N. Korea imports high-priced wine as gifts for cadres during February festivities
North Korean authorities are importing expensive gifts to hand out to cadres during several national holidays in February, Daily NK has learned.
According to a...
N. Korea investigates alleged improper behavior by head of prison camp
North Korean authorities are investigating complaints made about the head of a North Hamgyong Province prison camp who was allegedly involved in a range...
N. Korea’s security agency cracks down heavily on illegal activity in border region
North Korea’s Ministry of State Security is generating a climate of fear as it conducts surprise inspections aimed at cracking down on illegal activity...
N. Korea’s Storm Corps repairs training ground for simulating raids on S. Korea
The North Korean army’s 11th Corps — the so-called “Storm Corps” — is repairing a training ground for simulating raids on major South Korean...
N. Korean man arrested after complaining about “volunteering” under duress
A man was recently arrested after he continued complaining about “volunteering” under duress to relocate from the capital Pyongyang to Kwail County, South Hwanghae...
Yanggang Province cracks down on professors demanding money and gifts from students
Yanggang Province authorities have begun looking into the practice of professors giving their students so-called “non-tax burdens,” Daily NK has learned.
A source in Yanggang...
Kim Jong Un hands down gifts to people involved in speedy production of weapons...
Following a ceremony to present super-large caliber multiple rocket launchers (MRL) on Dec. 31, members of North Korea’s munitions sector and researchers at the...
N. Korean police probe death of family living in mountainous area of Yanggang Province
After a family of three living in a tent in a mountainous area of Yanggang Province was discovered dead recently, police have launched an...
N. Korea intensifies crackdowns on rice wholesalers and resellers
North Korean authorities are intensifying their crackdowns on food wholesalers and resellers in Bukchang County, a source in South Hamgyong Province told Daily NK...
Pyongyang starts crafting plans to deal with high-rise water outages
North Korea recently began crafting emergency measures to help residents of high-rise apartments in Pyongyang’s Songsin and Songhwa neighborhoods who are suffering from water...
