Electricity shortages blamed for rising price of popular North Korean comfort food

The price of corn noodle soup, a popular dish among North Korea’s working class, has risen as food factories shut down due to electricity...

Where’s the Water?

In his public address celebrating the centenary of Kim Il Sung’s birth on Sunday, Kim Jong Eun claimed that the ‘foundation for strength and...

Minor crimes receive harsher punishments

A fresh mandate from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been handed down in the run-up to the 70th anniversary of the Workers’ Party Foundation...

Cadres trade on heightened surveillance

In the midst of recent reports that Kim Jong Un has ordered users of Chinese-made mobile phones to be labeled as traitors and punished accordingly, the...

North Korea’s 2006 Four-Way Strategy towards South Korea

What will be North Korea’s main strategy toward South Korea? North Korea will take strategies according to the situations on the Korean peninsula in...

Koryolink changes numbers for Kim Il Sung’s birth year

Koryolink, one of two major telecommunications providers in North Korea, has recently amended its number assignment policy to incorporate Kim Il Sung’s birth year, Daily NK has...

Juche Is Classified As a Major World Religion

America's religious site "Adherents.com" pegged North Korea's Juche (Kimilsungism) as a religion and announced statistical material that classified it as the world's 10th largest...

Preparations for the Day of the Sun

Shenyang, China -- A Daily NK source has captured footage of more than 200 trucks entering North Korea across the International Friendship Bridge at...

Kim’s Death a Far Cry from His Father’s

North Korea announced the death of Kim Il Sung two days after it happened in 1994. Authorities mobilized all of the TV, newspaper and...

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