Monthly Archives: October 2021
Pyongyang moves to increase imports of Chinese consumer goods as market prices soar
With public discontent rising as prices of imported items skyrocket following North Korea’s closure of the Sino-North Korean border due to COVID-19, Pyongyang has...
North Korea distributes new emergency COVID-19 rules to its population
Daily NK has learned that North Korea recently distributed emergency COVID-19 rules to locals. A source says the materials stressed that residents must stay...
Family member of security agent in Hoeryong murdered recently
Daily NK has learned that the family member of a security agent was recently murdered in Hoeryong.
According to a Daily NK source in North...
Amid coal shortages, Chinese traders on the hunt for more North Korean coal
With China on the hunt for coal amid energy shortages, a growing number of Chinese traders are reportedly asking for North Korean coal. It...
North Korea Market Price Update: October 4, 2021
All prices shown in KPW and current as of October 4, 2021.
Data: Daily NK
North Korean shot dead near the China-North Korea border last week
A North Korean was recently shot dead near the Sino-North Korean border by the Storm Corps as he was attempting to re-enter the country,...
Teachers in Yanggang Province mobilized for the potato harvest
Daily NK has learned that teachers in Yanggang Province have recently been mobilized to harvest potatoes. A source says they are heading to the...
N. Korea bolsters ideological education in military following restart of inter-Korean hotline
North Korea may have restarted Monday the inter-Korean hotline Pyongyang unilaterally cut in August, but the North Korean military has reportedly bolstered internal ideological...
North Korea orders women’s union to support construction of apartment buildings in Pyongyang
A source in North Korea told Daily NK on Thursday that the authorities recently instructed Socialist Women's Union of Korea members throughout the country...
North Korean official who embezzled workplace funds faces “heavy economic punishment”
Daily NK has learned that North Korean authorities recently sentenced a cadre who embezzled funds from his workplace to “heavy economic punishment.”
A source in...
