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Foreign exchange rates continue to rise in North Korean markets. The exchange rate of the North Korean won to the US dollar has reached...

South Hwanghae Province, North Korea’s main grain-producing region, is facing a severe power shortage, Daily NK has learned. “The residents of rural counties such as...

North Korea may be infamous for being “decades in the past,” but its technology is not nearly so far behind. North Korea has trained...

Government monitoring and control of North Korean workers in Russia is intensifying more than ever. As military, economic and diplomatic cooperation between North Korea...

In March, the North Korean military authorities announced plans to extend the service of some military specialists by one year, but in the course...

Wholesalers in some parts of North Korea have recently been demanding that market merchants pay in dollars for items they received on credit, Daily...

North Korea and China have taken surprising steps to respond to The New Yorker’s coverage of the severe human rights abuses suffered by North...

Sinuiju’s education department is conducting surprise inspections at the city’s schools, Daily NK has learned. Speaking on condition of anonymity, a Daily NK source in...

A screen has been erected around the statues of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il located in front of the Korean Revolution Museum,...

The North Korean authorities have recently dispatched a large number of workers to China, Daily NK has learned. Amid a recent improvement in Beijing-Pyongyang...

Divorce is considered abnormal behavior in North Korea, and children whose parents split up are often ostracized by their peers or discriminated against by...

The North Korean authorities are making it mandatory for factory workers to use banking services, including bank accounts and bank cards, as part of...

Food shortages are so severe in North Korea this spring that some regions have banned the sale of rice in markets to regulate the...

Jilin Province authorities recently handed down a 10-year sentence to a North Korean defector for human trafficking, Daily NK has learned. Speaking on condition of...