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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...

N. Hamgyong Province launches harsh inspection of hospitals’ management of medical supplies

At the end of last year, North Hamgyong Province launched an unprecedently harsh inspection focused on how hospitals and other facilities manage their supplies...

Pyongyang labor brigades face the music after engaging in “non-socialist” songs and dances

North Korean authorities recently conducted a public struggle session for labor brigades working on a massive home-building project in Pyongyang because the songs and...

Chinese yuan exchange rate strengthens amid hopes for expanding trade

While the KPW-USD exchange rate in North Korean markets recently fell slightly, the yuan is strengthening as expectations rise about expanding trade with China. According...

N. Korea issues orders to intensify security along border with China

In response to the “increasingly tense state of international affairs,” the North Korean authorities recently passed down new orders to strengthen security along the...

New Year’s holiday exposes large gaps between N. Korea’s rich and poor

Sinuiju’s well-off and low-income families celebrated the New Year’s holiday in very different ways, with particularly stark differences in what kind of meals they...

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