Monthly Archives: April 2023
How loyal are N. Korean officials to Kim Jong Un?
Jang Song Taek was executed around ten years ago, just one year after Kim Jong Un assumed power in North Korea.
Jang, who was the...
N. Korea’s female soldiers still face sexual harassment, even rape, in the military
In January of this year, Saturday lecture materials for North Korean military officers included mention of a gang rape of a female soldier by...
Pence Cartoon: “The Despot Sandwich”
Views expressed in this cartoon do not necessarily reflect those of Daily NK.
Why is the North Korean won – Chinese yuan exchange rate rising in the...
The Chinese yuan is currently trading at KPW 1,300 in the border regions of North Hamgyong Province and Yanggang Province, Daily NK has learned.
“Since...
Lifting the veil on a Ministry of State Security crackdown on China-based trading officials
In early October 2022, North Korea’s Ministry of State Security ordered its agents in Shenyang to “quickly recall and make an example out of...
Kim Il Sung University professor at the center of an admissions scandal
After bribing a Kim Il Sung University professor with a grand piano to get their child into the school, the child's parents had a...
N. Korea reforms education systems at two schools for “revolutionary children”
North Korea is reforming the educational systems at Red Flag Mangyongdae Revolutionary School and Kang Pan Sok Revolutionary School, as well as introducing teacher...
N. Korean high schoolers encounter flasher on the way to clean statues
Two North Korean high school girls in Hyesan remain traumatized after encountering a male flasher as they headed to clean statues of Kim Il...
N. Hamgyong Province’s food prices continue to fall amid expansion in trade
Amid an expansion in North Korea-China trade, prices for food in Chongjin and Hoeryong's markets are continuing to fall, with the prices of some...
Kangwon Province orders residents to plant sunflowers to increase cooking oil production
As part of efforts to gain self-sufficiency in the production of cooking oil, Kangwon Province recently ordered people to plant sunflowers and hand over...
