Kim Yo Jong’s second statement criticizing S. Korea may have been toned down due...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister, Kim Yo Jong, yet again criticized South Korean Defense Minister Suh Wook’s comments about “preemptive strikes”...
N. Korea launches crackdown on privately operated barbershops, beauty salons
North Korea recently launched a sweeping crackdown aimed at privately operated barbershops and beauty salons.
A Daily NK source in North Hamgyong Province said Tuesday...
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 creates special prosecutorial teams to eliminate corruption
North Korea has created special prosecutorial teams to eliminate corruption, Daily NK has learned.
The move comes amid continued criticism this year by North Korean...
Pyongyang authorities stop young people at random to inspect their cell phones
North Korean authorities have recently begun stopping young people at random on the streets of Pyongyang to inspect their cell phones, examining call histories,...
N. Korean inspection of water supply yields worrying results
Following a recent inspection of the country’s water system, North Korean authorities in some regions of the country have concluded that many sources of...
Three Haeju university students brought to court for watching and distributing S. Korean videos
Three university students in Haeju, South Hwanghae Province, were tried in a public court late last month for watching and distributing South Korean videos.
According...
North Korea’s forced rural relocation schemes sometimes lead to heartbreak
Young people in North Korea continue to suffer heartbreak and other losses as the authorities encourage them to “volunteer” to live in rural agricultural...
Occupants of 3,000 new homes in Komdok are having difficulty getting tap water
North Koreans have moved into the 3,000 homes recently built in Komdok District, South Hamgyong Province, an important area for North Korea’s mining production....
Spread of tubercular lymphadenitis causes alarm in S. Hwanghae Province
Efforts to mobilize labor for collective farms in South Hwanghae Province have gone into emergency mode after a recent spike in cases of tubercular...
