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Yanggang Province talks to traders about the future direction of cross-border...
Yanggang Province’s party committee recently gathered members of trading companies in the province to discuss their tasks and future direction in regards to the...
N. Korea confiscates the trade certificates of several mid- to large-sized...
North Korean authorities have recently confiscated the trade certificates, or waku, of several mid- to large-sized trading companies in the country.
According to a Daily...
N. Korean security officials use arrested foreign mobile phone users to...
North Korean security officials along the China-North Korea border have recently been attempting to engage in video calls with persons of interest in China...
N. Korean workers in China have become “virtual prisoners” confined to...
North Korean laborers in China have become virtual prisoners confined to their dormitories and workplaces.
The workers have been unable to return to their homeland...
Hyesan residents ordered to “double mask” in the face of rising...
North Korea is on edge as cases of COVID-19 spike in some regions of neighboring China, including Jilin Province.
A Daily NK source in Yanggang...
Growing number of N. Korean trading companies abandon train service for...
A growing number of North Korean trading companies that imported goods through the recently revived China-North Korea freight train service have abandoned their efforts,...
N. Korea ratchets up crackdowns on wealthy business people amid concerns...
North Korea authorities continue to bust rich donju (North Korea’s wealthy entrepreneurial class) and security agents in regions along the country’s border with China....
Increasing number of N. Korean workers in China end their lives...
There has recently been an increasing number of suicides among North Korean workers in China, signifying the depressed mood among North Korean managers and...
Jongju Refinery experiences production difficulties due to raw material and power...
Jongju Refinery, a major base of production in North Korea for nonferrous metals, is reportedly experiencing production difficulties due to raw material shortages.
A source...
Sunchon fertilizer factory still remains unable to properly produce fertilizer
North Korean authorities are placing strong emphasis on fertilizer production ahead of the full-scale start of the farming season. Daily NK understands, however, that...
