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North Korea threatens criminal punishment for diverting factory goods to informal markets

The party committee of Songchon county, South Pyongan province, has ordered a complete halt to the flow of state-produced goods into informal markets, threatening officials and factory workers with...

Air China’s Beijing-Pyongyang resumption stirs economic hopes inside North Korea

North Korea resumed its first direct Air China flights from Beijing in six years...

North Korea fuel prices surge 20% as Iran war squeezes oil supply

North Korea’s market prices have surged for the second consecutive month, with fuel costs...

North Korea triples border enforcement as Kim Jong Un ideology campaign intensifies

A wave of mandatory study sessions centered on “Kim Jong Un Thought” has swept...

Faux fur jackets and combat boots dominate N. Korea’s winter fashion markets

Leather jackets and military-style boots are flying off marketplace shelves as North Koreans emulate Kim Jong Un’s televised wardrobe, with vendors celebrating rebounding sales...

S. Korea’s plan to scrap N. Korean human rights center risks abandoning victims for political expediency

A report recently emerged that the government is considering a plan to essentially scrap the establishment of the National Center for North Korean Human...

Winter warfare preparations expose North Korea’s chronic military supply crisis

North Korea’s II Corps has ordered nutritious food for soldiers ahead of winter exercises beginning Dec. 1, but the directive has sparked complaints from...

Cash remains king: Why North Koreans resist Pyongyang’s digital payment push

North Korea is holding public lectures encouraging electronic payment adoption, but citizens remain hesitant due to concerns about government surveillance and policy instability. A...

Pyongyang’s digital gold rush: How North Korean hackers fund the regime through crypto theft

North Korean trade officials operating in China are illegally selling cryptocurrency to Chinese nationals, with Pyongyang earning a fortune in foreign currency as a...

From Kim dynasty to battlefield martyrs: North Korea’s expanding ‘eternal life’ propaganda

North Korea’s military is using stories of soldiers who detonated themselves in the Russia-Ukraine war as indoctrination material, telling troops “if you give your...

N. Korea’s child beggars flee ‘prison-like’ shelters for street life

The number of child beggars in the North Korean border city of Hoeryong is surging, with homeless youngsters increasingly visible near train stations and...

Chanel products popular among N. Korea’s wealthy

Chanel cosmetics and perfumes are becoming the latest status symbol among North Korea’s elite, as wealthy people in cities like Hoeryong and Chongjin increasingly...

Fur and famine: N. Korea’s elite flout luxury bans as workers starve

North Korea’s elite women are flaunting luxury fur coats worth millions of won—enough to buy a provincial home or feed a family for years—while...

N. Korean military unit cracks down on soldiers using private barbers

Units of the 25th Brigade of the North Korean border guard based in Hyesan, Ryanggang province, have recently begun cracking down harder on its...

N. Korea inspects progress in ‘three revolutionary movements’ at shipyards

As the end of the year approaches, North Korea’s ruling party has sent inspectors to major shipyards in Chongjin, Rajin, Sinpo and Nampo to...

N. Hamgyong province clamps down on private sale of rice

North Korea has launched a heavy-handed crackdown on private rice sales in North Hamgyong province. “After the Central Committee ordered a halt to the...

N. Koreans struggle to obtain wind blockers as winter approaches

Many households in North Korea’s Ryanggang province — where winter temperatures plummet to close to 30 degrees Celsius below freezing — lack wind blockers...

N. Korea aims to expand mineral trade despite sanctions

North Korea has recently taken steps to expand its mineral trade despite international sanctions. According to a Daily NK source in China recently, a...

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