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,...
North Korean authorities have turned recent flooding into an opportunity for a massive propaganda campaign. Loudspeaker trucks and propaganda teams have been touring affected...
North Korea is tightening controls on pine mushroom sales and transport, aiming to monopolize foreign currency from exports of the rare fungi.
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Hyesan residents have recently been ordered to “donate” to the relief campaign for flood victims along North Korea’s northern border, Daily NK has learned.
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Senior officials from the Department of Military-Political Leadership in the Workers’ Party of Korea recently visited the Air Force Command to discuss helicopter pilot...
Since mid-July, prosecutors in South Pyongan Province have been inspecting local market management offices. The provincial prosecutors’ office has vowed to expose all corruption...
Following heavy rains that caused flood damage across North Korea, residents of Pyoktong county, in North Pyongan province, are frustrated with party and youth...
North Korean doctors, struggling to survive on meager government rations, are increasingly turning to bribery and farming on hospital grounds instead of treating patients.
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Mine collapses have been common in North Korea recently, blamed on increased mineral extraction and insufficient mine supports due to a shortage of timber.
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North Korean authorities have ordered workers at factories and enterprises to collect “grass compost” to address fertilizer shortages, sparking complaints, Daily NK has learned.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un recently ordered his foreign ministry team to develop a realistic diplomatic strategy for U.S. negotiations, indicating he “did...
