Tag: Daily NK: North Korea

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

The political department of the North Korean Air Force Command recently issued political indoctrination materials for pilots stressing the “suicide pilot spirit,” Daily NK...

During his New Year’s speech at the Ninth Plenary Session of the Eighth Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea held from Dec....

North Korea’s state security agency recently instructed bureaus around the country to treat the consumption of South Korean television or publications as an act...

A recent directive from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called on all provinces to “make preparations for people to enjoy a bountiful Lunar...

Ideological indoctrination materials distributed by North Korea since the start of the New Year have focused mainly on praising leader Kim Jong Un’s achievements...