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N. Korean government demands students collect scrap paper for new textbooks

North Korea’s government has ordered students to collect scrap paper for use in printing new textbooks for a new curriculum that will soon be...

North Korea’s grain prices continue to rise in markets

The price of cereals at North Korean marketplaces continues to rise, leading some to say the food shortage in the country is even more...

N. Korean border guard and smuggler arrested for using Chinese cell phone

In mid-April, an inspection team from the central government arrested a border guard and smuggler on suspicion of using Chinese cell phones to communicate...

Pyongyang authorities investigate corruption in Hwasong housing development

The Pyongyang People’s Committee recently launched an inspection into alleged financial transactions related to the allotment of housing in the city’s Hwasong housing development,...

China in talks with N. Korea about providing raw materials and food

China plans to provide raw materials and food to North Korea through a loan, Daily NK has learned. Speaking on condition of anonymity, a high-ranking...

Chongjin’s bowling alleys, inns, and hotels criticized as “hotbeds of non-socialist behavior”

The people’s committee of North Hamgyong Province has criticized local cultural and recreational facilities as hotbeds of non-socialist behavior and has begun drawing up...

Satellite imagery suggests that North Korea is restarting test operations in Yongbyon

Recent satellite images suggest that North Korea is restarting test operations of its experimental light water reactor in Yongbyon. The reactor, reportedly in test...

China’s Mudanjiang plans to implement procedures to better protect rights of N. Korean defectors

Police in Heilongjiang Province’s city of Mudanjiang are planning to implement legal procedures aimed at protecting the rights of North Korean defectors arrested trying...

S. Pyongan Province inspects farms tasked with providing raw materials for production activities

At the beginning of April, North Korean authorities carried out a two-week inspection of farms in South Pyongan Province that are responsible for supplying...

N. Korean veteran disappears after speaking out against harsh COVID protocols

In autumn 2020, when North Korea implemented broad-ranging nationwide lockdowns in response to COVID-19, North Koreans faced limits in everything they did. Doing business...

N. Korea plans to minimize economic damage from world’s moves to block imports of Chinese seafood

North Korean authorities are drawing up plans to minimize the economic damage the international community’s moves to block imports of Chinese seafood produced through...

N. Korea’s single mothers face severe levels of discrimination

While it is fairly common for unmarried North Korean women to have children, single mothers receive no support from the government and are even...

N. Korea orders confiscation of all cell phones owned by Russia-based workers

The North Korean government has ordered the confiscation of all cell phones owned by workers in Russia, Daily NK has learned. As the North...

Satellite imagery shows structures being dismantled on the outskirts of the Kaesong Industrial Complex

After the Kaesong Industrial Complex was shuttered in 2016, reports emerged that North Korea was using its facilities without permission from the South Korean...

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