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North Korea politics revolves around one-party rule, ideological discipline, and Kim Jong Un’s relentless consolidation of power. Daily NK covers party congresses, leadership purges, propaganda campaigns, and succession signals. Our sources inside the country report what state media conceals — and what outside observers cannot see.

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North Korean youth urged to support Yoon impeachment movement in South Korea

North Korea’s Socialist Patriotic Youth League has marked the June 25 anniversary of the start of the Korean War with lectures calling on members...
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N. Korean youth organization calls for more education to repay the love of Kim...

After the June 6 events marking the anniversary of the founding of the Korean Children's Union, the Central Committee of the Socialist Patriotic Youth...
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N. Korea’s mass organizations lecture members about threats from abroad

North Korean social organizations, including the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea, the Socialist Women's Union of Korea and the Socialist Patriotic Youth...
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Young people who helped build Pyongyang’s Jonwi Street rewarded with party membership

The North Korean authorities have rewarded the young people who helped build Pyongyang's Jonwi Street by selecting some of them to join the Workers'...
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N. Koreans ambivalent about Kim Jong Un’s new portrait hanging alongside past leaders

North Koreans have mixed feelings about North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's portrait appearing alongside his predecessors, Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il,...
Kim Jong Un observes the test-firing of the Padasuri-6 land-to-sea missile on Feb. 14, 2024.

N. Korean lectures emphasize necessity of nuclear weapons for happiness of future generations

Recent lectures for officials at major regional universities was based on material explaining the reasons for North Korea's development of nuclear weapons and missiles...
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New song extolling Kim Jong Un isn’t so catchy among N. Koreans

North Korea recently released a new propaganda song extolling leader Kim Jong Un titled "Friendly Father," but North Koreans who have heard the song...
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Four N. Korean stationmasters arrested for failing to show loyalty to Kim Jong Un

The North Korean Ministry of State Security has recently informed senior officials at provincial bureaus about the punishment given to people arrested in connection...
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Ahead of Kim Il Sung’s birthday, N. Korea intensifies anti-American education for youth

Ahead of the Day of the Sun (Apr. 15, a holiday celebrating the birthday of Kim Il Sung), North Korea has ordered that the...
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North Korea wipes “reunification” from school textbooks

North Korean authorities have ordered that the word "reunification" be removed from students' textbooks, Daily NK has learned. "The education authorities were ordered to review...

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