North Korean state-run grain shops near the Chinese border have begun accepting foreign currency for food purchases, despite official restrictions on foreign currency use.
This...
North Korea now offers full-fledged video calling services as the country commercializes its 4G network. However, technical issues such as overheating, excessive battery consumption,...
Daily NK has recently acquired the complete text of North Korea’s Autonomous Defense and Security Act, enacted in 2022.
The law’s ostensible purpose is to...
North Korea’s Ministry of State Security held a two-day training session in Pyongyang for provincial counterintelligence officials, ordering an intensified crackdown on potential spies...
Straining to meet aggressive production targets, workers at North Korea’s Mt. Purae cement plant triggered an explosion that rocked the South Hamgyong province facility....
North Korean authorities are conducting lectures warning citizens to avoid items from South Korean balloons, claiming they are contaminated with viruses.
According to a source...
North Korean food prices have hit record highs, deepening hardship across the country.
According to Daily NK’s regular market survey, rice prices exceeded 8,000 North...
North Korea dispatched technical teams to Dandong, China and major Russian cities in early November to procure advanced military components like electronic parts and...
Elementary schools in North Korea are actively operating after-school soccer clubs, likely mirroring the public enthusiasm for the North Korean women’s team’s consecutive victories...
North Korea is enforcing strict secrecy around casualties among its troops fighting in Russia. A source within the Korean People’s Army’s 11th Corps revealed...
Farm workers in North Korea are expressing frustration over receiving small allocations of the fall harvest despite their year-round labor, with tensions exemplified by...
North Korea’s education ministry announced recently that a preparatory exam for college applicants will be held two weeks early.
“Education departments at provinces, cities and...
North Korea has intensified its crackdown on foreign currency exchanges as market rates continue to climb. In recent weeks, authorities have banished multiple money...
