Monthly Archives: April 2022
N. Korea decides not to discharge the Strategic Rocket Force’s enlisted personnel this year
North Korean authorities have made the unprecedented decision not to discharge enlisted military personnel affiliated with the Korean People's Army Strategic Rocket Force this...
N. Korea conducts audits on how well provincial trade bureaus met foreign currency quotas
North Korean authorities are reviewing how well provincial trade bureaus have met their foreign currency quotas in the first quarter of the year and...
North Korean border guards in Sinuiju seen wearing gas masks
Daily NK recently captured a photograph of border guards wearing gas masks at their posts near the Yalu River in Sinuiju, North Pyongan Province.
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N. Korea regards suspected COVID-19 cases in political prison camps simply as “cases of...
North Korea is applying its unique brand of “zero COVID” policies to its political prison camps. Even if prisoners display symptoms of COVID-19, they...
N. Korea is forcibly relocating families with missing relatives to rural areas
North Korean authorities have recently been identifying households with two or more missing family members and forcibly relocating them to rural areas, Daily NK...
S. Korea may have misread certain expressions in Kim Jong Un’s personal letter
Leaders of North and South Korea recently exchanged personal letters ahead of South Korean President Moon Jae In’s departure from office, but some North...
N. Korea uses footage of young women caught wearing “capitalist” clothing in lectures
North Korean authorities have filmed women caught up in crackdowns on “capitalist” fashion and are using the footage in lectures for people in North...
N. Korean survey of Pyongyang’s illegal residents show most hail from S. Pyongan Province
In line with celebrations surrounding Kim Il Sung’s birthday on Apr. 15, North Korea compiled statistics on illegal residents of Pyongyang that showed most...
North Korean trade ministry approves plans to build tile factories in Pyongyang and Yanggang...
North Korea’s trade ministry recently approved plans by a North Korean-Chinese joint venture to build tile factories in Pyongyang and in a region near...
S. Pyongan Province farmer-bootlegger arrested for anti-socialist behavior
A resident of Pyongwon County, South Pyongan Province, was arrested by a North Korean task force charged with policing anti-socialist behavior for the unauthorized...
