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N. Korea imports high-priced wine as gifts for cadres during February...
North Korean authorities are importing expensive gifts to hand out to cadres during several national holidays in February, Daily NK has learned.
According to a...
N. Korea’s skyrocketing coronavirus-like cases lead to intensifying restrictions in border...
North Korean authorities are intensifying restrictions in regions of the country bordering China following a large increase in the number of people suffering from...
N. Korean defectors in China not allowed to get COVID-19 vaccinations
As COVID-19 cases in China surge, North Korean defectors are unable to receive proper treatment even when confronting serious coronavirus symptoms, Daily NK has...
Chinese factories employing N. Korean workers shut down due to COVID-19...
Amid an intense surge of COVID-19 cases in China, most factories in China’s Liaoning and Jilin provinces that employ North Korean workers have shut...
Borrowers hurt by dramatic rise in N. Korean won – Chinese...
Quarrels are breaking out between lenders and borrowers due to the sudden rise in the North Korean won-Chinese yuan (KPW-RMB) exchange rate recently, Daily...
Hyesan traders prepare for restart of trade in February 2023
Following a recent announcement by the Ministry of External Economic Relations that the Hyesan customs house will open in February 2023, traders in Yanggang...
Increasing number of N. Koreans flee across border with China
Despite intensified security along the China-North Korea border, an increasing number of people are trying to defect from North Korea due to economic difficulties...
N. Hamgyong Province makes moves to prepare for restart in trade...
North Korean authorities have recently begun efforts to expand trade with China following moves by the Chinese government to relax its "zero COVID" policy,...
Chinese patrol boat fires on North Korean smuggling vessel in late...
There has been a noticeable rise in smuggling activity along the China-North Korea border after China relaxed some of its COVID-19 controls, Daily NK...
N. Korea modernizes equipment at the Rason customs house
North Korea has recently begun modernizing equipment at the Wonjong-ri customs house’s inspection station, a facility located Rason, North Hamgyong Province.
According to a Daily...
