Monthly Archives: May 2023
N. Korea cracks down on mobilization shirkers to increase labor at farms
North Korea has issued general rural mobilization orders with the full-scale start of the planting season, but farms face manpower shortages as people shirk...
Socialist Patriotic Youth League event comes under scrutiny for biased participant selection
A recent Socialist Patriotic Youth League “loyalty letter relay event” came under scrutiny for alleged corruption in the selection of participants, Daily NK has...
N. Korea curtails early morning commerce in Pyongyang and other major cities
North Korea recently began curtailing the early morning commerce that takes place in Pyongyang and other major cities nationwide, Daily NK has learned.
According to...
N. Korea’s mid-May market prices of rice reach highest levels in five years
North Korea's mid-May market prices of rice are the highest they have ever been in mid-May over the last five years. Meanwhile, some North...
Global Slavery Index 2023: N. Korea has the globe’s highest prevalence of modern slavery
North Korea has the highest prevalence of modern slavery in the world, according to the Global Slavery Index 2023 (GSI), compiled by the Australian...
Unmarried N. Korean woman dies after receiving abortion at doctor’s home
An unmarried woman in her 30s recently died after receiving an abortion at a doctor’s home in Hamhung, Daily NK has learned.
Speaking on condition...
N. Korea allows regional commercial banks to issue cashless bank slips
North Korea has decided to allow regional commercial banks to issue cashless bank slips, Daily NK has learned. The measure appears to be aimed...
N. Korean fruit, vegetable farms suffer damage due to unseasonably low temperatures
North Korean fruit and vegetable growers have suffered damage to their crops due to unseasonably low temperatures in March and April, Daily NK has...
N. Hwanghae Province supplies soy milk to elementary students mobilized for farmwork
North Hwanghae Province recently ordered that young students mobilized for planting in farm fields be supplied with soy milk, Daily NK has learned.
Speaking on...
SPN: Cows in N. Korea’s Pyongan provinces showing signs of foot-and-mouth disease
Just ten days after South Korea confirmed the first cases of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in more than four years on farms in South Chungcheong...
