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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...

How N. Korea’s COVID controls led to tragedy in a small mountain town

In 2020, North Korea enforced COVID quarantines even in the small mountain town of Chasong County, Chagang Province. The death of a woman surnamed...

N. Korea is mysteriously delaying its constitutional amendment

Some four months have passed since North Korean leader Kim Jong Un asserted that two states exist on the Korean Peninsula, denying the concept...

Young N. Koreans question why the state demands absolute loyalty

North Korea organized a second training seminar for party officials in charge of propaganda at the People’s Palace of Culture in Pyongyang from Apr....

N. Korea’s rising yuan exchange rate is hurting market sellers

The Chinese yuan exchange rate has recently been rising against the North Korean won, stacking up losses for vendors at North Korean markets and...

N. Korean soldiers forced to gather supplies for factory construction projects

Soldiers in a unit mobilized under North Korea’s new 20×10 regional development policy to build factories in South Hwanghae Province’s Unchon County are being...

Remains of N. Korean workers who died in Russia returned to families

The remains of North Korean laborers who died while working in the Russian cities of Krasnoyarsk and Tynda were recently turned over to their...

N. Korean military creates new department to boost use of AI technology

North Korea’s military recently created a new department tasked with boosting the use of AI technology for national defense, Daily NK has learned. Speaking on...

Outlines of China-North Korea agreement on defector repatriation shared with N. Korean public

North Hamgyong Province’s state security and police departments have been instructed by the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea to inform residents...

N. Korean police crack down on non-socialist behavior on trains

The North Korean police have been deploying special teams to crackdown on illegal behavior on trains traveling between Pyongyang and other cities. In particular,...

N. Korean band of robbers put on trial in Wonsan

A band of robbers operating in Wonsan, Kangwon Province, was recently arrested and put on public trial in early April, Daily NK has learned.  “Earlier...

N. Korean government demands students collect scrap paper for new textbooks

North Korea’s government has ordered students to collect scrap paper for use in printing new textbooks for a new curriculum that will soon be...

North Korea’s grain prices continue to rise in markets

The price of cereals at North Korean marketplaces continues to rise, leading some to say the food shortage in the country is even more...

N. Korean border guard and smuggler arrested for using Chinese cell phone

In mid-April, an inspection team from the central government arrested a border guard and smuggler on suspicion of using Chinese cell phones to communicate...

Pyongyang authorities investigate corruption in Hwasong housing development

The Pyongyang People’s Committee recently launched an inspection into alleged financial transactions related to the allotment of housing in the city’s Hwasong housing development,...

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