North Korean soldier arrested for performing dance by S. Korean pop group
A North Korean has once again been arrested for performing a dance by South Korean pop group BTS. The authorities appear to be cracking...
North Korea appears to have revived the “five families responsibility system”
Daily NK understands that the authorities in some areas of North Korea have stopped conveying orders through inminban (people’s unit) circulars. Instead, every five...
Pyongyang General Hospital’s construction manager sent to forced labor camp
The senior official in charge of the Pyongyang General Hospital’s construction was sent to a forced labor camp in Sungho-ri in April as punishment...
Daily NK acquires full text of the anti-reactionary thought law
Daily NK is the first news outlet to have acquired the full text of the “Reactionary Ideology and Culture Rejection Act of the Democratic...
N. Korean man sentenced to six months in forced labor camp for neglecting Kimjongilia...
Ahead of Kim Jong-il's birthday on Feb. 16 (also known as the Day of the Shining Star), which is being promoted as the nation's...
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...
North Korea begins selecting new residents for Pyongyang’s 10,000 new homes
North Korean authorities have already begun selecting families to move into 10,000 newly constructed homes in Pyongyang this autumn.
The move follows a recent order...
North Korea restricts its people’s movement even further in 2022
North Korea has recently strengthened barriers to movement inside the country by making the travel certification process more complicated.
This appears to be a New...
N. Korea to limit young, childless women from being dispatched to China for work
As part of measures to improve North Korea's low birth rate, the country's authorities plan to limit the dispatch of young, childless women to...
North Korea encourages more women to move to the countryside
North Korean authorities are demanding that young people, particularly young women, abandon their “prejudices” against rural villages, coercing them into making “petitions” to move...
