Satellite thermal data show that North Korea’s 5MWe reactor at the Yongbyon nuclear complex is registering surface temperatures far colder than its surroundings, even...
Food sales to merchants around the marketplaces of Hyesan, Ryanggang province, are booming as freezing temperatures drive demand for warm, affordable meals, though sources...
A mobile propaganda troupe in Chongpyong county, South Hamgyong province, has been virtually inactive after its accordion player took sick leave in January, leading...
Police boxes in cities and counties throughout North Hamgyong province, including Hoeryong, have intensified public controls following provincial police orders to ensure a year...
Commanders of North Korea’s elite 91 Metropolitan Defense Corps were caught embezzling funds collected from soldiers and their families for modernizing and renovating base...
North Korea’s Supreme Prosecutor’s Office issued an emergency order Jan. 19 activating a long-dormant legal provision that allows the replacement of corrupt prosecutors at...
Contract manufacturing work once done by ordinary North Koreans in their homes is shifting to prisons and state-run factories as Chinese businesses reduce orders...
North Korea’s aggressive expansion of aquaculture operations has created a system of labor exploitation along the country’s west coast, where workers assigned to collect...
While North Korea is prohibited from exporting fishery products under United Nations Security Council sanctions, seafood from the North, including pricey dried sea cucumbers,...
Trade representatives from Rason are purchasing large quantities of shellfish and other seafood from coastal areas of South Hamgyong province for export to China,...
People gathering firewood in the hills along North Korea’s northern border with China are dodging forest rangers who have intensified patrols to meet quotas...
A source in Nampo told Daily NK recently that the city “called on factories and enterprises to take charge of collecting agricultural supplies farmers...
