Monthly Archives: June 2024
Chinese companies increasingly seek out cheap N. Korean labor
A growing number of Chinese companies are seeking cheap North Korean labor due to the recent rise in labor costs in China. In response,...
Refused asylum to S. Korea, N. Korean defector dies on the streets of Russia
As the world lived in fear of COVID-19 in the year 2020, a North Korean (identified here as "A") managed to escape from a...
South Hwanghae Province residents catch leeches, earthworms to earn money
Residents of North Korea's South Hwanghae Province are eager to catch leeches and earthworms to make money, Daily NK has learned.
"People in Haeju and...
N. Koreans complain about regime’s discriminatory electricity supply policies
Accidents at North Korea's coal mines are on the rise due to power shortages, but restaurants and nightclubs frequented by the country's elite can...
N. Korea completes almost 70% of rice transplanting as of early June
Amid the travails of a chronic food shortage, North Korea has identified increasing grain production as its top economic priority for the year and...
N. Korean police officer murders wife after finding her cheating with another man
A police officer in Chongjin, North Hamgyong Province, was arrested in late April for the murder of his wife, Daily NK has learned.
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N. Korean defectors in China seek new lives inside the country
Women who defected from North Korea are fleeing their homes in rural Chinese villages in search of new lives, Daily NK has learned.
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Academy of National Defense Science researchers unhappy with poor living conditions
Researchers at the Academy of National Defense Science, a critical agency in North Korea's accelerating satellite and weapons development efforts, are increasingly unhappy with...
N. Koreans prefer to produce electronics rather than wigs, false eyelashes
North Korea's exports of artificial hair products, including wigs and false eyelashes, are setting new records, but North Koreans prefer to work with electronics...
N. Korea holds struggle session to condemn non-socialist elements in films
North Korean authorities recently held an ideological struggle session for workers and artists in the movie industry, claiming that non-socialist elements have infiltrated films...
