A provincial party official in North Hamgyong province was seized by State Information Bureau agents the moment he stepped down from the lectern at a political lecture session last...
North Korea recently scrapped its system of preliminary examinations—a legal procedure the country maintained for roughly 70 years since the regime’s founding. This change...
Exhausted farmers in Sakju county, North Pyongan province, are watching their fields around the clock after repeated thefts from family plots, working late into...
Rice prices are plunging at North Korean marketplaces as demand falls with this year’s corn harvest and imported grains reaching markets, even as exchange...
North Korea has continued using South Korean buses from the Kaesong Industrial Complex in an unauthorized fashion even after the complex was closed, and...
North Korea is forcing discharged soldiers and young people to fill gaps at the country’s mines, offering housing, matchmaking services and material assistance to...
A mysterious act of kindness toward two stranded market vendors in South Hwanghae province has sparked widespread speculation about underground Christian believers after the...
North Korea has begun activities to once again imprint the regime’s policy of “self-reliance,” ordering security and administrative agencies at all levels to reinforce...
North Korea has replaced ten mid-level officials at two construction companies operating in Nakhodka, a city in Primorsky Krai in the Russian Far East....
Daily NK has reviewed the full text of North Korea’s Railroad Passenger Transportation Act, which was enacted in May. The law prohibits North Koreans...
North Korean men’s participation in mandatory community service projects has noticeably increased in recent years, a significant change that appears to show how the...
North Korea has deployed approximately 1,000 soldiers from a newly formed specialized construction brigade to help rebuild areas damaged by the Russia-Ukraine war, marking...
The North Korean authorities established a “Korea-China Technical Collaboration Center” immediately after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited Beijing early last month, and...
North Korea’s nouveau riche, or donju, have recently amassed significant wealth through real estate investments. “Nowadays, people with money in Sinuiju invest in homes,...
