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Economic crisis drives North Korean city dwellers to countryside

Urban residents in North Korea’s city of Hamhung are relocating to rural areas like Hongwon and Riwon counties due to severe economic hardships making...

Mass exodus: N. Korean workers abandon posts in Chinese border city

Thousands of North Korean workers are departing China’s border city of Dandong without replacement, with approximately 4,000 leaving in October alone. “This month, about 2,000...

N. Korea’s electronics black market: Foreign tech flows despite global ban

Despite the international ban on directly providing, selling, or transferring electronics with military applications to North Korea, foreign-made mobile phones, laptop computers, and smartwatches...

Currency crisis drives North Koreans to dollar, yuan

The North Korean won has lost half its value against the dollar and yuan this year, driving more citizens to conduct marketplace transactions in...

Split families face new scrutiny as N. Korea labels South ‘hostile state’

North Korea has directed officials to revise documents relating to families split between North and South Korea and mandated ideological training for these families,...

North Korea’s 2022 public reporting law revealed in full

Daily NK has acquired the full text of the Public Reporting System Law, which was revised by North Korea’s government in 2022. The revised law...

Unsolved murder of elderly couple haunts North Korean city

A brutal double homicide of an elderly couple has sparked fear throughout Sunchon, South Pyongan province. Despite discovering the bodies of the victims, both...

Kim Jong Un orders review of government standards for executions

Kim Jong Un has issued orders to North Korea’s security ministries to establish clearer criteria for both public and private executions. These directives were...

Safety ignored as North Korea rushes to complete housing for flood victims

Racing to showcase flood recovery before a key party meeting, North Korean authorities have pushed construction workers into dangerous conditions while cutting corners on...

Market shock as North Korean won-dollar rate breaks records

North Korea’s market exchange rates have soared to unprecedented levels. After stabilizing for two months following a peak in early September, the US dollar...

Hoeryong factory workers face mandatory herb collection quotas

Workers in Hoeryong have been ordered to collect 3-5 kilograms of medicinal herbs per person by the end of the month. Workers say they...

Fear grips currency earning sites as inspectors begin sweeping probe

State security agents launched a probe of foreign currency earning centers in North Pyongan province on Nov. 4, sparking anxiety among workers there. While these...

Years of indoctrination preceded NK troops’ Russia deployment

North Korean troops recently deployed to Russia, reportedly from the KPA’s Storm Corps, have undergone intense ideological training since 2014 emphasizing their duty to...

Death sentence: Senior state security official sold secrets to Chinese trader

A senior official from North Korea’s Ministry of State Security was recently executed on charges of leaking state secrets to a Chinese trader, Daily...

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