Cases of water pipes freezing or exploding have occurred throughout the northern regions of North Korea amid a protracted cold spell. Locals are taking...
Chinese smugglers caught trafficking North Korean cigarettes face steep penalties and prison time as Beijing intensifies enforcement against illicit tobacco trade, but Pyongyang’s cigarette...
Young North Koreans are shelling out $345 to copy a look that signals power: “gaeteol-shuba,” the dog-fur padded coats worn by soldiers, state security...
North Korean neighborhood watch unit leaders have given households their yearly quotas for various scrap materials they are supposed to collect for the government.
Families...
Prices at North Korea’s informal marketplaces are falling across the board, including imported goods and grains like rice and corn. This appears to be...
As prospective college students in North Korea wait to hear back from their preferred universities, Daily NK asked ten students currently attending university in...
North Korea has recently been importing large quantities of electronic devices and parts from China.
A source in China told Daily NK recently that North...
Amid ongoing propaganda film study sessions praising the greatness of Kim Jong Un in South Hamgyong province, authorities are treating young people who dozed...
The authorities in North Korea’s Jagang province have been cracking down on the production of moonshine since the turn of the year.
“The provincial authorities...
