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N. Korean youth organization calls for more education to repay the love of Kim Jong Un

After the June 6 events marking the anniversary of the founding of the Korean Children’s Union, the Central Committee of the Socialist Patriotic Youth...

North Korea halts import of used cars from China

North Korea’s smuggling of used cars from China in Yanggang Province’s city of Hyesan has been put on hold since the start of June,...

South Hwanghae Province factory under probe for corruption

The Haeju Condiments Factory in South Hwanghae Province is under investigation by the authorities for corruption. It has been alleged that the factory graded...

N. Korea’s trading companies seek out ways to expand coal exports

North Korea’s provincial trading companies are looking for ways to expand coal exports, Daily NK has learned. Speaking on condition of anonymity, a Daily NK...

N. Korean farm managers annoyed with constant snooping by central government officials

As soon as North Korea’s mobilization order for rice planting ended, another mobilization order was issued to send help to farms harvesting wheat and...

Satellite imagery shows North Korea’s disappearing cemeteries

North Korean authorities have recently ordered the removal of burial sites as part of reforestation efforts. A review of satellite imagery shows the destruction...

Two N. Koreans living in Russia, China speak out about trash balloons

The South Korean military has resumed loudspeaker broadcasts toward the North in response to North Korea’s launch of trash-laden balloons into the South. The...

N. Korean workers in Russia are getting paid less than ever before

The officials sent to manage North Korean workers overseas are extorting workers’ wages worse than ever. North Korean overseas workers feel discouraged and oppressed...

N. Korean defector families in Yanggang Province face constant surveillance

The families of North Korean defectors are being watched very closely by North Korean state security agents in the rural border region of Yanggang...

Chinese police intensify threats of repatriation toward N. Korean defectors

Chinese police are piling more and more pressure on North Korean defectors in China. The police are even warning that defectors could be sent...

Kim Jong Un supervises response to paratroopers’ death

After several paratroopers died in a drill attended by Kim Jong Un in March, the North Korean leader personally supervised the regime’s response to...

N. Korean military set to hold large number of drills, inspections until June 30

The North Korean military’s General Staff Department is holding a large number of tactical drills and inspections from June 10 to 30, Daily NK...

N. Korea’s mass organizations lecture members about threats from abroad

North Korean social organizations, including the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea, the Socialist Women’s Union of Korea and the Socialist Patriotic Youth...

N. Korean prison camp guard beats up inmate old enough to be his father

North Koreans were shocked to hear that a guidance officer at a forced labor camp in Yanggang Province recently beat up an inmate old...

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