Equality gap persists in North Korean recreational facilities
Recreational facilities for officials at powerful institutions are better supplied than similar facilities for ordinary North Koreans, demonstrating that high-ranking party officials continue to...
Smartphones continue to change North Korean society
Smartphones are driving major shifts in North Korean lifestyles, Daily NK sources recently reported.
“The mobile phone is single-handedly changing our lifestyles,” a Pyongyang-based source...
North Korea Market Prices Update: October 14, 2019
All prices shown in KPW and current as of October 14, 2019.
Data: Daily NK
N. Korea curbs electricity use in military hospitals
On Nov. 5, North Korean authorities ordered its army to minimize the electricity consumption of military hospitals as well as during its winter training...
NKnet celebrates its 20th anniversary with NKHR seminar
SEOUL, South Korea -- On December 10, the Seoul-based non-profit organization, the Network for North Korean Democracy and Human Rights (NKnet), held a seminar...
Has North Korea firmly decided to head down a “new path”?
On Monday, festivities on North Korea’s Mount Paektu, a mountain of great spiritual significance for both North and South Koreans, marked the reaching of...
Thae Yong Ho: N. Korea must normalize its sports diplomacy
North Korea’s most prominent newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, has reported almost everyday that North Korea is becoming a global power in sports thanks to the...
Update : 19-11-15
| Won | Pyongyang | Sinuiju | Hyesan |
| Exchange Rate | 8,100 | 8,100 | 8,190 |
| Rice Price | 4,900 | 4,900 | 5,000 |
