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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...

China in talks with N. Korea about providing raw materials and food

China plans to provide raw materials and food to North Korea through a loan, Daily NK has learned. Speaking on condition of anonymity, a high-ranking...

Chongjin’s bowling alleys, inns, and hotels criticized as “hotbeds of non-socialist behavior”

The people’s committee of North Hamgyong Province has criticized local cultural and recreational facilities as hotbeds of non-socialist behavior and has begun drawing up...

Satellite imagery suggests that North Korea is restarting test operations in Yongbyon

Recent satellite images suggest that North Korea is restarting test operations of its experimental light water reactor in Yongbyon. The reactor, reportedly in test...

China’s Mudanjiang plans to implement procedures to better protect rights of N. Korean defectors

Police in Heilongjiang Province’s city of Mudanjiang are planning to implement legal procedures aimed at protecting the rights of North Korean defectors arrested trying...

S. Pyongan Province inspects farms tasked with providing raw materials for production activities

At the beginning of April, North Korean authorities carried out a two-week inspection of farms in South Pyongan Province that are responsible for supplying...

N. Korean veteran disappears after speaking out against harsh COVID protocols

In autumn 2020, when North Korea implemented broad-ranging nationwide lockdowns in response to COVID-19, North Koreans faced limits in everything they did. Doing business...

N. Korea plans to minimize economic damage from world’s moves to block imports of Chinese seafood

North Korean authorities are drawing up plans to minimize the economic damage the international community’s moves to block imports of Chinese seafood produced through...

N. Korea’s single mothers face severe levels of discrimination

While it is fairly common for unmarried North Korean women to have children, single mothers receive no support from the government and are even...

N. Korea orders confiscation of all cell phones owned by Russia-based workers

The North Korean government has ordered the confiscation of all cell phones owned by workers in Russia, Daily NK has learned. As the North...

Satellite imagery shows structures being dismantled on the outskirts of the Kaesong Industrial Complex

After the Kaesong Industrial Complex was shuttered in 2016, reports emerged that North Korea was using its facilities without permission from the South Korean...

New song extolling Kim Jong Un isn’t so catchy among N. Koreans

North Korea recently released a new propaganda song extolling leader Kim Jong Un titled “Friendly Father,” but North Koreans who have heard the song...

N. Korean military orders end to violence at boot camps

Amid a rise in violence among soldiers in the military, North Korea’s military recently ordered an end to beatings in boot camps amid concerns...

N. Korea updates training video for overseas workers in response to Daily NK reports

Following a Daily NK report on Apr. 8 about the financial exploitation of North Korean workers in Russia, North Korea’s Ministry of State Security...

Kangwon Province ordered to speed up development of Mount Kumgang tourism area

Kangwon Province has been ordered by the North Korean cabinet to speed up the development of the Mount Kumgang tourism area, Daily NK has...

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