Activists Denied Entry to Balloon Launch Site

It appears that a launch of balloons carrying leaflets that was planned for 11:30AM by North Korean human rights organizations will have to be...

Obama Camp Confirms DMZ Trip

It was reported yesterday that President Barack Obama is to visit the DMZ which divides the two Koreas as soon as he arrives in...

UN Secures 80% of Flood Aid Budget

The UN has secured 80% of the $4.7 million required to pay for the provision of flood relief aid to North Korea, the organization...
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North Korea increases Workers’ Party control over markets

North Korea recently crafted new market management regulations to give the Workers’ Party greater involvement in and control over markets, handing down orders to...

North Korea Flaunts UNSC 1718 with Wine Purchase

It has been revealed that North Korea purchased 600 bottles of top quality wine from French producer Maison Michel Picard in July this year,...
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N. Korea expands renewable energy focus in revised power station law

Daily NK has exclusively obtained the full text of North Korea's revised Act on Small and Medium-Sized Power Stations, revealing how the energy-starved nation...

Food Prices Falling in Onsung

Following on from news of declining food prices in Hoiryeong last week, The Daily NK has received more evidence of a wider downturn in...

2013 Greeted with Special Guard

The Chosun Workers’ Party Central Committee issued an order on December 31st entitled “On the establishment of a special guard period to mark the...
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Kangwon Province ordered to speed up development of Mount Kumgang tourism area

Kangwon Province has been ordered by the North Korean cabinet to speed up the development of the Mount Kumgang tourism area, Daily NK has...

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