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...
As overseas deployment fears grow, North Korean parents dread conscription season
A large share of this year's senior high school graduates in North Korea have been classified as conscription candidates this spring, sources say, deepening...
North Korea eyes slice of Russian market long dominated by China
North Korea's ruling party instructed the cabinet's Ministry of External Economic Relations in early February to pursue a new strategy aimed at securing a...
North Korea hands out Russian flour for Kim Jong Il’s birthday
North Korean authorities distributed wheat flour imported from Russia to government agencies, army units, mines and other state institutions in Hamhung, South Hamgyong province...
Russian goods shop in Dandong reveals North Korea-China-Russia cooperation
A shop dealing solely in Russian goods in Dandong, China—just across from the customs house in the North Korean city of Sinuiju, North Pyongan...
N. Korea prepares to send military technicians to Russian drone sites disguised as civilian...
According to a Daily NK source in North Korea recently, the selection of personnel to be sent to Russia has already reached the third...
Central Committee bypasses company presidents to install handpicked managers in Russian operations
North Korea has replaced ten mid-level officials at two construction companies operating in Nakhodka, a city in Primorsky Krai in the Russian Far East....
Pyongyang treats Russia combat veterans as state secrets rather than war heroes
North Korea is working to keep soldiers wounded in combat in Russia out of the public eye, spreading them across remote military hospitals and...
North Korea deploys specialized military construction unit to rebuild war-torn Russia
North Korea has deployed approximately 1,000 soldiers from a newly formed specialized construction brigade to help rebuild areas damaged by the Russia-Ukraine war, marking...
