Pyongyang officials, students sent to S. Hwanghae Province to help with farming
Officials from North Korea’s main government agencies and students from Pyongyang-based universities are being dispatched to agricultural areas in South Hwanghae Province to help...
The annual “barley hump” set to hit some parts of North Korea particularly hard
As North Korea nears the “barley hump” — the lean time in the spring before the barley harvest — residents of Hwapyong County, Chagang...
N. Korean official sentenced to life for human trafficking across border
A political guidance officer with a border guard unit based in Onsong County was recently given a life sentence for engaging in human trafficking,...
N. Korea makes efforts to improve lives of Kyongru-dong apartment residents
North Korea is taking special measures to boost the quality of life of residents living in riverside terraced apartments in Kyongru-dong, a neighborhood in...
Rumors circulate in border region that overland trade routes could open in mid-June
Rumors are once again circulating in the China-North Korea border region that the DPRK will reopen overland trade routes in mid-June. Many people on...
News of N. Korean family’s defection to the South spreads in China-N. Korean border...
News of an entire family defecting to South Korea on a wooden boat across the West Sea’s Northern Limit Line (NLL) is spreading rapidly...
N. Korea cracks down on mobilization shirkers to increase labor at farms
North Korea has issued general rural mobilization orders with the full-scale start of the planting season, but farms face manpower shortages as people shirk...
Socialist Patriotic Youth League event comes under scrutiny for biased participant selection
A recent Socialist Patriotic Youth League “loyalty letter relay event” came under scrutiny for alleged corruption in the selection of participants, Daily NK has...
N. Korea curtails early morning commerce in Pyongyang and other major cities
North Korea recently began curtailing the early morning commerce that takes place in Pyongyang and other major cities nationwide, Daily NK has learned.
According to...
N. Korea’s mid-May market prices of rice reach highest levels in five years
North Korea's mid-May market prices of rice are the highest they have ever been in mid-May over the last five years. Meanwhile, some North...
