Democrats Cannot Cover for Kim Jong Il

A South Korean opposition party, the Democratic Party, which generally avoids direct criticism of North Korea while emphasizing inter-Korean cooperation, has expressed publicly its...

Reasons Behind Hyesan Withdrawal Revealed

Changchun, China -- As Daily NK previously reported on July 30, at the end of last month the Chinese investor in a North Korean-Chinese...

Kimchaek Steel Works Management in Trouble

North Korean Intellectuals’ Solidarity (NKIS), citing a North Korean source, reported on the 3rd that factory officials at the Kimchaek Iron and Steel Complex,...

North Korean Citizens See No Change

While Chosun (North Korea) Central TV and the Rodong Shinmun, the organ of the Chosun Workers’ Party, reported former U.S. President Bill Clinton’s visit...

Did Kim Jong Il Win Again?

It seems like Kim Jong Il’s hostage diplomacy has worked. Former President Bill Clinton’s visit to Pyongyang may have been nominally aimed at securing...

Clinton and Pardoned Journalists Head Home

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton left Pyongyang this morning along with Laura Ling and Euna Lee, the two journalists whose release he was sent...

South Korea Shouldn’t Just Watch Clinton Work

In light of this week’s trip by Bill Clinton to North Korea, which has apparently resulted in Clinton’s obtaining a pardon from Kim Jong...

The Wagon of Spite

The iron wagon was as heavy as four jeeps. 20 or 30 prisoners wearing iron chains were needed to drag it. Originally, it had...

Clinton Faces a Tough Task in Pyongyang

Bill Clinton arrived in Pyongyang this morning, ostensibly in order to negotiate the release of the two American journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee,...

Kim Jong Woon and the Mangyongdae Lineage

Shenyang, China -- A source from North Pyongan Province has informed the Daily NK that the latest part of Kim Jong Woon’s heritage to...

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