Monthly Archives: March 2021
Eleven Sunam Market market vendors face punishment after selling smuggled goods
Eleven market vendors in Chongjin, North Hamgyong Province, whose businesses had been suffering from logistics issues following the COVID-19 outbreak, were recently arrested by...
More than 5,000 soldiers who completed military service deployed to coal mines, fishing villages
More than 5,000 soldiers who had completed their military service or had received an early discharge have reportedly been deployed to so-called “rough and...
North Korean students to start new school semester on April 1 at home
With the spring semester starting on Apr. 1, North Korean authorities have decided to begin the new academic year without bringing children back to...
Woman dies during childbirth at doctorless hospital in Onsong County
A woman in Onsong County, North Hamgyong Province, recently died while giving birth alone in a hospital without any doctors, Daily NK has learned.
A...
Jilted lover in Hoeryong murders woman and sets her body on fire
A gruesome incident in which a man murdered his lover and set her body on fire recently occurred in Hoeryong, North Hamgyong Province.
A source...
North Korean authorities encourage people to hand over “illegal propaganda material”
North Korean authorities have used a recent lecture to coax people who distribute or possess "illegal propaganda material” to hand in these materials to...
North Korea is installing concrete barriers and high-voltage wires along its border with China
A source in North Korea told Daily NK last Thursday that the authorities are installing concrete barriers and high-voltage wires along the North Korean...
Joint task force cracks down on users of illegal cell phones in Hyesan
A joint task force from the Central Committee’s Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of State Security (MSS) was recently dispatched to Hyesan, Yanggang...
North Korean authorities lift Sakju County lockdown following complaints
The lockdown imposed on Sakju County, North Pyongan Province, was lifted on Tuesday at 6 PM, Daily NK has learned.
After complaints by locals reached...
