North Korea’s renaming of its feared political police agency is sending a chill through the population, with many people drawing uncomfortable comparisons to a South Korean intelligence body long...
North Korea’s recent initiative to boost technical education through a pilot program at select middle and high schools has hit an obstacle: most schools...
A professor at Hamhung University of Pharmacology was arrested in December for manufacturing and distributing methamphetamine, with investigators discovering he had used students to...
North Korea has launched a smartphone app called “Health 3.0” that allows users to order and receive home delivery of medication and health products,...
North Korea appears to be accelerating its military reconnaissance satellite program through Russian cooperation, with plans for new deployments this year.
According to a Daily...
In recent years, the Hindu community in the United Kingdom has faced a troubling rise in Hinduphobia—a form of prejudice and discrimination that misrepresents...
North Hwanghae’s provincial people’s committee plans to facilitate bank loans to farms for spring planting, Daily NK has learned.
According to a source in the...
In the December 2024 New York Times opinion article, “Trump-Kim, Part II, Could Shake Up the World,” Dmitri Alperovitch and Sergey Radchenko propose a...
North Korean authorities have executed and imprisoned several key researchers involved in nuclear power plant construction, Daily NK has learned.
According to a Pyongyang source...
North Korea has renamed its “front line approval number” to “national border approval number” for permits required to enter regions along the inter-Korean frontier,...
North Korea’s State Planning Commission and Central Bank have ordered organizations across South Pyongan province to switch to electronic card payments for workers’ wages...
North Korea is experiencing a surge in influenza cases, but rather than seeking medical care, many residents are turning to self-prescribed medicines from local...
North Korea is implementing stricter safety measures in construction work after documenting numerous fatal accidents during flood reconstruction efforts last summer in North Pyongan,...
