North Korea orders diplomats to lock in nuclear status, pursue multipolar strategy
North Korea's ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) issued a classified directive to senior foreign ministry officials in early April 2026 ordering them to...
North Korea discharges soldiers early to send them to Russia as laborers
North Korea has been discharging soldiers early from active military service and sending them to Russia as overseas laborers, Daily NK has learned. Families...
North Korea orders military loyalty lectures ahead of April 25 army anniversary
North Korea's Korean People's Army General Political Bureau (GPB), the military's primary organ for political indoctrination, ordered a series of special lectures across the...
Officers’ families in South Hwanghae squeezed by corn levy linked to party congress
Families of North Korean military officers stationed in South Hwanghae province have been ordered to donate corn by March 30 as part of a...
North Korean military fish farm run as private feeding trough for officers, worker complaint...
A military seafood production unit in North Hamgyong province is under investigation after a worker filed a formal complaint alleging that base commanders have...
Satellite analysis: North Korea’s 5,000-ton destroyer fleet in construction but short on combat readiness
North Korea began building and publicly unveiling its 5,000-ton destroyers starting in 2025. Recent satellite imagery suggests the vessels are not yet fully operational...
North Korea cracks down on rumors about soldiers captured in Ukraine
North Korean authorities have ordered state security agents to identify and suppress rumors spreading along the Chinese border about soldiers captured by Ukrainian forces,...
Border soldiers forced to replant trees doomed to die
North Korean soldiers guarding the border with China have been mobilized to plant trees ahead of Arbor Day on March 14, but many are...
North Korea orders officer unity training after party congress
North Korea's VIII Corps held three-day training sessions for junior officers across its units in early March, ordering them to cultivate closer bonds with...
Kim rewards parade soldiers with special leave
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rewarded soldiers who marched in the military parade at the Ninth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea...
