Monthly Archives: November 2024
N. Korea detains widow over comments on Juche calendar change
North Korean authorities have arrested a woman for questioning the suspension of the "Juche" calendar system that honored founder Kim Il Sung. The incident...
Out of reach: N. Korea’s push to expand luxury horse riding facility
North Korean authorities recently sought public input on expanding access to Pyongyang's premier recreational facility, the Mirim Horse Riding Club, though critics note its...
Economic crisis drives North Korean city dwellers to countryside
Urban residents in North Korea's city of Hamhung are relocating to rural areas like Hongwon and Riwon counties due to severe economic hardships making...
Mass exodus: N. Korean workers abandon posts in Chinese border city
Thousands of North Korean workers are departing China's border city of Dandong without replacement, with approximately 4,000 leaving in October alone.
“This month, about 2,000...
N. Korea’s electronics black market: Foreign tech flows despite global ban
Despite the international ban on directly providing, selling, or transferring electronics with military applications to North Korea, foreign-made mobile phones, laptop computers, and smartwatches...
Currency crisis drives North Koreans to dollar, yuan
The North Korean won has lost half its value against the dollar and yuan this year, driving more citizens to conduct marketplace transactions in...
Split families face new scrutiny as N. Korea labels South ‘hostile state’
North Korea has directed officials to revise documents relating to families split between North and South Korea and mandated ideological training for these families,...
North Korea’s 2022 public reporting law revealed in full
Daily NK has acquired the full text of the Public Reporting System Law, which was revised by North Korea's government in 2022.
The revised law...
Unsolved murder of elderly couple haunts North Korean city
A brutal double homicide of an elderly couple has sparked fear throughout Sunchon, South Pyongan province. Despite discovering the bodies of the victims, both...
Kim Jong Un orders review of government standards for executions
Kim Jong Un has issued orders to North Korea's security ministries to establish clearer criteria for both public and private executions. These directives were...
