Editor’s Note: In Sep. 2021, North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly adopted the “Youth Education Guarantee Act,” one of the “big three” oppressive laws passed...
North Korean defectors living in Shenyang, in China’s Liaoning Province, have been receiving phone calls from local Ministry of Public Security officials warning of...
The North Korean authorities’ exaggerated claims about their test launch of a hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile called the Hwasong-16B, which was fired into the...
Kim Jong Un’s ambitious 20×10 regional development plan is already running into problems. In addition to the shortage of common materials such as cement...
North Korea’s government handed out vegetables from Kangdong General Greenhouse Farm to powerful national agencies before distributing them to Pyongyang residents, Daily NK has...
North Korea’s government recently issued an order to the provinces calling for industries currently concentrated in Pyongyang and major cities to be better dispersed...
North Korea’s yuan exchange rate is climbing sharply, driven by increased demand for the Chinese currency due to North Korea’s “regional development 20×10 policy.”
According...
The North Hwanghae Province Agricultural Guidance Bureau recently sent a directive to farms urging them to spray pesticides on wheat and barley planted last...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un recently ordered an expansion in the production, inspection, and deployment of warhead shrouds and engine nozzles for the...
Grain prices have recently been soaring at markets in the city of Hoeryong, in North Hamgyong Province, putting North Koreans under even more financial...
North Korean authorities have recently imported large quantities of rice from northeastern China. The imports appear to be aimed at stabilizing rice prices as...
North Korean authorities have ordered that the word “reunification” be removed from students’ textbooks, Daily NK has learned.
“The education authorities were ordered to review...
