North Korea is installing concrete barriers and high-voltage wires along its border with China
A source in North Korea told Daily NK last Thursday that the authorities are installing concrete barriers and high-voltage wires along the North Korean...
More Chinese fishing boats are fishing illegally in N. Korean waters
Chinese fishing boats are increasingly conducting illegal fishing activities in North Korean waters following North Korean restrictions on fishing stemming from fears over COVID-19,...
N. Korean tests positive for COVID-19 in China
A North Korean who attempted to defect to China tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently under quarantine at a Chinese hospital, Daily NK...
N. Korean middle school student sentenced to 14 years of forced labor for watching...
A middle school student was recently sentenced to 14 years of forced labor for watching just five minutes of a South Korean film.
The heavy...
N. Korean businessman executed for refusing to buy gov’t bonds
The owner of mine shafts in a suburban area of Pyongyang who refused to buy government bonds was recently arrested and quietly executed, Daily...
Daughter of high-ranking N. Korean cadre executed for watching and distributing S. Korean videos
The daughter of a high-ranking cadre has been publicly executed for watching and distributing South Korean films, soap operas, and entertainment programs. North Korea...
How has Kim Jong Un changed his country’s prison camps?
Across all three generations of the Kim family (Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un), political prison camps have played a...
N. Korea quarantines suspected coronavirus cases in Sinuiju
Following the broadcast of a North Korean health ministry official discussing the symptoms of the Wuhan coronavirus on state television on Jan. 21, North...
N. Korea sets up “strict security zones” on Sino-North Korean border
North Korea’s Ministry of Social Security recently ordered that locals living in the Sino-North Korean border region refrain from “engaging in actions that disrupt”...
Pyongyang’s cadres worried about Kim Jong Un’s health
North Korean government and party officials in Pyongyang are concerned that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may be suffering from health problems, Daily...
