North Korea’s State Hydro-Meteorological Administration is undergoing a sweeping, party-ordered ideological review this month after a string of forecasting failures worsened storm and heat...
Recently, South Korea-US relations have taken a troubling turn. After North Korea’s military pushed ahead with fortification work along the Military Demarcation Line, including...
Growing garment subcontracting trade between North Korea and China is pulling young women into export garment factories in cities including Sinuiju, Nampo and Pyongyang...
A hospital in Chongjin, the capital of North Korea’s North Hamgyong province, cremated a patient’s body without the family’s consent this month, after power...
Rice prices in North Korea climbed to their highest level since the country’s 2009 currency redenomination in mid-August 2026, according to Daily NK’s latest...
A prolonged heat wave overwhelmed North Hwanghae province’s aging power infrastructure this month, triggering a province-wide blackout in North Korea that even cut electricity...
North Korean authorities urgently released state reserve grain to farms in South Hwanghae province, the country’s principal grain-producing region, after a growing number of...
Recent high-resolution satellite imagery shows that the sludge-covered area within a settling pond at North Korea’s Pyongsan uranium concentration plant grew by about 0.8...
North Korea passed a sweeping law in 2025 that regulates soil pollution from initial monitoring through investigation, cleanup and punishment of violators. The...
Authorities in South Hamgyong province are cracking down on private hairdressers and barbers, but young North Koreans who want personalized styles are still seeking...
North Korea is shifting its foreign currency strategy in 2026, with trading units moving away from raw material exports to China and turning instead...
North Korea’s Cabinet held an emergency meeting and issued a detailed set of heat wave guidelines after the death toll from heat-related illness surpassed...
