Pence Cartoon: “No Label”

In March 2021, many South Koreans responded in shock and disgust to viral video footage from China of a half-naked food processing worker wading...

N. Korea’s overreaching ambition to catch more fish leads to tragedy

“Kim Il Sung worked hard to provide people at Pyongyang’s universities and hospitals with fresh seasonal fish.” “Kim Jong Il’s dying words and last thing...

The Mekong River’s plight is a tragedy for North Koreans, too

Amid a series of damage caused by severe heat waves and droughts in Southeast Asia, its lifeline and largest river, the Mekong, is drying...

New missile launches put Pyongyang citizens in harm’s way

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffXpe1AY6mk Early on the morning of Saturday August 10, North Korea fired another round of missiles from the Hamhung area towards the East Sea. The...

Pence Cartoon: “Regime Reboot”

Views expressed in this cartoon do not necessarily reflect those of Daily NK.

Why N. Korea has so much trouble cracking down on S. Korean dramas

As the coronavirus pandemic gripped the world in November 2020, two cars with Yanggang Province Ministry of Social Security and Yanggang Party Committee license...

No mention of denuclearization in North Korea’s state media – Why?

On March 6, North Korea's Party-run Rodong Sinmun newspaper published this photo, featuring leader Kim Jong Un walking with Moon Jae-inĄŊs special delegation from...

Pence Cartoon: “Kim Jong Groomer”

Views expressed in this cartoon do not necessarily reflect those of Daily NK.

Pence Cartoon: “Old News”

Kim Jong Un recently admitted to an outbreak of COVID-19 in the country, more than two years after the start of the pandemic and...
border, china, north korea, dprk, defectors, defections. remittance

The tragic story of a North Korean “defector hunter”

Editor's Note: This article was originally published in Korean in November 2021.  In early November 2012, North Korea's Ministry of State Security (MSS) made it...

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