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Taiwan opens representative office in Phoenix

Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung attended the launch of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Phoenix, Arizona, Oct. 5.   The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs...

Interview: How bribery holds North Korea’s market economy together

A few years ago, two researchers – Dr. Andrew Yeo (Brookings Institution) and Dr....

MOFA welcomes Japan’s Kumamoto Gov. Kimura

The Oct. 6 visit by Kumamoto Governor Takashi Kimura and Prefectural Assembly Chair Koki...

South Korean-style natural makeup catches on among young North Koreans

Young North Koreans in cities such as Chongjin are embracing a subtle, natural South...

North Korean county struggles to find accordion player for propaganda troupe

A mobile propaganda troupe in Chongpyong county, South Hamgyong province, has been virtually inactive after its accordion player took sick leave in January, leading...

North Korean farm worker penalized for submitting coal dust instead of manure

A North Korean farm worker in Chongjin was publicly criticized by managers after submitting coal dust instead of proper manure, and he was warned...

North Korean police intensify home visits and patrols ahead of party congress

Police boxes in cities and counties throughout North Hamgyong province, including Hoeryong, have intensified public controls following provincial police orders to ensure a year...

North Korea defense ministry finds massive embezzlement in elite Pyongyang guard unit

Commanders of North Korea’s elite 91 Metropolitan Defense Corps were caught embezzling funds collected from soldiers and their families for modernizing and renovating base...

North Korea cracks down on corrupt prosecutors shielding elite students

North Korea’s Supreme Prosecutor’s Office issued an emergency order Jan. 19 activating a long-dormant legal provision that allows the replacement of corrupt prosecutors at...

Chinese firms abandon North Korean household workers, turn to prison labor for exports

Contract manufacturing work once done by ordinary North Koreans in their homes is shifting to prisons and state-run factories as Chinese businesses reduce orders...

North Korea’s shellfish workers lose half their wages to employers

North Korea’s aggressive expansion of aquaculture operations has created a system of labor exploitation along the country’s west coast, where workers assigned to collect...

North Korean fugitive caught after assaulting officer, stealing gun in Sinuiju

A man who allegedly assaulted a police officer during a stop in November in Sinuiju, North Pyongan province, and made off with the officer’s...

North Korean sea cucumbers sell at premium prices in China despite UN sanctions

While North Korea is prohibited from exporting fishery products under United Nations Security Council sanctions, seafood from the North, including pricey dried sea cucumbers,...

North Korean seafood floods Chinese markets despite UN export ban

Trade representatives from Rason are purchasing large quantities of shellfish and other seafood from coastal areas of South Hamgyong province for export to China,...

North Korea forces forest rangers to seize firewood from freezing people

People gathering firewood in the hills along North Korea’s northern border with China are dodging forest rangers who have intensified patrols to meet quotas...

Nampo factory workers ordered to collect 500kg compost weekly or pay $28 bribes

A source in Nampo told Daily NK recently that the city “called on factories and enterprises to take charge of collecting agricultural supplies farmers...

North Korea’s railway bridges: strategic assets linking China, Russia while severing South

North Korea’s railway network and border railway bridges are more than just means of transportation — they are a strategic asset closely tied to...

North Korean trading companies ghost Chinese clients, sell goods for triple profit

Contract manufacturing accounts for such a large share of North Korea’s official trade with China that wigs and false eyelashes are its top exports....

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