Monthly Archives: December 2019
North Korea Market Prices Update: December 6, 2019
All prices are in KPW and current as of December 6, 2019.
Data: Daily NK
Kim Jong Un flouts his own rules in recent Mount Paektu climb
Photographs of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ascending Mount Paektu recently published in Rodong Sinmun have come under criticism for embodying the realities...
N. Korea is moving closer to achieving its “strategic position”
North Korea is again raising the stakes. Having urged a change in the US denuclearization calculus in the runup to their “end-of-the-year” deadline for...
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...
Man faces life in prison after spiking relative’s soup with poison
A North Korean man has been sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of murdering the husband of his sister-in-law. The convicted man...
Taxes soar in agricultural regions as farming season wraps up
Following the completion of the farming season and annual payments in kind for workers in agricultural regions, North Korean authorities have imposed a number...
Women in Samjiyon’s work units fall victim to sexual assault
Female members of work units mobilized at the construction sites in Samjiyon, Ryanggang Province, have been victim to severe instances of sexual assault, Daily...
N. Koreans living near prominent university face eviction
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un recently ordered the designation of Kim Jong Un National Defense University as a “secret base,” sparking evictions of...
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...
