Chairman Kim has only one choice left to make
President Donald Trump (left) and Chairman Kim Jong Un (right). Image: Daily NKOn May 24, U.S. President Donald Trump cancelled his planned June 12...
A short interview with North Korea economy expert Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein
Daily NK English Editor Robert Lauler recently conducted an email-based interview with Dr. Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein, a Nonresident Fellow with the Stimson Center and...
Why is Disney’s “Frozen” an exception to N. Korea’s war on outside information?
North Korea is known for blocking out all outside influences, but it has now apparently made an exception for Disney's modern classic “Frozen."
As reported...
North Koreans in dark about potential South Korean humanitarian aid
Editor's Note: Following a report by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) stating that 40% of North...
[Video] Thae Yong Ho Series: Kim Jong Un needs to make a trustworthy move
Editor's Note: Thae Yong Ho was serving as North Korea’s deputy ambassador to the United Kingdom when he chose to defect with his family...
Sinuiju’s increasing role in Sino-North Korean trade
In the early morning of Friday, Oct. 18, the road leading from Sinuiju, North Korea, to Dandong, China, was clogged with North Korean container...
Finding a role for China in the North Korean peace process
Xi Jinping meets with South Korean National Security Advisor Chung Eui Yong in Beijing on March 12. Image: Yonhap News AgencyWith the recent announcement...
An interview with S. Korea’s new ambassador-at-large on N. Korean human rights
The Yoon Suk-yeol administration recently appointed Lee Shin-hwa, a political science professor at Korea University, as South Korea’s ambassador-at-large on North Korean human rights...
Guam and America’s Pacific Military Bases Back in the Crosshairs? North Korea’s Hwasong-12 Test...
On January 30 North Korea conducted its first test of the Hwasong-12 ballistic missile since 2017, which marked its seventh missile launch of 2022...
N. Korean teacher replaced after encouraging competition among students
On Aug. 31 of last year, the teaching staff at an elementary school in Taegwan County, North Pyongan Province, nervously gathered for an emergency...
