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Fight breaks out at North Hamgyong farm over access to non-arable plots

Desperate to supplement their income, North Korean farm workers in North Hamgyong province are coming to blows over access to non-arable plots of land...

Trapped in the net: North Korean workers in Chinese seafood factories

Daily NK has released a comprehensive report examining how North Korean workers dispatched to Chinese seafood processing factories are subjected to systematic forced labor,...

North Korea unveils next-stage public health goals at party congress

North Korea’s health ministry used the Ninth Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea earlier this month to announce an ambitious new phase in...

North Korea fuel prices spike 25% amid Iran war before stabilizing

Fuel prices in North Korea spiked by as much as 25% in early March following the outbreak of war involving Iran, before partially stabilizing...

Kim Yo Jong named WPK General Affairs Department head: promotion or demotion?

North Korea’s state media disclosed last week that Kim Jong Un’s younger sister has been appointed head of the General Affairs Department of the...

North Korea’s wealthy youth buy cars they can’t drive, hire drivers to profit

Young North Koreans with wealthy parents are buying vehicles they cannot drive and hiring drivers to run them as taxis or freight haulers, turning...

North Korea cracks down on rumors about soldiers captured in Ukraine

North Korean authorities have ordered state security agents to identify and suppress rumors spreading along the Chinese border about soldiers captured by Ukrainian forces,...

Border soldiers forced to replant trees doomed to die

North Korean soldiers guarding the border with China have been mobilized to plant trees ahead of Arbor Day on March 14, but many are...

North Korean parents push back on tailored school uniform policy

North Korean authorities are conducting daily inspections of school uniform production and distribution ahead of the 2026 academic year beginning in April, but a...

North Korea’s poorest youth are choosing brutal labor brigades over life at home

Young North Koreans facing poverty and an unrelenting burden of workplace levies are volunteering for the country’s much-dreaded labor brigades in growing numbers, choosing...

North Korea holds open party meeting to force light industry results from local officials

North Pyongan province’s party committee has summoned local commercial and light industry officials to a two-night, three-day open party general meeting in Sinuiju, pressing...

North Korea targets currency traders with undercover operatives as won crisis deepens

North Korea has drawn its sharpest response yet to a currency crisis, deploying undercover security cadets and newly assigned officers to crack down on...

North Korea’s new school stalls draw student fans but leave vendors counting losses

Small vendor stalls have begun appearing outside schools in parts of North Korea, offering students and teachers a convenient place to buy snacks, stationery,...

North Korea’s machinery import surge: farms, factories and shipyards stocked up

North Korean trading companies have sharply expanded machinery imports from China since late last year, with equipment ranging from farm machinery and industrial tools...

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