Monthly Archives: February 2021
Onsong tobacco farm decides to hand over some farmland to farmers
While discussing ways to produce tangible results this year at the 4.25 Tobacco Farm (Onsong, North Hamgyong Province), which had suffered unprecedented financial difficulties...
North Korea Market Price Update: February 23, 2021
All prices shown in KPW and current as of February 23, 2021.
Data: Daily NK
North Korea’s leadership not first in line to get AstraZeneca vaccinations
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and the rest of the country's leadership will not receive doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine North Korea is...
Teenage boy caught watching pornography exiled to countryside with family
Daily NK has become aware that North Korea is stepping up punishments and intensifying a crackdown based on the “anti-reactionary thought law” adopted at...
Recent North Korean soil survey finds that acidification is still a serious problem
North Korea reportedly suffers from serious soil acidification. The country's authorities are pushing the production of organic fertilizer that can neutralize soil acidity, but...
North Korea to begin new school year on Mar. 1 with home-based classes
North Korean teachers will again conduct home-based classes for their students when the school year begins on Mar. 1, Daily NK has learned.
"On Tuesday...
North Korea recently hacked Pfizer to steal vaccine development-related secrets
A newly-formed hacking unit inside the Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB) recently hacked Pfizer to steal vaccine development-related secrets, a high-level North Korean source told...
North Korea marks Kim Jong Il’s birthday with quarantine promotion lectures
North Korean authorities reportedly marked the birthday of late leader Kim Jong Il with public lectures to bolster quarantine efforts against COVID-19.
Cautioning people against...
North Korea lifts lockdowns in Chagang Province’s Chasong and Manpo
North Korean authorities lifted the lockdown on the towns of Chasong and Manpo, Chagang Province last Wednesday, Daily NK has learned.
A source in Chagang...
North Korea’s electricity situation worsens compared to last year
With the North Korean authorities giving priority to the arms industry for electricity—supplying power for more than 18 hours each day—Daily NK has learned...
