North Korea Shuts Down Most of Its Complex Microbial Fertilizer Factories
A source inside North Korea reports that most of the country’s complex microbial fertilizer factories built during the mass starvation period in 1990s for...
“How Can I Betray Our Republic?”
55-year old Ko Yun Suk (pseudonym), a citizen of Pyongyang who is staying in Yanji, China visiting his relatives said to a DailyNK reporter...
“No More Old-fashioned Chinese Stuff. We like South Korean Culture”
A source inside North Korea reported on November 5th that the North Korean Ministry of Education recently directed every school to stress the importance...
Regulation of South Korean Dramas Increasingly Difficult
An inside source said that North Korean citizens have been taking advantage of DVD players that are legally sold in North Korea as a...
The Number of Children Who Drop out of School Increasing Due to Hardships
In North Korea, where free education has been strongly proposed, the number of students dropping out of school due to economic hardship has been...
“It Costs about $300 for a Visa to China”
Forty-year old Park Sung Jin (pseudonym), a clothes merchant from Chongjin, recently traveled to Tumun in Jilin Province, China under the pretext of visiting...
South Korean Dramas Are All the Rage among North Korean People
Despite the North Korean authorities’ strict control, foreign films and South Korean drama Video Compact Disks (VCDs) circulating around North Korea reportedly amount to...
Cut the Telephone Cables!
It has become known that the North Korean authorities’ search for a household that paid 5,000 won for telephone usages per month has come...
“The Price of Cabbage in North Korea Is Prohibitive”
With the kimchi preparation season ahead, South Korean housewives are afraid to open their wallets due to the threefold increase in the price of...
Privileged Pyongyang Citizens No Longer Enjoy Privileges in the Market.
According to DailyNK’s research on prices in North Korea conducted in late September, the prices in Pyongyang are similar to the prices in other...
