Three North Koreans provide a glimpse of North Korea’s worsening economic situation
North Koreans have recently begun facing a worsening economic situation, evidenced by reports that people are starving to death even within the country's major...
What three young N. Koreans think about their country’s controls on foreign culture
Over the past several years, North Korea has been ramping up efforts to stop the import and distribution of foreign culture.
The country’s authorities have...
One N. Korean trader’s perspective on the reopening of trade
The North Korean economy has continued to decline since the outbreak of COVID-19. According to key North Korean economic indicators for 2023 released by...
Interview with Victor Cha: Economic Cooperation Will Be Used as a Reward for N....
Washington D.C. -- In light of the Six Party talks in Beijing and the Inter-Korea Summit Talks, which concluded with a peace declaration, the...
The Conditions of Commitment – Interview with Senior Researcher Bruce Klingner
Washington D.C. -- “There is such a wide gap between the perception in the U.S. of what North Korea has to do and what...
An interview with Jeong Haneul, the director of “Two Soldiers”
“Do you know what the Supreme Commander said? A soldier’s fundamental duty is to devote his youth to his fatherland and to be loyal...
N. Korean defector talks about experience in holding center for forced returnees (Part 2)
Lee Young-joo, a defector, was forcibly repatriated twice and detained in Ministry of State Security-run holding centers in Onsong and Sinuiju before finally making...
A short interview with North Korea economy expert Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein
Daily NK English Editor Robert Lauler recently conducted an email-based interview with Dr. Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein, a Nonresident Fellow with the Stimson Center and...
N. Korean overseas worker welcomes new S. Korean holiday for defectors
The South Korean government recently decided to designate July 14 as “North Korean Defectors’ Day.” Minister of Unification Kim Yung-ho announced that the day...
North Korean defectors in China talk about their hardscrabble lives
Some personal horror stories of North Korean defectors who have spent years in China living a socially isolated life in appalling conditions have been...
