[Interview] N. Korean woman in China shares pain of being separated from family
“I cried a lot because I missed my child. There were also many days I suddenly broke down, feeling like I would die. One...
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...
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...
What three N. Koreans have to say about their country’s historic cold weather
The Korean Peninsula was hit by a historic cold snap last week, with temperatures in North Korea hovering between minus 20 and minus 30....
An interview with S. Korea’s new ambassador-at-large on N. Korean human rights
The Yoon Suk-yeol administration recently appointed Lee Shin-hwa, a political science professor at Korea University, as South Korea’s ambassador-at-large on North Korean human rights...
Stuck in China, this N. Korean worker is eagerly awaiting his return home
North Korea’s closure of the country’s borders to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in early 2020 has meant that overseas laborers have been unable...
How four North Koreans viewed Shinzo Abe’s assassination
The recent killing of former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo has shocked the world.
Abe was giving a stump speech ahead of Japan’s House of...
Daily NK talks to three defectors about N. Korea’s COVID-19 situation
Daily NK recently sat down with three defectors with family members still in North Korea and asked their opinions about the current COVID-19 situation...
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...
[Interview] North Koreans respond to their government’s push for more “recycling”
North Korea is running into problems supplying raw materials and supplies due to protracted international sanctions and the suspension of trade in response to...
