North Korea analysts have long viewed Kim Jong Un’s government through a familiar lens: a third-generation hereditary dictatorship sustained by the same tools of terror and ideology that kept...
North Korea has decided to call all steam bath businesses “saunas” and is replacing signboards accordingly. The North Korean authorities—who demand linguistic purity through...
As graduation day approaches, North Korean students are busily preparing gifts for their homeroom teachers. While the custom of giving graduation presents has taken...
Human rights groups are urging Ukraine to allow captured North Korean soldiers to seek refuge in South Korea rather than face potential execution in...
A Kim Il Sung University graduate has surprised his friends by prioritizing career prospects over his long-term romantic relationship, Daily NK has learned.
“University students...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered the establishment of “Research Center 227” under the military’s Reconnaissance General Bureau to research and develop...
North Korean authorities have begun taking aggressive action against nationwide price increases that started in mid-February, Daily NK has learned.
“The government has launched a...
North Korea is working to modernize educational facilities and update drone warfare education at a leading military school, Daily NK has learned.
The changes follow...
The South Hwanghae provincial party committee has made weekly “song dissemination” sessions mandatory at all workplaces, leaving many North Koreans frustrated as they’re forced...
Recent reports indicate that the North Korean Workers’ Party continues its harsh discrimination against citizens who hold views different from the regime.
According to a...
North Korean farmers are growing increasingly resentful as the ruling party’s interference in their autonomy reaches new extremes. While authorities boast of an unprecedented...
North Korea is expanding nursing homes and welfare facilities for the elderly in rural areas. However, citizens are increasingly unhappy with the regime’s use...
