Two N. Korean trade officials arrested for corruption
Two North Korean working-level managers who handled the transport and management of import and export items between Russia and China at Tumangang Station and...
N. Korean moneychangers move further into the shadows amid intensifying crackdowns
As North Korean authorities intensify their crackdowns on foreign currency transactions to encourage people to change money through official agencies, moneychangers are increasingly operating...
N. Korean military pushes back hard on “invasion of foreign culture” in the ranks
Room 79 of the General Political Bureau's Publishing Censorship Department recently initiated a sweeping crackdown on what it calls the “invasion of foreign culture"...
Hyesan schools suspend classes to allow students to collect winter firewood
Some schools in Yanggang Province’s city of Hyesan have recently suspended classes so that students can collect firewood for the winter, Daily NK has...
N. Korea’s Second Corps takes action against crimes committed by soldiers
The Second Corps of the Korean People's Army recently issued an urgent order to crackdown on theft and fraud committed by soldiers against ordinary...
S. Pyongan Province warns business people about false labelling
South Pyongan Province authorities are warning business people selling goods in markets that they face criminal punishments for falsely labelling the goods they sell,...
N. Korea implements Individual Contract Work System for wheat and barley farming on trial...
North Korea has recently begun implementing the Individual Contract Work System at some wheat and barley fields on a trial basis. The move comes...
N. Korea bans people from leaving areas of residence until after local elections
With elections for local people’s committees set for Nov. 26, North Korea has issued orders banning people from leaving their regions of residence “until...
N. Korea’s national police agency hands down 4th quarter production quotas to reeducation camps
North Korea's national police agency recently handed down fourth quarter production quotas to reeducation camps under its administration, Daily NK has learned.
Speaking on condition...
N. Korean laborers in China work extra jobs to make ends meet
After their official workday ends, North Korean workers at a clothing factory in China's Liaoning Province are doing three hours of additional work making...
