Monthly Archives: November 2020
Economic difficulties lead to downsizing of end-of-year events
North Korea’s end-of-the-year “annual evaluation meetings” are being held with less fanfare this year, Daily NK has learned.
"In some counties , the annual events...
Around 20 doctors forcibly relocated to Samjiyon to man new hospital
Around 20 North Korean doctors have recently been forcibly located to Samjiyon, Yanggang Province, to work at a new hospital in the city, Daily...
Four soldiers executed for taking part in Hyesan Incident
A Daily NK source in Yanggang Province has reported that two border guard officers and two rank-and-file soldiers implicated in the recent smuggling case...
Pence Cartoon: “Gimjang Cop-out”
Views expressed in this cartoon do not necessarily reflect those of Daily NK.
Diplomacy over human rights: Where is the red line?
A former human rights lawyer as president, the former UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights as foreign minister, and a long-time pro-democracy activist...
Experts: Revisions to Enterprise Act to have little affect on economic recovery
North Korean authorities are focusing on restoring an economy rushing headlong into disaster by, among other measures, implementing a revised version of the country’s...
N. Korean authorities transfer border patrol regiment out of Hyesan
The aftermath of the “Hyesan Incident” is having a major impact on the border patrol deployed in the city, along with the city's residents....
Ri Pyong Chol rushes to Hyesan to deal with the “Hyesan Incident”
Ri Pyong Chol, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, has rushed to Hyesan, Yanggang Province, in the wake of a recent case of...
N. Korea locks down entirety of Chagang Province due to COVID-19 scare
All of Chagang Province has reportedly been put under lockdown just five days after the province’s Wiwon County was put under lockdown due to...
N. Korea’s recent revision of Enterprise Act appears aimed at increasing trade
North Korea's recent revision of the Enterprise Act may have aimed to strengthen state control while reinvigorating trade conducted by small-scale work units and...
