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...
Elementary schooler breaks arm while loading garbage truck at school
A third-grade boy at an elementary school in Hamhung, South Hamgyong Province, got in an accident and broke his arm while being forced to...
N. Korean authorities re-examine residency cards ahead of local people’s assembly elections
In the lead up to the Nov. 26 local people’s assembly elections, North Korean authorities are re-examining citizens’ residency registration cards and cross-checking local...
N. Koreans maimed or killed by landmines during defection attempts
A number of North Koreans trying to cross the China-North Korea border in North Hamgyong Province have been injured or killed by landmines recently,...
N. Hamgyong Province state security agents demand that people turn in their cell phones
Ministry of State Security (MSS) agents in the border region of North Hamgyong Province are instructing people to turn over their Chinese cell phones...
N. Korean coal briquettes in markets are cheaper than last year
As North Koreans begin to prepare for the winter, the price of coal briquettes — the primary source of heating in the country —...
