Monthly Archives: November 2021
Chinese public security officials carry out surprise searches of female North Korean defectors’ homes
Chinese public security authorities are reportedly carrying out surprise searches of homes of female North Korean defectors in China, as well as inspecting their...
N. Korean workers in China are making clothes for South Korea
With some 50,000 North Korean workers continuing to earn foreign currency in China despite international sanctions on Pyongyang, North Korean workers are reportedly making...
Some N. Korean workers welcome blackouts in Chinese factories
With China experiencing acute power shortages, factories employing North Korean workers are also suffering blackouts. Laborers are unable to work when this happens, but...
North Korea Market Price Update: November 1, 2021
All prices shown in KPW and current as of November 1, 2021.
Data: Daily NK
Lack of cabbage makes it difficult for N. Koreans to make kimchi
Economic difficulties are reportedly forcing residents of Yanggang Province to give up making winter kimchi for the second straight year.
In a telephone conversation with...
Suspects in murder of Ministry of Social Security officer’s wife apprehended
The suspects in the killing of the wife of a North Hamgyong Province Ministry of Social Security officer in late September have recently been...
Explosion at Chongjin chemical and textile plant leaves several workers injured
An explosion at Chongjin Chemical and Textile Factory in North Hamgyong Province reportedly left several workers injured.
The factory was conducting chemical experiments in accordance...
