Explaining reports of COVID-19 infections deep inside N. Korea
North Korean authorities are working hard to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) into the country, but Daily NK sources speculate that...
Lecture in N. Hamgyong Province claims recent returnee heightened threat of COVID-19
A Daily NK source in North Hamgyong Province reported recently that North Korean authorities held a lecture for communist party members, workers and cadres...
N. Korea continues intense disease control measures in regions along its borders
Since declaring victory over COVID-19, North Korea has been taking measures to return to normal life, including the lifting of mask mandates.
However, intense emergency...
North Korea recently hacked Pfizer to steal vaccine development-related secrets
A newly-formed hacking unit inside the Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB) recently hacked Pfizer to steal vaccine development-related secrets, a high-level North Korean source told...
North Korea puts Kimhyongjik County under lockdown amid COVID-19 fears
The border town of Kimhyongjik County (formerly Huchang County), Yanggang Province has recently been placed under lockdown until Dec. 4, Daily NK has learned.
This...
In March, N. Korea ordered PCR tests for 10,000 people in six major areas...
In March, North Korean authorities ordered PCR tests for 10,000 people in six major areas, including Pyongyang, Daily NK has learned.
Daily NK recently obtained...
N. Korea orders factories to expand production of disease control-related supplies
Following North Korea’s announcement of its implementation of a “maximum emergency quarantine system,” factories in the country’s provinces have begun emergency production of disease...
At least 30 suspected COVID-19 cases emerge after New Year’s performance
North Korea held a New Year’s performance with crowds of people gathered together despite the country’s “emergency anti-epidemic” efforts against COVID-19. Since the performance,...
N. Korea’s revisions to emergency quarantine law aimed at enhancing disease control system
A revision to North Korea’s emergency quarantine law passed by an executive meeting of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People’s Assembly on Nov....
North Korean border guards in Sinuiju seen wearing gas masks
Daily NK recently captured a photograph of border guards wearing gas masks at their posts near the Yalu River in Sinuiju, North Pyongan Province.
The...
