N. Korea’s rural areas suffer from high rates of infant mortality
The infant mortality rate in North Korea's rural areas is higher than in the country's cities, a source in the country told Daily NK...
The impact of N. Korea’s harsh lockdown of Onsong County in 2022 still reverberates...
In the summer of 2022, North Korean authorities imposed a strict lockdown in Onsong County, North Hamgyong Province, to prevent the spread of the...
Kim Il Sung’s birthday didn’t lead to fall in grain prices this year
Grain prices at North Korean markets did not fall as they usually do around Apr. 15, which is Kim Il Sung's birthday and the...
State-run restaurants boom as N. Koreans increasingly forgo home-cooked meals
North Koreans used to prepare different kinds of food to eat with their families on major holidays, but things are changing.
Speaking on condition of...
N. Korea reassigns soon-to-be-retiring generals to specialized fields
North Korea is reassigning experienced army, navy and air force generals who have reached retirement age as researchers in specialized fields such as military...
Two Onsong County officials face struggle session for non-socialist behavior
A public struggle session was held at a raw material base in Onsong County, North Hamgyong Province, in early April against two people who...
N. Korea installed facial recognition devices at major train stations during height of COVID
In 2021, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the North Korean government sought technologies that could help it better track the movements of...
N. Korea’s state security agency cracks down on corruption in offices along border
North Korea's Ministry of State Security has designated April as the "month of eliminating illegal activities" and is heavily monitoring state security departments along...
Seafood is a luxury for N. Koreans living in the country’s interior
As a peninsula surrounded by the sea on three sides, Korea has easy access to a wide variety of seafood. Seafood is nutritionally excellent,...
Parents of school children turn to second-hand stores amid N. Korea’s economic difficulties
Driven by economic hardships, a large number of parents of school-age children shopped at second-hand clothing stores in Hamhung markets before the start of...
