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Pence Cartoon: “Tired Meme”

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N. Korean grain prices skyrocket amid continued food shortages

North Korean grain prices are skyrocketing, posting their largest increase since mid-December. According to Daily NK’s regular survey of North Korean market prices, a kilogram...

What’s behind the exodus of Pyongyangites from the city center to the outskirts?

Since the New Year, an increasing number of Pyongyang residents have been trying to move from the center of the capital to the outskirts,...

Pyongyang university holds struggle session after students caught bribing professors

A university in Pyongyang has held a struggle session after students were caught secretly giving their professors envelopes filled with cash for the New...

Hyesan detention center inmates forced to make fertilizer in bitter cold

Prisoners at a detention center in Hyesan, Yanggang Province, have been forced to make fertilizer for long hours despite the bitter cold, Daily NK...

N. Korea blames “enemy schemes” for rise in drug smuggling

North Korea is blaming “enemy plots” for the recent spread of drug smuggling in the country, Daily NK has learned. Speaking on condition of anonymity...

N. Korean mine shaft collapses, leaving six trapped inside

A mine shaft collapse at the February 8 Jikdong Youth Coal Mine in Sunchon, South Pyongan Province, has left six miners trapped inside, Daily...

N. Korean trade official talks about challenges in his line of work

Amid the resumption of person-to-person travel between North Korea and China, North Korean officials are rotating out some of the North Korean trade officials...

An in-depth look at Kim Jong Un’s “two states” narrative: Part 3

North Korea’s two big political events at the turn of the year have wrapped up — the plenary session of the Workers’ Party of...

N. Korea moves forward with efforts to modernize key petroleum refinery

North Korea recently dispatched work brigades to the Paengma-ri Petroleum Refinery in North Pyongan Province to help upgrade the facility, Daily NK has learned. Speaking...

N. Korean agents arrest family members of defectors near border

Security agents made several arrests of family members of North Korean defectors living in the China-North Korea border areas of Yanggang Province late last...

N. Korea tries to improve regional imbalances with discharged soldiers

North Korea recently issued an order to deploy discharged soldiers to remote, run-down regions this year. The move comes after North Korean leader Kim...

An in-depth look at Kim Jong Un’s “two states” narrative: Part 2

In a speech wrapping up the review of achievements at a year-end plenary session of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea,...

One N. Korean trader’s perspective on the reopening of trade

The North Korean economy has continued to decline since the outbreak of COVID-19. According to key North Korean economic indicators for 2023 released by...

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