Tag: border
North Korean remittance brokers disguise themselves as traveling salespeople to evade...
Operators in border regions carry sweets and underwear to mask their use of Chinese mobile phones for money transfers, as state security intensifies surveillance...
Chinese war films shock North Koreans with revelations about regime’s Korean...
Movies depicting Chinese military sacrifices during the Korean War are spreading along the border, prompting viewers to question decades of state education that attributed...
Pyongyang orders hillside tomb removal along Chinese border, imposing fines up...
Authorities in provinces along the Chinese border are levying fines up to $280 on families with hillside graves, citing damage to national image and...
N. Korean military unit cracks down on soldiers using private barbers
Units of the 25th Brigade of the North Korean border guard based in Hyesan, Ryanggang province, have recently begun cracking down harder on its...
Farm labor shortages force North Korea to trap discharged soldiers in...
A North Korean couple from different parts of the country—the man from the interior and the woman from the border—may have to call off...
North Korea launches market crackdown as Chinese imports surge
With imports rising following the recent expansion of trade between North Korea and China, North Korean authorities have launched a crackdown on the illegal...
Smuggling crackdown leaves hungry border guards stealing from farms instead of...
Soldiers of the 25th Brigade of North Korea's border guard based in Ryanggang province have gone on a rampage of crop theft this harvest...
North Korea expands customs authority’s power to adjudicate violations
Daily NK has acquired the full text of North Korea's Customs Authority Act, which was revised in May.
The most significant change in the revised...
News of North Korean soldier’s defection spreads quietly along China border
News of a North Korean soldier's recent defection to the South is quietly spreading among people living along the North Korea-China border. Due to...
S. Korea should prioritize humanitarian aid over military agreement revival
South Korean Minister of Unification Chung Dong-young recently announced his intention to restart inter-Korean dialogue by restoring the Sept. 19, 2018, inter-Korean military agreement....
