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VP Hsiao attends Holocaust Remembrance Day event

Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim attended an event marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day April 29 in Taipei City, reiterating commitment to working with partners to create a more compassionate, peaceful...

Deputy FM Wu interviewed for French radio

Deputy Foreign Minister François Chih-chung Wu said Taiwan is committed to working with like-minded...

Trump threatens to pull troops from Germany amid feud with Merz

The chancellor angered the White House by criticizing the Iran war ...

North Korean soldiers beat taxi driver who refused free ride in Hyesan

Two soldiers beat a taxi driver bloody in Hyesan, Ryanggang province, after he refused...

North Korea’s ‘free healthcare’ reality: Citizens turn to black market for medicine

North Korea promotes its free healthcare system as proof of socialism’s superiority, but North Koreans say what they actually experience isn’t “free healthcare” but...

Red Youth Guard training leaves student with severe infection, no medical care

Injuries during Red Youth Guard entry training in South Hamgyong province are going untreated, a source in North Korea told Daily NK recently. In...

N. Korea’s technical schools struggle with outdated equipment and poor funding

North Korea’s Ministry of Education recently conducted a nationwide review that exposed widespread problems at technical high schools, with most struggling to provide proper...

N. Korea cracks down on remittance network helping defectors’ families

State security agents arrested a North Korean remittance broker in Hyesan while trying to deliver funds to a defector’s family in South Hamgyong province,...

N. Korea cigarette smuggling operations hit hard by China crackdown

A sweeping Chinese crackdown on cigarette smuggling has brought North Korean companies’ lucrative tobacco operations to a virtual standstill, forcing them to scramble for...

Trump’s tariff gamble on India backfires as Alaska summit with Putin yields no deal

U.S. President Donald Trump’s bid to squeeze New Delhi with steep, shifting tariffs — and to use that pressure as leverage around the Ukraine...

N. Korea’s Kim Jong Un orders workplace safety reforms after steel mill accident

When a serious accident occurred at a North Korean steel mill on a national holiday, Kim Jong Un was immediately briefed about what happened....

China intensifies surveillance of N. Korean defectors in urban areas

Chinese police continue to keep a close eye on North Korean defectors in the country. While surveillance intensity varies by region, defectors in cities...

New data shows N. Korea rice prices hit highest level since 2009 currency reform

North Korea’s market rice prices have once again reached a record high. According to Daily NK’s regular survey of market prices in North Korea,...

N. Korea teachers find summer “vacation” busier than school year

North Korean schools may be closed for summer, but teachers are busier than ever with training programs and public service projects. “Teachers in Haeju...

N. Korea lectures trading companies on benefits of economic independence

Managers at trading companies in Sariwon, North Hwanghae province, recently attended a special lecture on the global economic situation. According to a Daily NK...

N. Korea cracks down on intranet usage after document theft incident

North Korean state security officials recently examined email usage, intranet access and file viewing records at government agencies and schools in North Pyongan province....

N. Korea children’s camp excludes poor students due to high costs

Songdowon International Children’s Camp supposedly provides mental and physical training to children and teenagers while promoting their welfare, but critics say it’s becoming a...

N. Korea’s tourism drive leaves locals exhausted from constant building

North Korea is developing large-scale tourist attractions to boost its tourism industry as an economic stimulus, but locals are worn out from the relentless...

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