Tag: Daily NK: North Korea

North Korea’s economy is experiencing a period of acute instability, characterized by rising consumer prices, currency depreciation, and increasing policy uncertainty. Inflation in particular...

North Korea is promoting a nursery support program, with local organizations and officials eagerly participating because program success factors into their own performance reviews....

The Rodong Sinmun recently reported that a move-in celebration was held for hundreds of newly built houses in a village along the Jangja River....

North Korean authorities are cracking down on corruption in workplace assignments for technical high school graduates, aiming to prevent wealthy and powerful families from...

North Korean authorities have dramatically intensified surveillance of the population following Kim Jong Un’s visit to China and the regime’s founding anniversary on Sept....

Chinese police investigating online criticism of a military parade celebrating the 80th anniversary of “Victory Day” are targeting North Korean female defectors—who are illegal...

North Korean officials are studying a compilation of leader Kim Jong Un’s remarks to senior party figures before his recent visit to China, with...

The number of inmates in North Korea’s political prison camps has increased slightly as authorities apply the “Reactionary Thought and Culture Rejection Law” and...

North Korea has issued an order to replace maps of the Korean Peninsula displayed in state agency offices nationwide with maps showing only the...

North Korea has been amassing large quantities of coal at Nampo Port since Kim Jong Un’s visit to China. This appears to be preparation...

With Kim Jong Un’s visit to China for the 80th anniversary of China’s victory over Japan drawing attention to strengthened North Korea-China cooperation, the...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un went to China to celebrate China’s so-called Victory Day on Sept. 3 and engage in national security diplomacy....

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has secured a promise of large-scale flour aid from Russian President Vladimir Putin during their summit held in...

North Korea’s Korean Central Television aired a nearly 50-minute documentary just one day after Kim Jong Un returned home from his China visit. The...