Snapshots from North Korea – April to May 2023
School-Age Population Falling in North Korea Due to Low Birth Rate, Students in Rural Areas Down by Half Since 2010s
North Korea is facing problems...
South Hwanghae Province factory under probe for corruption
The Haeju Condiments Factory in South Hwanghae Province is under investigation by the authorities for corruption. It has been alleged that the factory graded...
N. Korea’s Jungju encourages private commerce to collect funds for regional development
North Korea's city of Jungju is actively registering new market stalls and shops, allowing private commerce as part of efforts to collect taxes for...
N. Pyongan Province falls behind in rice seedling transplanting campaign
North Pyongan Province has fallen behind in the national rice seedling transplanting campaign, prompting local authorities to step up efforts to gather information and...
Soaring grain prices put people under more pressure in Hoeryong
Grain prices have recently been soaring at markets in the city of Hoeryong, in North Hamgyong Province, putting North Koreans under even more financial...
N. Korean rice prices dip in run-up to Lunar New Year
Rice prices at North Korean markets have fallen to some degree in the run-up to the Lunar New Year holiday. The market price of...
N. Pyongan province dispatches labor brigades to flood-stricken areas
North Pyongan province has sent party labor brigades to flood-ravaged areas along the Yalu River for recovery efforts. Families in these areas, already struggling,...
North Korea touts uniform success at Ninth Party Congress, but factory workers say otherwise
North Korea is celebrating the nationwide supply of school uniforms as one of its crowning socialist achievements, but factory workers tasked with producing those...
Socialist Patriotic Youth League event comes under scrutiny for biased participant selection
A recent Socialist Patriotic Youth League “loyalty letter relay event” came under scrutiny for alleged corruption in the selection of participants, Daily NK has...
North Korean factory workers ordered to hand over farming tools ahead of planting season
A North Korean factory in Hyesan has ordered each of its workers to submit one farming tool by mid-March under the banner of "rural...
