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Kaesong authorities cover up bike theft due to family connections

Kaesong police officials recently covered up an alleged bicycle theft because a relative of the thief works in the police department, Daily NK has...

The foreign origins of the word “suryong”

Anyone interested in North Korea will have frequently come across the word “suryong.” That’s because it’s the title used by North Korea’s leaders, particularly...

N. Korean military ordered to implement videoconferencing system on trial basis

Amid rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula in early 2024, North Korea’s leadership recently ordered the commands of all armed forces to introduce a...

Kim Jong Un reopens several political prison camps to house political enemies

Several political prison camps originally thought to have been closed have been reopened after Kim Jong Un took power in 2012. In addition, power...

Possible COVID-19 cases surge in North Korea near border with China

Recently, the number of people complaining of symptoms associated with COVID-19 has risen sharply in several North Korean regions along the border with China....

Why is N. Korea excluding Chagang Province-based soldiers from overseas work?

North Korea’s Ministry of Defense recently ordered military-affiliated trading companies that recruit soldiers for overseas postings to exclude those from Chagang Province as candidates,...

N. Korea replaces some trade officials in China amid intensifying surveillance of their activities

Some North Korean trade officials in China have recently been replaced amid increased monitoring of their mobile phones, including the use of VPNs, Daily...

N. Korean bank officials arrested on charges of corruption

North Korea’s Central Public Prosecutors Office recently arrested officials from a national commercial bank and a regional bank on corruption charges, Daily NK has...

Pence Cartoon: “New Year’s Resolutions”

Explanatory Note: As North Korea’s army blasts shells near Yeonpyeong Island, North Korean citizens have been ordered to do some blasting of their own...

Poverty-stricken N. Korean woman forced to give up newborn for adoption

A woman who recently gave birth at a maternity center in Yanggang Province immediately put the baby up for adoption, a source in the...

N. Korea’s redefining of inter-Korean relationship causes concern inside the country

At a year-end party meeting, North Korea’s leadership declared a shift in the relationship between the two Koreas as one between two enemy states....

N. Koreans start the new year with the obligatory “manure collection battle”

North Koreans are once again engaged in their first “battle” of the new year: the collection of manure for use as fertilizer.  “As in past...

Kim Jong Un’s birthday still unmentioned in N. Korea’s 2024 calendars

The birthday of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was not designated a holiday in three 2024 calendars recently obtained by Daily NK.  The three...

KN-23B deployments against Ukraine could be major boon for North Korea’s wider defence exports

On Jan. 4, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby informed reporters that North Korea had provided Russia with ballistic missiles that were...

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