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Daily NK recently conducted a survey of 40 North Korean defectors in China that revealed their greatest hopes for 2024. From Jan. 2 to Jan....

Since the end of last year’s fall harvest, the price of rice in state-run grain stores has been little different from that sold in...

Kim Mo (a pseudonym), a teacher in his 40s at a lower secondary school (middle school) in Wonsan, Gangwon Province, recently shared his wish...

Amid the government’s emphasis on war preparedness and the “tense situation” on the Korean Peninsula, North Korean civil-military militia groups participated in a 20-day...

Rason’s party committee recently instructed local party officials on the contents of an order from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that equated “delusions...

After his past misdeeds came to light, a North Korean soldier at a training academy for logistics officers recently had his admission revoked and...

Facing the bitter cold, some Hyesan residents have resorted to stealing their neighbors’ outhouse doors for firewood, Daily NK has learned. “Many households outside downtown...

North Korean women continue to face sexual violence, including sexual harassment, molestation, and rape, but penalties for sexual offenses have decreased under Kim Jong...

A female worker at the Chollima Steel Complex in Nampo recently committed suicide after years of sexual abuse at the hands of her boss,...

Forced to live in constant fear due to the lack of identification papers, many North Korean defectors in China are spending the New Year...

Kaesong police officials recently covered up an alleged bicycle theft because a relative of the thief works in the police department, Daily NK has...

Anyone interested in North Korea will have frequently come across the word “suryong.” That’s because it’s the title used by North Korea’s leaders, particularly...

Amid rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula in early 2024, North Korea’s leadership recently ordered the commands of all armed forces to introduce a...

Several political prison camps originally thought to have been closed have been reopened after Kim Jong Un took power in 2012. In addition, power...