North Hamgyong Province’s party committee holds meeting to address food provisions for locals
The North Hamgyong Province Party Committee recently held an emergency enlarged meeting to address food provisions for local residents.
The meeting came after North Korean...
Few signs in North Korea that the government is releasing military rice stores to...
In several places in North Korea, there are few signs the authorities are moving to release military stores of rice to local people despite...
Hyesan residential housing complex set alight after gas explosion
A gas explosion set off a major fire recently at a residential housing complex in Hyesan, Yanggang Province. This is the second gas-related fire...
North Korea creates new “social order disciplinary units” to squash “non-socialist behavior”
North Korea is creating new “social order disciplinary units” to bolster efforts to control and squash “non-socialist behavior” occurring throughout North Korean society.
A source...
North Korea rails against women using nannies to take care of their children
North Korean authorities have ordered an end to the largely urban practice of hiring nannies to look after children. The order comes amid North...
North Korea’s revised Administrative Penalties Law strengthens punishments for violating air raid shelter-related regulations
A revised version of North Korea's Administrative Penalties Law recently obtained by Daily NK details violations surrounding the creation and usage of air raid...
Ordinary Pyongyang residents have not received government rations since mid-April
Ordinary residents of Pyongyang have not received government rations since mid-April, Daily NK has learned. The authorities are reportedly scrambling to come up with...
N. Korean officials cover costs for retired military officers’ holiday meals through “donations” from...
North Korean authorities reportedly hosted dinner parties for retired military officials and their spouses on Apr. 25, the date formerly celebrated as “Military Foundation...
North Korean educational authorities rank average test scores of students nationwide
After North Korean students took their end-of-term final exams in February, the Ministry of Higher Education reportedly ranked the average test scores of students...
North Korean authorities execute chairman of “Distance Education Act” commission
Daily NK learned recently that following an Organization and Guidance Department (OGD) investigation into the Ministry of Higher Education's "non-standing commission for the implementation...
