Halla edging out Paektu for hearts and minds
The North Korean regime has long emphasized the importance of the so-called Mount Paektu bloodline, and recently announced plans for the first statue of...
North Korean Trade with China on the Up
Changchun, China -- On the 25th, a source inside North Korea relayed news that the North Korean authorities have started focusing on trading with...
Kim Kyok Sik Takes Team to Cuba
North Korea and Cuba have agreed to strengthen bilateral relations at a meeting of military figures in the Cuban capital, Havana, Chosun Central News...
The truth behind the propaganda: Kim boasts, but the people suffer
Kim Jong Un provides on-the-spot guidance at a newly built catfish farm in Sunchon. Image: Rodong SinmunUnification Media Group (UMG): With 2017 drawing to a...
North Korea’s medicinal plant-picking season in full throttle
With the onset of summer, North Koreans in Ryanggang Province are busily collecting medicinal plants, Daily NK sources report.
Ryanggang Province is a mountainous region...
Joongang Bank Manager Commits Suicide to Evade Investigation
Yanji, China -- Several sources in North Korea report that province-wide investigations of anti-socialist activities are being carried out in Yangkang Province. The investigations...
N. Korea’s recent revision of Enterprise Act appears aimed at increasing trade
North Korea's recent revision of the Enterprise Act may have aimed to strengthen state control while reinvigorating trade conducted by small-scale work units and...
NSA Investigation Looking at Defectors in South Korea
Since the North Korean authorities began issuing a new form of ID card to the people in May, an investigation into the locations of...
Bribery Begets Bribery
North Korean traders in China returned to
North Korea on April 15th, the “Day of the Sun” -- Kim Il Sung’s birthday and
the biggest national...
Land tax suddenly increased 75%, drawing residents’ ire
Since the end of last year, the North Korean regime has raised the land tax rate that it imposes on residents by 75 percent...
