North Korea’s rush for party congress results leaves five “complete” hotels nonfunctional
Five hotels in the Samjiyon Tourist Resort that were personally visited by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Dec. 20–21 appear complete on...
North Korean households receive heavy yearly scrap collection quotas as new year begins
North Korean neighborhood watch unit leaders have given households their yearly quotas for various scrap materials they are supposed to collect for the government.
Families...
Freight train fire destroys TVs and vehicle parts as soldiers beat cigarette-smoking passenger
A fire aboard a freight train headed to Nampo from Pyongyang incinerated the cargo it was carrying, Daily NK has learned. The train in...
N. Korean market prices fall sharply as exchange rates drop and state stores expand...
Prices at North Korea's informal marketplaces are falling across the board, including imported goods and grains like rice and corn. This appears to be...
Kim Jong Un’s frequent Sinuiju visits force Chinese phone users into hiding as crackdowns...
Frequent visits by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to North Korea's largest greenhouse farm, which was built in a section of Sinuiju that...
Pyongyang university students rank top five schools: connections matter more than academics
As prospective college students in North Korea wait to hear back from their preferred universities, Daily NK asked ten students currently attending university in...
North Korea smuggles high-end computers and GPUs from China for hacking and AI development
North Korea has recently been importing large quantities of electronic devices and parts from China.
A source in China told Daily NK recently that North...
N. Korean youth punished for dozing off during propaganda film sessions
Amid ongoing propaganda film study sessions praising the greatness of Kim Jong Un in South Hamgyong province, authorities are treating young people who dozed...
Jagang province cracks down on moonshine as livelihood strategy faces elimination
The authorities in North Korea's Jagang province have been cracking down on the production of moonshine since the turn of the year.
"The provincial authorities...
North Korean beer and wild herbs could reach South Korea if import rules ease,...
As the South Korean government moves to streamline the import of North Korean food products, Chinese traders are looking to take advantage of what...
