Monthly Archives: October 2021
North Korea’s efforts to raise birth rate seem to be failing to address root...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for new childcare policies in a recent policy speech before the Supreme People's Assembly, but this has...
Photo of Kim Jong Un and Pak Jong Chon ignites intense interest among N....
A large photograph hung at the venue of the National Defense Exhibition “Self-Defense 2021” to mark Party Foundation Day (Oct. 10) has become a...
Some regions of N. Korea sell rice and corn to population to mark Party...
The authorities in some regions of North Korea sold rice and corn to locals as “commemorative provisions” to mark the Party Foundation Day holiday...
Young children in N. Korea still being forced to fulfill “non-tax burdens” ahead of...
Young children are reportedly being tasked with “non-tax burdens,” ostensibly for winter preparations, in kindergartens in North Hamgyong Province.
A source in North Hamgyong Province...
Kim Jong Un personally orders the capture of family who drugged border guards
After drugging local border guards, a North Korean family of four recently defected into China from Yanggang Province, Daily NK has learned. Upon receiving...
N. Korean authorities crack down on street commerce in Hyesan before Party Foundation Day
From Oct. 1 to Oct. 10, North Korean authorities reportedly launched an intensive crackdown on street vendors, otherwise known as “grasshopper merchants,” in Hyesan...
Undercover agents sent to Yanggang Province to clamp down on corruption
Ministry of State Security agents have been sent undercover to the Sino-North Korean border region of Yanggang Province posing as “party representatives” to look...
N. Korea holds ideological training sessions for cadres in N. Hamgyong Province
Daily NK has learned that since the restoration of the inter-Korean hotline, the ruling party committee of North Hamgyong Province has held two or...
North Korea faces difficulties in completing 10,000 new homes in Pyongyang by the end...
North Korea may not complete construction of 10,000 new homes in Pyongyang’s Songsin and Songhwa districts by the end of the year due to...
