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Han Jae-deok is one of Daily NK's full-time journalists. Questions about his articles can be directed to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.

fashion, pants

Society

Forbidden fashion: N. Korean youth punished for mimicking Kim Jong Un’s...

Han Jae-deok - September 6, 2024

russia, repatriated, workers, laborers

News

Elderly North Koreans toil in Russian city

Han Jae-deok - August 30, 2024

designer

Society

Sink or swim: North Korea’s war prep hits the pool

Han Jae-deok - August 29, 2024

News

N. Korean workers forced to fund “pointless” tech offices

Han Jae-deok - August 28, 2024

russian satellite, russia, kim jong un, putin, workers

North Korea-Russia Relations

North Korea to fuel Russian space city with 500 workers

Han Jae-deok - August 23, 2024

special patrols coronavirus outbreak smuggler mobile phones strict smuggler border, remittance, defections, fear

China-North Korea Border

Fearing defections, N. Korea intensifies surveillance along border after flooding

Han Jae-deok - August 20, 2024

pyungyang students school vacations, schools

News

Pyongyang parents bear burden of schools’ modernization projects

Han Jae-deok - August 16, 2024

clinics, doctor

Society

N. Korean doctors turn to bribery to make ends meet

Han Jae-deok - August 8, 2024

compost, grass

Society

N. Korean workers forced to collect grass compost, sparking complaints

Han Jae-deok - August 8, 2024

News

Non-tax burdens increase in N. Korea as factory construction deadlines approach

Han Jae-deok - August 2, 2024

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Recent Articles

Truck hauling produce past greenhouse tunnels at Yonpho Greenhouse Farm, July 2026

North Korea taps reserve grain stocks as farm workers in South...

August 19, 2026

Side-by-side satellite images comparing sludge coverage at the Pyongsan uranium plant's settling pond in September 2025 and June 2026, with yellow outlines marking 0.5, 0.2 and 0.1 hectare areas of new sludge buildup.

Satellite images show growing waste buildup at North Korea’s uranium plant

August 19, 2026

Excerpt of North Korea's Soil Pollution Prevention Act, showing the title page and Article 1, marked "Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Soil Pollution Prevention Act," adopted May 29, 2025.

North Korea codifies soil pollution law, but enforcement remains in doubt

August 14, 2026

North Korea cracks down on private hairdressers and barbers

August 13, 2026

North Koreans in China forced repatriation: flags near the Tumen River border, North Hamgyong province

North Korea shifts from raw material to processed goods exports

August 13, 2026

North Koreans walk along a tree-lined street shielding themselves from the heat with parasols in a screen grab from a Korean Central Television broadcast on July 10, 2025.

North Korea issues heat wave rules as deaths surpass 100

August 12, 2026

Two women standing in front of a coffee shop.

Coffee shops become NK’s heat wave refuge

August 12, 2026

North Koreans peruse cell phones on offer

North Korea quietly hikes phone prices at the border

August 12, 2026

A farmer in North Korea with a cow.

Sick and denied rest, detainees beaten in North Korean heat wave

August 11, 2026

Pyongyang residents receive bags of fish at a state-run store after leader Kim Jong Un ordered thousands of tons of fish distributed to the capital, Dec. 21, 2021.

Donju now run many of North Korea’s state grain shops

August 11, 2026