After someone snuck in from China, North Korea locks down Hyesan for a month
North Korea completely locked down Hyesan, a city in Yanggang Province, from 6 PM yesterday, Daily NK has learned. A source in the province...
North Korea sees growing education inequality amid the COVID-19 crisis
The gap in education quality between urban and rural areas in North Korea is growing because of COVID-19 quarantine efforts, Daily NK has learned....
From newspapers to cookie packages, North Korea’s use of the phrase “powerful nation” is...
The slogan "powerful nation" (gangsongguka-ho, with the "ho" being an airplane suffix) has been removed from sugar cookies given to children for Kim Jong...
North Korean AN-2 crashes near Taechon Air Base, leaving 5 dead
Four soon-to-be-graduated students at the Chaehyun Military Academy in North Pyongan Province's Taechon County died in a crash involving a worn-out aircraft during the...
Local district offices take on more surveillance and monitoring duties amidst COVID-19 pandemic
At the end of last month, local district offices near the border zone in North Hamgyong Province issued a notice containing provisions regarding conduct...
Mine collapse kills 14 at Gomdok Mine
Daily NK has belatedly learned that 14 workers were killed at the end of January when a mine collapsed at the Gomdok Mining Cooperative...
Onsong tobacco farm decides to hand over some farmland to farmers
While discussing ways to produce tangible results this year at the 4.25 Tobacco Farm (Onsong, North Hamgyong Province), which had suffered unprecedented financial difficulties...
North Korea Market Price Update: February 23, 2021
All prices shown in KPW and current as of February 23, 2021.
Data: Daily NK
North Korea’s leadership not first in line to get AstraZeneca vaccinations
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and the rest of the country's leadership will not receive doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine North Korea is...
Teenage boy caught watching pornography exiled to countryside with family
Daily NK has become aware that North Korea is stepping up punishments and intensifying a crackdown based on the “anti-reactionary thought law” adopted at...
