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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...
N. Korean trade official talks about challenges in his line of...
Amid the resumption of person-to-person travel between North Korea and China, North Korean officials are rotating out some of the North Korean trade officials...
N. Korea moves forward with efforts to modernize key petroleum refinery
North Korea recently dispatched work brigades to the Paengma-ri Petroleum Refinery in North Pyongan Province to help upgrade the facility, Daily NK has learned.
Speaking...
N. Korean agents arrest family members of defectors near border
Security agents made several arrests of family members of North Korean defectors living in the China-North Korea border areas of Yanggang Province late last...
One N. Korean trader’s perspective on the reopening of trade
The North Korean economy has continued to decline since the outbreak of COVID-19. According to key North Korean economic indicators for 2023 released by...
