Monthly Archives: March 2023
N. Korea produces video for Pyongyangites underscoring crime does not pay
North Korea has produced and distributed a video about how lawbreakers in Pyongyang have been punished by being banished from the city. Underscoring their...
Daily NK obtains the full text of the Pyongyang Cultural Language Protection Act
Daily NK is the first news outlet to have obtained the full text of North Korea’s “Pyongyang Cultural Language Protection Act.” The law stipulates...
Daily NK Snapshots from North Korea – Week of March 13, 2023
Daily NK Snapshots are synopses of select articles from our Korean website. Snapshots provide a window into Daily NK’s reporting and into everyday life and...
New N. Korean video condemns street smokers and outdoor boozers
North Korea has released an ideological video that seeks to indoctrinate the public about the importance of establishing a “socialist lifestyle.” The video condemns...
Tanchon woman rebuked by city party committee after asking for help to feed children
A resident of Tanchon was recently kicked out of the city's party committee building after pleading with committee cadres to help feed her children,...
CIA World Factbook: North Korean men must serve up to 10 years in military
A recently updated version of the US Central Intelligence Agency’s World Factbook now says that North Korean men must serve up to 10 years...
S. Hwanghae Province dispatches officials to provide guidance ahead of planting season
South Hwanghae Province recently dispatched local party and government officials to city and county farms to ascertain difficulties farms are facing ahead of the...
Daily NK acquires full text of the anti-reactionary thought law
Daily NK is the first news outlet to have acquired the full text of the “Reactionary Ideology and Culture Rejection Act of the Democratic...
N. Korea orders men to show affection to their wives to celebrate International Women’s...
The North Korean government recently instructed men to show affection to the women in their lives in the run-up to International Women’s Day, a...
Three Revolutions Team member arrested for spreading “reactionary thought and culture”
A Three Revolutions Team member at a logging camp in Pungso County, Yanggang Province, was arrested on Mar. 11 for “infecting the work team...