North Korea issues “baffling” order to weapons factories
After recently ordering weapons factories to expand weapons production, North Korean authorities have now issued a somewhat puzzling order for factories to abandon slower...
Hyesan police launch manhunt for thief
Hyesan police recently launched a manhunt for a man in his twenties who escaped while being investigated for theft, Daily NK has learned.
After the...
Kaesong dialect targeted in N. Korea’s drive to eliminate non-standard speech
As the North Korean government seeks to tighten ideological control over the "next generation" of children and young people this year, it is taking...
N. Korea cuts re-education camp sentences to reduce death count
A change in re-education camp regulations last year was aimed at reducing the number of deaths in the camps by returning inmates to society...
N. Pyongan Province ordered to establish joint ventures with foreign entities
The committee tasked with promoting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's "20×10 regional development policy" recently issued its first order, calling on North Pyongan...
North Korea sees spike in tuberculosis cases
North Korea has seen a spike in tuberculosis cases from the autumn of last year to the present. The loosening of COVID-19 prevention measures...
N. Korean youth league orders students to improve morale at uniform factories
The central headquarters of the North Korean Socialist Patriotic Youth League recently ordered students to help improve the morale of the factory workers who...
N. Hamgyong Province orders an all-out effort to produce student uniforms
Authorities in North Hamgyong Province recently ordered local officials to engage in intensive efforts to complete the production of student uniforms by Feb. 1,...
Burst pipes force Sinuiju universities to suspend classes
Several universities in Sinuiju recently suspended classes for three days so that students could focus on water collection after water pipes burst due to...
N. Korea intensifies crackdown on owners of “extra” memory cards
North Korea has recently stepped up its crackdown on people who own "extra" memory cards. The mere possession of such cards is considered equivalent...