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Startup Island Taiwan expands operations in Tokyo

The National Development Council opened a larger Startup Island Taiwan office in Tokyo Aug. 20 to better support Taiwanese firms interested in tapping the Japanese market.   According to the NDC,...

Pakistani ex-PM Imran Khan moved back to jail after medical checkup

Imran Khan, 73, was taken to an Islamabad hospital under heavy security at 1...

Trump plays the Kim Jong Un card amid Seoul-Washington discord

Recently, South Korea-US relations have taken a troubling turn. After North Korea’s military pushed...

Russia conducts missile test near Kuril Islands after Japanese protest

The drills come a week after Tokyo criticized President Vladimir Putin’s first ever-visit to...

We now know North Korea is impossible to invade: Israeli struggles against Gaza’s tunnel networks prove it

Following the outbreak of open hostilities between between Israel and militia groups based in the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7, the Israel Defence Force’s...

North Korea conducts fourth missile test of 2024

North Korea’s state media reported on Feb. 12 that the regime had managed to develop new controllable shells for a multiple rocket launcher as...

Hyesan residents suffer water shortages

Residents of Hyesan, Yanggang Province, have been suffering from a water shortage, Daily NK has learned. Speaking on condition of anonymity for security reasons, a...

Why one North Korean educator was deemed a “first-class reactionary”

At the Second National Meeting of Elementary Propaganda Workers in 2019, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a letter to participants entitled “Let’s...

Some thoughts on Kim Jong Un’s outdated “20×10 regional development policy”

Kim Jong Un recently admitted that his country’s regional economy is in a “pitiful state.” He confessed that “our party and state are facing...

Where is Kim Jong Un’s eldest son and what is he doing?

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on Daily NK’s Korean website in June 2023.  Recently, there has been increasing interest in Kim Jong Un’s...

North Korea’s economic tapestry and the Ministry of Unification’s perilous position

The recent release of a comprehensive report by South Korea’s Ministry of Unification into North Korea’s economy not only provides insights into the nation’s...

Kangwon Province orders party members to “take care” of Korean-Japanese descendants

In the run-up to the Feb. 8 holiday commemorating the founding of the North Korean army, the Kangwon Province Party Committee ordered party officials...

Sariwon residents dismayed at government-business collusion on construction projects

As the North Korean authorities promote the construction of houses and factories in rural areas, party and government officials have colluded with the donju...

Pyongyangites thrilled about newly available chickens and eggs

Pyongyang residents are thrilled about the Kwangchon Chicken Farm chicken and eggs recently made available by their government, Daily NK has learned. Speaking on condition...

Kaechon government official faces struggle session for bribery

An official of the Kaechon People’s Committee was recently subjected to a public struggle session for using his position to solicit bribes in exchange...

Was Ipo Village really ground zero for N. Korea’s COVID outbreak?

In early June 2022, a man surnamed Choe, the chief of the military medical department of the Second Division of the First Corps –...

N. Korean rice prices dip in run-up to Lunar New Year

Rice prices at North Korean markets have fallen to some degree in the run-up to the Lunar New Year holiday. The market price of...

Two N. Korean defectors in China arrested for talking about going to S. Korea

Two North Korean defectors who talked to each other about going to South Korea were recently arrested by the Chinese police in Hebei Province,...

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