Tag: Daily NK: North Korea

Various types of false eyelashes assembled in North Korean prisons are being packaged in China and sold online, Daily NK has learned. When Daily NK...

According to a list compiled by the U.S Department of State, the United States responded with sanctions on average once a month to North...

North Korea has again made the expansion of agricultural production one of its main tasks for the year, but the authorities are unable to...

South Korea is currently filled with excitement over its April general elections. The newspapers and news shows are plastered with party platforms and the...

North Koreans have been offering bribes in U.S. dollars as they vie for positions at a new trading company set up under the North’s...

Following the outbreak of open hostilities between between Israel and militia groups based in the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7, the Israel Defence Force’s...

North Korea’s state media reported on Feb. 12 that the regime had managed to develop new controllable shells for a multiple rocket launcher as...

Residents of Hyesan, Yanggang Province, have been suffering from a water shortage, Daily NK has learned. Speaking on condition of anonymity for security reasons, a...

At the Second National Meeting of Elementary Propaganda Workers in 2019, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a letter to participants entitled “Let’s...

Kim Jong Un recently admitted that his country’s regional economy is in a “pitiful state.” He confessed that “our party and state are facing...

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on Daily NK’s Korean website in June 2023.  Recently, there has been increasing interest in Kim Jong Un’s...

The recent release of a comprehensive report by South Korea’s Ministry of Unification into North Korea’s economy not only provides insights into the nation’s...

In the run-up to the Feb. 8 holiday commemorating the founding of the North Korean army, the Kangwon Province Party Committee ordered party officials...

As the North Korean authorities promote the construction of houses and factories in rural areas, party and government officials have colluded with the donju...