Tag: Daily NK: North Korea

Several opium addicts have died recently in Kilju County, North Hamgyong Province, Daily NK has learned. Speaking on condition of anonymity, a Daily NK source...

Some of the more than 200 defectors repatriated from China to North Korea last year are being held in political prison camps. Among the...

The Chongjin Department Store in Chongjin, North Hamgyong Province, has been the subject of an investigation by the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party...

A North Korean manager at the Samsu Power Plant in Yanggang Province has been punished in connection with his son’s transgressions, Daily NK has...

Market exchange rates in North Korea have hit another high as the US dollar climbs in international markets and trading activity expands in certain...

North Korea continues to spread propaganda about the ruling party’s childcare programs, including the distribution of free dairy products to children. Recently, the party...

The infant mortality rate in North Korea’s rural areas is higher than in the country’s cities, a source in the country told Daily NK...

In the summer of 2022, North Korean authorities imposed a strict lockdown in Onsong County, North Hamgyong Province, to prevent the spread of the...

Grain prices at North Korean markets did not fall as they usually do around Apr. 15, which is Kim Il Sung’s birthday and the...

North Koreans used to prepare different kinds of food to eat with their families on major holidays, but things are changing. Speaking on condition of...

North Korea is reassigning experienced army, navy and air force generals who have reached retirement age as researchers in specialized fields such as military...

A public struggle session was held at a raw material base in Onsong County, North Hamgyong Province, in early April against two people who...

In 2021, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the North Korean government sought technologies that could help it better track the movements of...

North Korea’s Ministry of State Security has designated April as the “month of eliminating illegal activities” and is heavily monitoring state security departments along...