Pyongyangites suffer from a slew of mobilization and collection orders in the new year
Since the start of the new year, Pyongyang residents have been suffering from a slew of mobilization orders and government-ordered collection quotas, Daily NK...
Six Yanggang Province residents put on trial for siphoning off electricity
Six people in Yanggang Province’s Daehongdan County who earned money by siphoning off electricity from the national grid were recently put on public trial,...
N. Korea urges people to help fund construction of solar power stations
North Korea is urging its people to help fund the construction of solar farms across the country, multiple sources inside the DPRK recently told...
North Koreans express excitement about marriage between “Crash Landing on You” stars Son Ye...
The recent announcement that Son Ye-jin and Hyun Bin, stars of the South Korean drama “Crash Landing on You,” are getting married is a...
N. Korean clothing exhibition melds western designs with “socialist cultural sensibilities”
North Korea’s Ministry of Light Industry caused a stir by offering prize money in the lead-up to the “2023 Spring Women’s Clothes Exhibition,” which...
North Korean district office heads join crackdown on grasshopper merchants
With North Korean police, inminban (people’s unit) heads and even district office chiefs recently joining a crackdown on streetside commerce, conflicts with local residents...
North Korea orders the construction of specialized hospitals to combat viruses
North Korean authorities have recently ordered the implementation of “concrete measures” to “normalize” the country’s healthcare system, including the construction of specialized hospitals to...
N. Korea hasn’t yet declared war against bedbugs
The eradication of bedbugs has recently become a major issue in South Korea. In North Korea, bedbugs are common in ordinary homes and detention...
A deep dive into N. Korea’s construction of 50,000 new homes in Pyongyang
The construction of 50,000 homes in Pyongyang — promoted as one of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s most prominent achievements — has entered...
Facing economic difficulties, many N. Koreans irritated by their government’s continued military provocations
North Korea is using a series of military provocations — including threatening aircraft flights, ballistic missile launches and late-night artillery fire — to underscore...
