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MOFA welcomes US Reps. Boyle, Salinas, Kennedy

Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung hosted a banquet for Reps. Brendan Boyle, Andrea Salinas and Tim Kennedy of the U.S. House of Representatives Oct. 7 in Taipei City,...

Taiwan opens representative office in Phoenix

Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung attended the launch of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office...

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...

N. Korea orders “zero incidents” policy for weapons facilities during Kim’s China visit

North Korea’s police organization, the Ministry of Social Security, has instructed regional security departments to strengthen control over weapons, ammunition, and explosives in connection...

N. Korea declares special security alert ahead of Kim Jong Un’s China visit

North Korea has declared a nationwide special security alert ahead of Kim Jong Un’s visit to China. According to multiple Daily NK sources inside...

Kim Jong Un orders major purge of N. Korea’s secret police amid corruption scandal

A directive personally signed by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been issued to the Ministry of State Security regarding the reorganization of...

Youth shock brigade members offered rare path to Workers’ Party membership

North Korea is accelerating efforts to grant party cards to select members of youth shock brigades mobilized for large-scale construction projects, timing the initiative...

Market chaos in N. Korea: Currency crisis devastates trade

A wave of inflation is crushing North Korean markets as exchange rates soar and the local currency plummets. The dollar’s value has jumped 20-30%...

N. Korea and Russia expand prosecution ties, sparking human rights concerns

A recent visit by North Korean prosecutors to Russia has opened discussions on expanded judicial cooperation between the two countries, raising alarm about potential...

N. Korea rejects S. Korean reconciliation efforts with military buildup

North Korea is working overtime to counter South Korean President Lee Jae Myung’s conciliatory messages, launching an intensive propaganda campaign to maintain the narrative...

N. Korean officials force unpopular labor mobilizations, leaving local leaders to face public anger

A neighborhood office in Chongam district, Chongjin, North Hamgyong province, is forcing people to participate in mandatory labor in the second half of the...

North Korea’s real estate paradox: soaring prices, no buyers

North Korea’s soaring real estate prices stem from wild swings in the won-to-dollar exchange rate, creating a market where prices climb but sales stagnate....

North Korea’s showcase factories struggle as prosecutors launch crackdown

North Korea is heavily promoting the achievements of its local industrial factory construction under the “Regional Development 20×10 Policy,” but in reality, these factories...

N. Korean trade officials face political pressure to boost performance

North Korean authorities have gathered Pyongyang’s trade officials to pressure them into raising state quotas for the second half of the year. This was...

Lost in translation: The linguistic challenges facing N. Korean defectors

One of the linguistic shocks faced by North Korean defectors upon their arrival in South Korea involves the relationship between the words nakji and...

N. Korean farm worker faces public humiliation for S. Korean videos

A public struggle session was held earlier this month in Mundok county, South Pyongan province, targeting a person caught with South Korean video material....

Market vendors in N. Korea resort to fee evasion as economic pressures mount

Struggling market vendors in Hamhung, South Hamgyong province, have begun deliberately avoiding their stalls during fee collection times as poor sales make it difficult...

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