from China...

N. Korea’s local police offices hold meetings after national conferen

City, county and district branches of the Ministry of Social Security were ordered to convene general assemblies of basic party branches and party cells...

North Korean corn prices fall after steady rise

Corn prices in North Korean markets have recently fallen after skyrocketing for some time. Moreover, with the market price of rice fluctuating from region...

Why are N. Korea’s agricultural areas seeing a rising mortality rate?

The mortality rate in North Korea’s agricultural areas is more than three times than that in urban areas, according to a source inside the...

Hwasong District holds training sessions for new apartment tenants

The people’s committee of Pyongyang’s Hwasong District is administering home maintenance training sessions for tenants of new homes in the district, Daily NK has...

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