Tag: Daily NK: North Korea

North Korean authorities recently ordered major munitions factories to beef up security amid a surge in production and theft of raw materials, Daily NK...

One day in early 2019, a public trial took place in front of the Provincial Performing Troupe Plaza in North Pyongan Province. That day, five...

North Korea’s media outlets continue to boast that patriotic young people are lining up to volunteer for difficult jobs. But the reality is that...

Ahead of his planned visit to North Korea on Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia would work with North Korea to develop a...

A major controversy has erupted in Hamhung after it was learned that high school sophomores had an orgy at a local bathhouse. Speaking on condition...

When the COVID-19 pandemic struck the world in 2020, North Korean construction workers on Russia’s Sakhalin Island were forced into endless, precarious efforts to...

North Korea’s Mansudae Overseas Project Group of Companies has started sending professionals overseas to earn foreign currency, Daily NK has learned. The Mansudae Overseas Project...

The number of copies of the Rodong Sinmun circulated to businesses in rural North Korea has dropped significantly. As a result, a growing number...

The North Korean authorities have recently begun conducting sweeping inspections of trading companies, Daily NK has learned. The authorities are apparently seeking to establish...

North Korea’s economic hardship in the 1990s, known as the Arduous March, led to countless starvation deaths. North Korea has worked for 80 years...

North Korean authorities have declared a week of increased patrols in major military districts, including Pyongyang, ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to...

Daily NK recently obtained several photos of construction sites in Russia with North Korean workers. The photos show that the working conditions pose serious...

North Korean authorities have recently completed repairs to the statues of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il in front of the Korean Revolution...

The number of people who pay their official employers money to avoid going to work and concentrate on their own private businesses is increasing....