Market prices in North Korea are rising at an unprecedented rate, with rice costs and Chinese yuan exchange rates reaching record highs.
Daily NK’s market...
North Korea has launched a nationwide crackdown on illegal alcohol production, threatening the livelihoods of many who depend on bootlegging.
According to multiple sources inside...
North Koreans are expressing growing concern over construction quality as the country rushes to build new housing in flood-damaged areas.
A Daily NK source in...
North Korea’s acknowledgment of public executions at a U.N. human rights review in Geneva this November was carefully orchestrated. The admission came from Pak...
A North Korean defector woman was murdered by her Chinese husband in rural Liaoning province, with the killer facing no legal consequences. The case...
Pyongyang authorities have launched a crackdown on illegal practices in the city’s growing taxi industry. As taxis have become a central part of the...
Daily NK has obtained documentation revealing that North Korea’s mandatory mobile phone insurance program offers little actual protection for consumers. While the insurance certificates...
North Korean authorities have arrested a prominent money changer in Hyesan, Ryanggang province, as part of a wider crackdown on illegal currency exchange amid...
Students at Haeju Teachers College in South Hwanghae province faced disciplinary action for questioning content from a lecture about South Korean politics, Daily NK...
Chinese police in Wuhai, Inner Mongolia, have announced plans to crack down on North Korean defectors through a comprehensive end-of-year policy. The measures include...
A new Bluetooth fitness tracker advertised on North Korean telecom Kangsong’s mobile app has received starkly different reactions from residents in Pyongyang versus those...
Top officers in the North Korean military held an emergency meeting shortly after South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol declared martial law at 10:23 pm...
North Korea’s youth league chapter in Chongjin, North Hamgyong province, recently held a struggle session targeting young people with unauthorized hairstyles, Daily NK has...
