Monthly Archives: December 2019
Assessing N. Korea’s efforts to encourage private business
Since gaining power, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has adopted various policies aimed at reforming the country’s business environment. The regime amended its...
Sources: President of State Academy of Sciences dismissed
The president of North Korea’s State Academy of Sciences, Jang Chol, was recently dismissed from his position and sent to the countryside for “revolutionary...
N. Korean soldiers increasingly strained by construction projects
Soldiers in the Korean People’s Army (KPA) have taken an increasing role in large-scale construction projects pursued as part of North Korea's "five-year strategy...
N. Korean hackers mount phishing attack on NKHR groups
On Dec. 18, a North Korean hacking group allegedly conducted a phishing attack on several of the non-governmental organizations that published an open letter...
Sources: New Yalu River Bridge may open next year
Daily NK sources recently confirmed that construction resumed on the North Korean road leading to the New Yalu River Bridge, which links Sinuiju to...
Kim Jong Un stresses nuclear capabilities during meeting
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un recently presided over an expanded meeting of the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK)....
Kim Yo Jong makes first direct order to N. Korean military
All-female units with the Korean People’s Army received their first ever orders from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s younger sister, Kim Yo Jong,...
N. Korea demands military clinics reduce energy use
As North Korea continues to face electricity shortages, North Korea's General Political Bureau (GPB), which exerts political control over the North Korean military, recently...
Kim Il Sung University graduates ordered into doctoral programs
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un issued an order for the top students in next year’s cohort of graduates from Kim Il Sung University...
Is China’s policy toward female N. Korean defectors changing?
Daily NK learned recently that Chinese police investigated a group of female defectors from North Korea rather than deporting them back to North Korea...
