Monthly Archives: June 2019
North Korean neighborhood watch heads share stories about Samjiyon construction site conditions
Following a People’s Committee directors meeting in Pyongyang, the inminban heads (neighborhood watch units) from each part of the country were mobilized for the...
North Korean animal health officials permit pork sales despite ASF ban
North Korean state media has officially confirmed the outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) and government officials have placed bans on the sale of...
North Korea is key to breaking the stalemate
Efforts to break the stagnation in inter-Korean and US-DPRK relations have continued into June of this year. In Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump received...
Kim Jong Un criticized mass games for being derivative
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has severely criticized a mass domestic gymnastics show performance called “The Land of the People” for not being...
North Korean authorities plan to evict 100,000 Sinuiju residents
Following an order from Kim Jong Un in November 2018 to modernize Sinuiju, the city has seen a rise in apartment construction projects. Sources...
Defection attempts lead to ten fatalities in one night
Ten North Koreans from Ryanggang Province died while trying to defect from the country, including the son of a deputy director of the Taehongdan...
Electricity shortages continue due to dilapidated infrastructure
The major districts and factories of Pyongyang are continually being supplied with electricity, despite less electricity being available for other areas of the city....
North Korean workers continue to face sojourn restrictions in China
China has implemented measures to restrict the sojourn periods of North Koreans in the country following the US-North Korean summit in Hanoi. This has...
North Korea Market Prices Update: June 11, 2019
All prices shown in KPW and current as of June 11, 2019. Data: Daily NK
Defector brokers released after bribing North Korean officials
Three North Koreans working as brokers for defectors were arrested on charges of human trafficking by North Korean officials in the Sino-North Korean border...
