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Chongjin man arrested for selling unusable mobile phone

A young man in Chongjin was recently detained after North Korean authorities caught him selling a broken mobile phone, Daily NK has learned. Speaking on...

North Korean soft power? Pro-North Korea fringes in US and Canadian politics

A As North Korea once again grabs global headlines, the Western media continues to completely ignore that the Hermit Kingdom has some very vocal domestic...

What N. Korea needs to do in 2024 to solve its food shortages

Kim Jong Un congratulated himself at the recent 9th Plenary Session of the 8th Central Committee, proclaiming that “2023 was a monumental turning point...

N. Korea continues to operate nine re-education camps throughout the country

North Korea continues to operate nine re-education camps, where the number of inmates detained for violating the country’s law to “eradicate reactionary thought and...

Five former soldiers in Yanggang Province complain to authorities about poverty

A group of discharged soldiers on assignment in Yanggang Province’s Taehongdan County recently complained to the provincial people’s committee about their economic difficulties and...

N. Korean officials in Sinuiju hold lecture criticizing “female criminals”

Sinuiju officials recently held a lecture calling on people to “step up the struggle against women who commit crimes and treat our present suffering...

S. Hwanghae Province orders reviews of agricultural machinery

South Hwanghae Province’s party committee recently issued an order for party officials to hold party cell and elementary party reviews of agricultural machinery,” a...

N. Korean grain prices continue upward trend into the New Year

The upward trend in North Korean grain prices that began in December has continued into the New Year. The country’s economic difficulties have led...

New survey of female N. Korean defectors in China reveals their biggest wishes for the New Year

Daily NK recently conducted a survey of 40 North Korean defectors in China that revealed their greatest hopes for 2024. From Jan. 2 to Jan....

Prices of rice sold in N. Korea’s state-run food shops similar to market prices

Since the end of last year’s fall harvest, the price of rice in state-run grain stores has been little different from that sold in...

Three North Koreans share their hopes for schools in the New Year

Kim Mo (a pseudonym), a teacher in his 40s at a lower secondary school (middle school) in Wonsan, Gangwon Province, recently shared his wish...

N. Korea conducts unprecedently intensive civilian militia drills in December

Amid the government’s emphasis on war preparedness and the “tense situation” on the Korean Peninsula, North Korean civil-military militia groups participated in a 20-day...

Recent Kim Jong Un order equates “delusions about South Korea” with “death”

Rason’s party committee recently instructed local party officials on the contents of an order from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that equated “delusions...

N. Korean officers’ academy cadet dismissed due to checkered past

After his past misdeeds came to light, a North Korean soldier at a training academy for logistics officers recently had his admission revoked and...

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