The Adverse Affects of a Low Birth Rate
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the North Korean authorities proclaimed that a household should have just one or two children. However, since...
Chinese Mining Project Pulled
According to a report in Thursday’s Chosun Ilbo, a South Korean daily newspaper, a firm engaged in developing a mining project in North Korea...
Fishing Vessel Detained by North Korea
The South Korean administration sent a message to the North Korean authorities on Tuesday, urging them to return a South Korean fishing boat and...
A Good Friend Leaves for the Mountain
“Hey! The guard is coming!”
We were sentimental over our families for a while, but we soon started to mutter the General’s teachings when the...
The Phases of Confrontation and Negotiation
According to a new analysis from an institute in Seoul, early July saw the end of North Korea’s “aggression phase,” and now the U.S.’...
Coal a Key Concern for 150-Day Battle
Changchun, China -- An inside North Korean source has revealed to the Daily NK that with two months to go before the completion of...
State Department Dismisses North Korean Overtures
The apparently conciliatory remarks made by the North Korean ambassador to the UN met a stone wall in Monday’s State Department press briefing in...
Student Labor Utliized in Every Field
As the Kim Jong Il period started in the 1980s, students became subject to many more kinds of unwelcome social mobilization.
For example, students...
Fast Food in Pyongyang? Not What It Seems
North Korea's first fast food restaurant has opened. According to Chosun Shinbo, a newspaper published by the Chongryon (the General Association of North...
Station Propaganda about Jong Woon Released
Shenyang, China -- A source from North Korea reported on Monday that the authorities gave a public propaganda lecture on July 20 to passengers...
