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Flood victims fight for Pyongyang housing as Kim’s visit sparks relief

After North Korean leader Kim Jong Un promised that 15,400 flood victims from North Pyongan, Jagang, and Ryanggang provinces would be brought to Pyongyang...

N. Korea sends large number of new trade officials to China

North Korean authorities have recently dispatched many new trade officials to China, suggesting that it intends to actively expand trading activity with the country. Speaking...

Trapped in transit: North Korean defectors’ catch-22 in China

North Korean defectors in China face a cruel irony: As routes to South Korea tighten, their bid for freedom through fake IDs comes with...

N. Korean dams unleash floodwaters, raising cross-border concerns

Torrential rains in July caused the Yalu River, which borders China, to rise significantly, leading to severe flooding in North Korean river basins. Satellite...

N. Korea orders Samjiyon blueberry drink factory to rush production

The North Korean cabinet has ordered the Samjiyon Blueberry Drink Factory to complete its quarterly quota of blueberry products one month earlier than planned,...

North Koreans in Hyesan risk danger for pine nut profits

Some residents of Hyesan have recently been heading to Kim Jong Suk county to gather pine nuts, Daily NK has learned. “Since July 25, some...

North Korean children mobilized for flood recovery on farms

After severe flooding damaged agricultural areas along the North Korean border in North Pyongan province in late July, collective farms are organizing an all-hands...

Student beaten, faces expulsion over alleged affair with professor

A female first-year student at a college in Sinuiju was beaten by a professor’s wife for having an inappropriate relationship with the professor and...

N. Korean human rights and the COI report: 10 years on, inaction persists

A decade after the landmark U.N. Commission of Inquiry (COI) report on North Korean human rights, questions linger about the progress made in addressing...

N. Korea’s new top cop seeks to restore discipline in the ranks

North Korea’s new police commissioner Pang Tu Sop is trying to restore discipline in the force with the warning that police substation chiefs who...

N. Korean flood evacuee talks about challenges he faces

Record-setting rains last month have forced many North Koreans, particularly those in the border areas of North Pyongan province, to seek refuge in communal...

What Uganda has that North Korea does not

In mid-June, I visited Uganda for an agricultural survey. It fulfilled a long-held wish after turning 60 — an impossible dream had I still...

N. Pyongan province dispatches labor brigades to flood-stricken areas

North Pyongan province has sent party labor brigades to flood-ravaged areas along the Yalu River for recovery efforts. Families in these areas, already struggling,...

N. Korea draws on emergency supplies to keep rice prices down

Despite recent flooding in North Korea caused by heavy rains, the price of grain in North Korean markets has held fairly steady. The North...

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