North Korea dismisses officials who missed military supply quotas tied to army anniversary
North Korean authorities have launched a sweeping personnel shake-up in South Pyongan province in May 2026, dismissing and reassigning officials who underperformed in a...
North Korean soldiers beat taxi driver who refused free ride in Hyesan
Two soldiers beat a taxi driver bloody in Hyesan, Ryanggang province, after he refused to give them a free ride, according to a Daily...
Political bloodlines drive North Korea’s Social Safety Forces recruitment
North Korea's annual military conscription season is now underway, and the Social Safety Forces — the country's internal security force, roughly equivalent to South...
Kim Jong Un marks special forces anniversary with rest order and ideological crackdown
North Korea issued a special order to its special operations forces on April 3, 2026, marking the first anniversary of leader Kim Jong Un's...
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...
