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Why has North Korea been importing mainly white-colored vehicles?

Black vehicles are reserved for official use in North Korea, so almost all the cars imported from China are white, a source in Yanggang...

N. Koreans fork out bribes to get jobs at food processing factories

As more North Koreans seek jobs at food processing plants, where food rations and wages are guaranteed, the cost of bribes for those jobs...

China’s Hebei Province issues temporary residency permits to defectors

Police in parts of China’s Hebei Province are issuing temporary residency permits to defectors who have lived in China for a decade or more,...

Satellite imagery shows drainage ditch being built near Pyongsan uranium mill

Satellite imagery suggests that a drainage ditch is being built at a settling basin at the Pyongsan Uranium Concentrate Plant. High-resolution images recently taken...

Ministry of Social Security Ensemble dancer takes her own life

A dancer of the Ministry of Social Security Ensemble recently took her own life, Daily NK has learned. Speaking on condition of anonymity, a Daily...

Hoeryong police conduct bunker drills to prepare for war

Police officers in Hoeryong, North Hamgyong Province, underwent about two weeks of bunker drills in preparation for war earlier this month, Daily NK has...

Chinese companies increasingly seek out cheap N. Korean labor

A growing number of Chinese companies are seeking cheap North Korean labor due to the recent rise in labor costs in China. In response,...

Refused asylum to S. Korea, N. Korean defector dies on the streets of Russia

As the world lived in fear of COVID-19 in the year 2020, a North Korean (identified here as “A”) managed to escape from a...

South Hwanghae Province residents catch leeches, earthworms to earn money

Residents of North Korea’s South Hwanghae Province are eager to catch leeches and earthworms to make money, Daily NK has learned. “People in Haeju and...

N. Koreans complain about regime’s discriminatory electricity supply policies

Accidents at North Korea’s coal mines are on the rise due to power shortages, but restaurants and nightclubs frequented by the country’s elite can...

N. Korea completes almost 70% of rice transplanting as of early June

Amid the travails of a chronic food shortage, North Korea has identified increasing grain production as its top economic priority for the year and...

N. Korean police officer murders wife after finding her cheating with another man

A police officer in Chongjin, North Hamgyong Province, was arrested in late April for the murder of his wife, Daily NK has learned. Speaking on...

N. Korean defectors in China seek new lives inside the country

Women who defected from North Korea are fleeing their homes in rural Chinese villages in search of new lives, Daily NK has learned. Speaking on...

Academy of National Defense Science researchers unhappy with poor living conditions

Researchers at the Academy of National Defense Science, a critical agency in North Korea’s accelerating satellite and weapons development efforts, are increasingly unhappy with...

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