Monthly Archives: August 2021
North Korean pharmaceutical drug prices fall slightly in recent weeks
Drug prices in North Korea have recently begun falling a bit after skyrocketing due to the closure of the Sino-North Korean border.
A source in...
North Korea’s Socialist Women’s Union tasked with silk cocoon production quotas
Members of the Socialist Women's Union of Korea are quite unhappy after North Korean authorities recently gave them silk cocoon production quotas.
North Korea was...
Facing food shortages, Storm Corps pilfer government storage facilities
Faced with miserable food conditions, members of the so-called “Storm Corps” (11th Corps) on long-term deployments to the Sino-North Korean border have gone beyond...
Rumors suggest Kim Jong Un may have gotten vaccinated against COVID-19 back in May
Rumors are circulating among North Korean cadres that the country’s leader, Kim Jong Un, was vaccinated against COVID-19 in May.
According to a Daily NK...
Military officers deployed to work on makeshift structures on North Korea-China border
Officers rather than ordinary enlisted soldiers have recently been deployed to build makeshift structures as part of efforts to prevent border crossings and defections...
Hyesan residents complain about being forced to come up with recycleables
North Korean authorities are reportedly incurring the ire of Hyesan residents after ordering local families to provide materials for recycling.
According to a Daily NK...
North Korea Market Price Update: August 22, 2021
All prices shown in KPW and current as of August 22, 2021.
Data: Daily NK
North Korean border guards kill man along the border, leaving his body in place...
North Korean border guards have once again shot somebody and left the body to rot along the river.
A source in Yanggang Province told Daily...
North Korean fruits and vegetable prices rise nearly twice as much as last year
Daily NK has learned that the prices of some fruits and vegetables in North Korea has recently skyrocketed to nearly twice last year’s prices....
Statement Regarding Recent Volexity Report on Daily NK Malicious Code Attack
Volexity, a cyber security company based in the US, recently reported through a blog post that it had observed malicious code on Daily NK’s...
