Monthly Archives: March 2020
North Korea Market Price Update: March 20, 2020
All prices shown in KPW and current as of March 20, 2020.
Data: Daily NK
N. Korea’s National Defense University suffers contaminated water-related outbreak
A large number of students and faculty at North Korea’s prestigious Kim Jong Un National Defense University recently began suffering from stomach pain caused...
The North Korean military’s winter training period ends
Following the end of the North Korean military's winter training period, soldiers are now returning to work construction projects and military-owned farmland, Daily NK...
Daily NK snapshots from North Korea
Daily NK Snapshots are synopses of select articles from our Korean website. Snapshots provide a window into the Daily NK’s reporting—domestic news items that are...
Sources: N. Korean restaurants in China are slowly reopening
North Korean restaurants in China that had been shut down as a consequence of COVID-19 are now being reopened, Daily NK has learned.
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N. Korean man sentenced to life in prison for attempted defection
On Mar. 23, a man in his 50s from Sinuiju, North Pyongan Province, received a life sentence following his arrest on suspicion of attempting...
N. Korean military trading companies set to smuggle in construction materials
North Korea has ordered military-run trading agencies to smuggle in construction materials needed for national projects set to be completed by Oct. 10, the...
China conducts maintenance on Sino-North Korean Friendship Bridge
China conducted maintenance work on the Sino-North Korean Friendship Bridge in what may be preparations for the restart of Sino-North Korean trade, Daily NK...
Photos from Hyesan reveal the impact of disease control efforts
Two months have passed since North Korea shut down its borders to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) into the country from...
Sources: N. Korea planning largest military parade ever in October
North Korea is in preparations for the largest military parade in its history on Oct. 10, involving 23,000 soldiers, Daily NK has learned. Oct....
