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On Feb. 21, Korea’s Presidential Committee for National Cohesion established a special commission on “trends among citizens with a North Korean background” to develop...

On Sept. 24, 2020, a high-ranking official in the Supreme Guard Command (SGC), the military branch responsible for the protection of the Kim family,...

On Jan. 1, 2012, shortly after taking power, Kim Jong Un visited the offices of Rodong Sinmun – the country’s most prominent newspaper –...

Some factories and companies in North Korea paid workers “socialist competition assessment bonuses” late last year to encourage an increase in production, Daily NK...

North Korean security agents in North Hamgyong Province demanded large sums of cash from remittance brokers ahead of recent holidays, including Lunar New Year...

More and more parents are turning to private tutoring for their children as the quality of education in North Korean schools declines, Daily NK...

The incomes of North Korean market sellers continue to decline even though trade with China and Russia has partially resumed with the easing of...

Anxiety is in the air after North Korea’s education ministry disciplined the scientific research departments of three prominent universities for carelessly providing research funds...

Two female switchboard operators who were caught engaging in non-socialist behavior last year recently faced a struggle session at the cultural center of the...

Workers at the Kilju Pulp and Paper Factory got into a drunken brawl ahead of the Feb. 16 holiday marking the birthday of late...

Grain prices in North Korean marketplaces faltered briefly before the Lunar New Year in early February, but they are now moving upward again. The...

North Korean authorities issued orders for special guard duty throughout the country on Feb. 16, the 82nd anniversary of Kim Jong Il’s birth, also...

North Korea distributed holiday gifts to cadres of party and government organizations on the Day of the Shining Star (Feb. 16, Kim Jong Il’s...

North Korea’s Ministry of Education has dispatched inspectors to leading universities in Pyongyang and the provinces to check on lecture preparations in major departments...