Month: May 2021 - Daily NK English

Daily NK English

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

News

Cargo in freight train at Dandong Station transported into North Korea...

Seulkee Jang - May 31, 2021

Analysis & Opinion

Pence Cartoon: “KOR-US Karaoke”

Gregory Pence - May 31, 2021

Analysis & Opinion

N. Korean authorities using new law to crackdown on spread of...

Gabriela Bernal - May 31, 2021

fencing, fences, border,

China-North Korea Border

Two soldiers die after stepping on minefield near the Sino-North Korean...

Kim Yoo Jin - May 28, 2021

News

N. Korean authorities order expatriates in China to avoid any direct...

Seulkee Jang - May 28, 2021

News

North Korean family in Hyesan placed in isolation facility for illegally...

Lee Chae Eun - May 27, 2021

Musan County, North Hamgyong Province residence

News

North Korea’s security agency arrests family of three trying to defect...

Lee Chae Eun - May 26, 2021

mooncakes, discipline

News

North Hamgyong Province party committee evaluates COVID-19 control measures over past...

Kim Yoo Jin - May 26, 2021

News

Freight trains have not entered North Korea from China at all...

Seulkee Jang - May 25, 2021

USBs

News

Wonsan man executed for illegally selling CDs and USBs with S....

Jeong Seo-yeong - May 25, 2021

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Recent Articles

Two soldiers in North Korea in a photo taken from across the border in China.

North Korea cracks down on rumors about soldiers captured in Ukraine

March 17, 2026

Kim Jong Un planting trees on Arbor Day (known as "Tree Planting Day" in North Korea) 2015 to promote forestation.

Border soldiers forced to replant trees doomed to die

March 17, 2026

Children receive new school uniforms and backpacks at a distribution event in North Korea, in a photo published by the Rodong Sinmun state newspaper.

North Korean parents push back on tailored school uniform policy

March 16, 2026

People gathered in a front of a mine in North Korea.

North Korea’s poorest youth are choosing brutal labor brigades over life...

March 16, 2026

The Monument to the Party Foundation (조선로동당창건기념탑) in Pyongyang, photographed against a clear blue sky.

North Korea holds open party meeting to force light industry results...

March 16, 2026

Market official on patrol in Sunchon, South Pyongan province.

North Korea targets currency traders with undercover operatives as won crisis...

March 16, 2026

A three-story school building in North Korea with an orange and white exterior, large windows, and a red Korean-language banner displayed at the entrance.

North Korea’s new school stalls draw student fans but leave vendors...

March 16, 2026

Trucks queue at the Quanhe-Wonjong-ri border crossing between Hunchun, China and Rason, North Korea.

North Korea’s machinery import surge: farms, factories and shipyards stocked up

March 16, 2026

A photo of Hyesan's downtown area.

Hyesan smugglers rush Chinese apparel and shoes ahead of April school...

March 13, 2026

View of the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge spanning the Yalu River between Dandong, China, and Sinuiju, North Korea.

China blocks North Korean factory workers en masse

March 13, 2026