All business ahead of Party festivities
North Korea’s lower-ranking Party cadres
and donju have been paying bribes to cadres in the
higher ranks or putting together cultural performances to secure deals...
Hyesan residents complain about being forced to come up with recycleables
North Korean authorities are reportedly incurring the ire of Hyesan residents after ordering local families to provide materials for recycling.
According to a Daily NK...
Rumor Says Last Instructions to Be Made Public
A rumor circulating among North Korean foreign currency earning workers in China is that the contents of Kim Jong Il’s ‘last instructions’ will be...
Rise of the bike carrier: Private transport diversifies in North Korea
In North and South Pyongan Provinces, it costs about 20,000 KPW (~US $2.5) per 40 km to take a taxi, but it is possible...
‘Illegality Reigns over Illegality’
Ministry of People’s
Security officers in North Korea spotted using South Korean
products they have personally confiscated at the marketplace have recently come under fire...
Kim Jong Un signals commitment to nuclear development, orders tight lid on activities at...
Kim Jong Un discussing the decision to carry out the country's sixth nuclear test with the Politburo Standing Committee on September 3, 2017. Image:...
Chongjin authorities clamp down on street commerce
Chongjin's “unified command on non-socialist and anti-socialist behavior” is using the present peak of the winter preparation season to ramp up their “mop up”...
Soldiers with roots in N. Hamgyong sent back for recovery, food procurement
The North Korean authorities are ordering soldiers originally enlisted from North Hamgyong Province, to head back to their hometowns that have been devastated by...
Officials Dismissed on Trumped-Up Charges
A trade department head from the North
Hamkyung Provincial People’s Committee has been
removed from his post for the crime of "causing state
losses," and the same department’s
chief...
Lack of safety regulations and harsh winter leads to frequent carbon monoxide deaths in...
A photo taken in 2013 showing chimney stacks on private homes in Musan, North Hamgyong Province. Image: Daily NKTemperatures have plummeted in North Korea, and...
