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Rumors of repatriations cause stress among China’s N. Korean defector community
Tensions are running high among North Korean defectors in China as rumors of repatriations spread through the China-North Korea border region, Daily NK has...
N. Korean truck driver talks about his life during COVID-19
North Korea continues to keep its borders closed despite the worldwide end of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The country's civilian economy has taken a major hit...
Hyesan residents ordered to get rid of their home security cameras
Hyesan residents were recently ordered to take down security cameras in their homes before a major crackdown commences in July, Daily NK has learned.
Speaking...
N. Korean smuggling of S. Korean goods never stopped during the...
This article is part of a series written by Daily NK journalist Kim Jeong Yoon entitled “North Korea’s Secret Stories.”
One day in November 2020,...
Amid rumors of trade restarting, yuan-won exchange rate spikes in Hyesan
Recently, the yuan was trading as high as KRW 1,500 in Hyesan, amid rumors that the city's customs house will reopen in mid-June, a...
N. Korea reshuffles work units in China that fail to meet...
North Korea recently reorganized work units that failed to meet their foreign-currency earning quotas in the first half of the year, demoting managers of...
“Stateless” child of a N. Korean defector dies in car accident...
The son of a Chinese man and a North Korean female defector recently died in a car accident after being abandoned by his father...
Rumors circulate in border region that overland trade routes could open...
Rumors are once again circulating in the China-North Korea border region that the DPRK will reopen overland trade routes in mid-June. Many people on...
N. Korean foreign exchange rates weaken amid plummeting expectations over trade
North Korea's foreign exchange rates have weakened recently after climbing due to expectations that overland trade with China would expand in mid-May.
According to Daily...
38 North: Work resumes on Chinese side of New Yalu River...
Commercial satellite imagery of the three kilometer New Yalu River suspension bridge connecting the Chinese city of Dandong with North Korea’s Sinuiju across the...
