PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Daily NK’s mission is to be the most reliable source of news from inside North Korea — providing timely, accurate reporting on one of the most repressive governments in the world.

The North Korean regime continues to violate the fundamental rights of its people while threatening the international community with nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles. Twenty-five million citizens live under conditions of extreme oppression, poverty, and violence. Helping them has become one of the defining responsibilities of our time. Lasting peace on the Korean peninsula will require eliminating the nuclear threat — and that can only happen if fundamental change comes to North Korea itself.

We have also watched something remarkable: the rapid spread of market activity that is quietly reshaping North Korean society. More and more, ordinary people are catching glimpses of the outside world through foreign media finding its way across the border. Something is shifting.

To capture and amplify that shift, Daily NK supports a network of dedicated reporters inside the country who risk their lives every day to share what they know. We broadcast their reports to the world — and back to the people of North Korea themselves. In doing so, we hope to advance the cause of freedom, give voice to people who have been systematically silenced, and play some part in the eventual reunification of the Korean peninsula under a just government.

Lee Kwang Baek

President, Daily NK