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Sinuiju streets empty as authorities draft people for forced labor

North Korean authorities are stopping pedestrians in border areas and forcing many to work on greenhouse construction projects. These daytime roundups are occurring in...

N. Korea orders 1.2-fold expansion of nuclear enrichment facilities

North Korea’s Defense Industry Department has been expanding uranium enrichment facilities to boost weapons-grade nuclear material production since Jan. 20, Daily NK has learned. According...

N. Korean parents offer desperate bribes to save children from military draft

North Korean parents are desperately trying to keep their children out of the army ahead of the country’s spring draft, with mounting concerns over...

N. Korean schools too under-resourced to join technical education program

North Korea’s recent initiative to boost technical education through a pilot program at select middle and high schools has hit an obstacle: most schools...

N. Korean professor arrested for running drug ring with students

A professor at Hamhung University of Pharmacology was arrested in December for manufacturing and distributing methamphetamine, with investigators discovering he had used students to...

N. Korea launches smartphone app for medication delivery services

North Korea has launched a smartphone app called “Health 3.0” that allows users to order and receive home delivery of medication and health products,...

Kim Jong Un approves new satellite development plan with Russian cooperation

North Korea appears to be accelerating its military reconnaissance satellite program through Russian cooperation, with plans for new deployments this year. According to a Daily...

N. Korean province turn to bank loans to counter private lending crisis in farming

North Hwanghae’s provincial people’s committee plans to facilitate bank loans to farms for spring planting, Daily NK has learned. According to a source in the...

Trump’s landmark deal: Why denuclearization requires a global approach

In the December 2024 New York Times opinion article, “Trump-Kim, Part II, Could Shake Up the World,” Dmitri Alperovitch and Sergey Radchenko propose a...

N. Korea executes nuclear power plant researchers over project failures

North Korean authorities have executed and imprisoned several key researchers involved in nuclear power plant construction, Daily NK has learned. According to a Pyongyang source...

N. Korea renames DMZ permits, expands travel rights for capital residents

North Korea has renamed its “front line approval number” to “national border approval number” for permits required to enter regions along the inter-Korean frontier,...

N. Korea rolls out mandatory electronic wage cards in S. Pyongan

North Korea’s State Planning Commission and Central Bank have ordered organizations across South Pyongan province to switch to electronic card payments for workers’ wages...

Amid flu surge, N. Koreans skip doctors for self-prescribed medicines

North Korea is experiencing a surge in influenza cases, but rather than seeking medical care, many residents are turning to self-prescribed medicines from local...

Fatal accidents prompt new safety measures in N. Korean construction projects

North Korea is implementing stricter safety measures in construction work after documenting numerous fatal accidents during flood reconstruction efforts last summer in North Pyongan,...

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