Tag: Daily NK: North Korea

Regional trade has significantly increased since North Korean authorities began implementing the “20×10 regional development policy.” Rising imports are also boosting business in rural...

Unjong Tea, North Korea’s leading tea drink, has gained considerable popularity among young students due to the variety of products available and aggressive marketing...

A source in North Hamgyong Province said on Monday that some people in Hoeryong have been avoiding becoming police informers lately. Police in Hoeryong recently...

The North Korean military has ordered units to review nuclear weapons maintenance and nuclear command and control and conduct related drills ahead of the...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...