North Korean Youths Are Getting Liberal
North Korea’s primary institutions of social control and socialization are neither the army nor the party but extra-governmental bodies such as Kim Il Sung...
A Scuffle Between Safety Agents and Middle School Students
Middle School students in Hamheung, South Hamkyung province were caught producing methamphetamine reported Good Friends, a Seoul-based NGO dedicated to North Korean humanitarian issues....
New York Philharmonic Thrilled Pyongyang Citizens
The New York Philharmonic performed the U.S. national anthem “The Star-Spangled Banner” in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea.
Led by Lorin Maazel,...
North Korea Criticizes the US during the New York Philharmonic Performance
The Japanese Mainichi newspaper reported on the 27th that North Korea’s state-operated radio broadcast gave the following criticism during the New York Philharmonic’s performance,...
Requests for the New Administration
In anticipation of the first significant changes in North Korea policy in ten years that is promised to come with the new administration, experts...
“Kim Pyong Il Receives Travel Restriction in Poland”
Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported on the 25th that Kim Jong Il's younger half-brother Kim Pyong Il, the North Korean ambassador to Poland, received...
Hope New York Philharmonic’s Performance Is a Nice Little Present for North Korean People
In August 2005, Cho Yong Phil (one of the most well-known and prominent singers of South Korea) performed a solo concert at Ryukyung Chung...
A Safety Agent Was Executed for Covering up a Drug Case
Yanji, China -- It is reported that the inspector-director of the Hamheung People’s Safety Agency of South Hamkyung Province was executed on January 10...
Pyongyang Residents’ Reactions to Philharmonic Performance Mixed
Dandong, China -- How do Pyongyang residents feel about the New York Philharmonic’s visit? The DailyNK surveys residents’ reactions.
“I never could have imagined...
Lee Myung Bak’s Inauguration: Goodbye Ideology, Hello Pragmatism
Lee Myung Bak proclaimed the start of the advancement of the Republic of Korea at his inauguration on the 25th, just as the nation...
