Chanel cosmetics and perfumes are becoming the latest status symbol among North Korea’s elite, as wealthy people in cities like Hoeryong and Chongjin increasingly...
North Korea has launched a heavy-handed crackdown on private rice sales in North Hamgyong province. “After the Central Committee ordered a halt to the...
Many households in North Korea’s Ryanggang province — where winter temperatures plummet to close to 30 degrees Celsius below freezing — lack wind blockers...
North Korea has recently taken steps to expand its mineral trade despite international sanctions. According to a Daily NK source in China recently, a...
North Korea’s Kangwon province is enforcing a strict ban on market vendors setting prices for products made at local factories, causing disruptions to market...
South Korea’s Defense Intelligence Agency warned in a Nov. 5 closed-door parliamentary audit that North Korea “could carry out a nuclear test within a...
North Korean trading companies have recently been importing large quantities of clothing from South Korea and other countries popular with North Korean consumers. A...
A North Korean soldier with the Eighth General Bureau, which is thought to be responsible for construction projects, was fatally beaten by his superiors...
For North Korean young people, a handwritten letter remains the chief means of expressing feelings of passion. Despite the growing adoption of mobile phones...
As officers from the logistics departments of government agencies begin collecting grain, they are profiteering by tampering with the ratio of rice received, as...
