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Hamhung teachers ordered to wear skirts during School Support Month

Hamhung teachers must now wear skirts in the classroom during North Korea’s October 2026 School Support Month, a rule that has angered female educators who still have to change...

North Korea’s largest power plant forces workers to pay for mandatory loyalty tours

Workers at North Korea’s largest power plant are fuming after being ordered on mandatory...

North Korean workers sent to Russia with no say and no destination

North Korea is sending more workers to Russia in 2026, but many recruits leave...

MOEA stages US Business Day in Taipei

The U.S. Business Day 2026 took place Oct. 13 in Taipei City to assist...

N. Pyongan Province ordered to establish joint ventures with foreign entities

The committee tasked with promoting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s “20×10 regional development policy” recently issued its first order, calling on North Pyongan...

North Korea sees spike in tuberculosis cases

North Korea has seen a spike in tuberculosis cases from the autumn of last year to the present. The loosening of COVID-19 prevention measures...

N. Korean youth league orders students to improve morale at uniform factories

The central headquarters of the North Korean Socialist Patriotic Youth League recently ordered students to help improve the morale of the factory workers who...

N. Hamgyong Province orders an all-out effort to produce student uniforms

Authorities in North Hamgyong Province recently ordered local officials to engage in intensive efforts to complete the production of student uniforms by Feb. 1,...

Burst pipes force Sinuiju universities to suspend classes

Several universities in Sinuiju recently suspended classes for three days so that students could focus on water collection after water pipes burst due to...

N. Korea intensifies crackdown on owners of “extra” memory cards

North Korea has recently stepped up its crackdown on people who own “extra” memory cards. The mere possession of such cards is considered equivalent...

N. Korean military unit receives failing grade in winter training inspection

The North Korean military’s Eighth Corps received a failing grade in a recent interim evaluation of the unit’s performance in winter training, Daily NK...

N. Korea tightens ideological grip on young people

The North Korean authorities are holding intensive study sessions to reinforce ideological discipline among the country’s young people, Daily NK has learned. The ideological...

N. Korea orders dramatic increase in weapons production

North Korean authorities recently ordered regional weapons factories to dramatically increase production. Government officials say they are doing so because of heightened tensions on...

N. Korea intensifies ideological indoctrination for teachers

North Korean authorities have recently stepped up their ideological indoctrination of teachers after an inspection last year found serious levels of “anti-socialist” and “non-socialist”...

An in-depth look at Kim Jong Un’s “two states” narrative: Part 4

Editor’s Note: Read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.  At the beginning of the year, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un declared that the...

North Koreans face difficulties amid spike in rice prices

North Koreans are suffering from worsening food shortages amid a recent spike in the price of rice. Speaking on condition of anonymity for security reasons,...

An interview with Jeong Haneul, the director of “Two Soldiers”

“Do you know what the Supreme Commander said? A soldier’s fundamental duty is to devote his youth to his fatherland and to be loyal...

Chinese police intensify efforts to prevent N. Korean defectors from escaping to S. Korea

The Chinese police have begun indoctrinating the members of Chinese families who live with North Korean defector women as part of efforts to prevent...

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