Insiders say North Korea is not in any position to immediately wage war
After defining the inter-Korean relationship at a year-end party meeting as "between two hostile states," North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stoked war fever...
N. Korea races to field strategic weapons before US election in November
North Korea recently raised tensions by announcing the launch of a hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) with a new solid-fuel propulsion system. Pyongyang appears...
North Korean soldiers talk about what they most desire in the New Year
When a soldier of a military unit stationed in North Hwanghae Province was asked by a Daily NK source in the country what he...
N. Korea conducts unprecedently intensive civilian militia drills in December
Amid the government's emphasis on war preparedness and the "tense situation" on the Korean Peninsula, North Korean civil-military groups participated in a 20-day drill...
N. Korean officers’ academy cadet dismissed due to checkered past
After his past misdeeds came to light, a North Korean soldier at a training academy for logistics officers recently had his admission revoked and...
N. Korean military ordered to implement videoconferencing system on trial basis
Amid rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula in early 2024, North Korea's leadership recently ordered the commands of all armed forces to introduce a...
Why is N. Korea excluding Chagang Province-based soldiers from overseas work?
North Korea's Ministry of Defense recently ordered military-affiliated trading companies that recruit soldiers for overseas postings to exclude those from Chagang Province as candidates,...
Lectures for N. Korean government officials praise leadership of Kim Jong Un
North Korean government agencies conducted commemorative lectures following the country's recent third and successful launch of a military spy satellite. The lectures extolled the...
N. Korean military pushes back hard on “invasion of foreign culture” in the ranks
Room 79 of the General Political Bureau's Publishing Censorship Department recently initiated a sweeping crackdown on what it calls the “invasion of foreign culture"...
N. Korea’s Second Corps takes action against crimes committed by soldiers
The Second Corps of the Korean People's Army recently issued an urgent order to crackdown on theft and fraud committed by soldiers against ordinary...
