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China arrests N. Korean trade official for illegal currency transaction

A North Korean trade official was recently arrested by Chinese police while attempting to illegally exchange foreign currency. The arrest prompted a flurry of...

Exclusive: False eyelashes sold in China are assembled in North Korea

Various types of false eyelashes assembled in North Korean prisons are being packaged in China and sold online, Daily NK has learned. When Daily NK...

Two N. Korean defectors in China arrested for talking about going...

Two North Korean defectors who talked to each other about going to South Korea were recently arrested by the Chinese police in Hebei Province,...

The tragic story of a North Korean “defector hunter”

Editor's Note: This article was originally published in Korean in November 2021.  In early November 2012, North Korea's Ministry of State Security (MSS) made it...

Kangwon Province’s plan to improve quality of consumer goods comes under...

At a year-end party meeting, North Korea's provinces were ordered to improve the quality of consumer goods and basic foodstuffs as their first task...

N. Pyongan Province ordered to establish joint ventures with foreign entities

The committee tasked with promoting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's "20×10 regional development policy" recently issued its first order, calling on North Pyongan...

Chinese police intensify efforts to prevent N. Korean defectors from escaping...

The Chinese police have begun indoctrinating the members of Chinese families who live with North Korean defector women as part of efforts to prevent...

North Korean smugglers eye latest South Korean fashion trends

Clothing and shoe smugglers operating in the China-North Korea border area of Yanggang Province have been following the latest fashion trends in South Korea,...

N. Korean market exchange rates slowly climb over over past month

North Korea's market exchange rates have been climbing slowly for over a month, despite an expansion in trade. According to Daily NK’s regular survey of...

N. Korean trade officials turn to email amid intensifying restrictions on...

As North Korea tightens restrictions on the use of cell phones to prevent information from entering or leaving the country, trade officials are having...

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