EU, Investigating “NK Forced Labor”… Interview with a Supervisor NK Laborers
While the EU currently undergoes an apprehensive investigation on forced labor of foreign workers dispatched from North Korea in Europe, a worker in Poland...
The North Korean people believe in Kim Jong Un when it comes to denuclearization,...
Daily NK conducted an interview with a resident of North Korea’s South Pyongan Province on the topic of the third inter-Korean summit, which was...
[Interview] North Koreans respond to their government’s push for more “recycling”
North Korea is running into problems supplying raw materials and supplies due to protracted international sanctions and the suspension of trade in response to...
Why are bribes in Pyongyang so expensive?
North Koreans are typically forced to pay bribes to get themselves out of trouble when caught watching foreign movies and dramas. For example, Daily...
S. Korea gave death sentence to deported fishermen
The South Korean recently government deported two North Koreans captured in the East Sea. Amid questions surrounding what happened after they entered South Korean...
[Interview] How are North Korea’s markets doing following the closure of the Sino-North Korean...
It has been over a year since North Korean authorities locked down the border in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19. As all...
Daily NK talks to three defectors about N. Korea’s COVID-19 situation
Daily NK recently sat down with three defectors with family members still in North Korea and asked their opinions about the current COVID-19 situation...
How four North Koreans viewed Shinzo Abe’s assassination
The recent killing of former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo has shocked the world.
Abe was giving a stump speech ahead of Japan’s House of...
N. Korean defector talks about experience in holding center for forced returnees (Part 2)
Lee Young-joo, a defector, was forcibly repatriated twice and detained in Ministry of State Security-run holding centers in Onsong and Sinuiju before finally making...
What three young N. Koreans think about their country’s controls on foreign culture
Over the past several years, North Korea has been ramping up efforts to stop the import and distribution of foreign culture.
The country’s authorities have...
