Tag: chongjin
N. Korean lectures emphasize necessity of nuclear weapons for happiness of...
Recent lectures for officials at major regional universities was based on material explaining the reasons for North Korea's development of nuclear weapons and missiles...
North Korea intensifies crackdown on private education
The North Korean authorities have recently tightened restrictions on private education, with several offenders facing legal consequences, Daily NK has learned.
“A woman in her...
Chongjin’s bowling alleys, inns, and hotels criticized as “hotbeds of non-socialist...
The people’s committee of North Hamgyong Province has criticized local cultural and recreational facilities as hotbeds of non-socialist behavior and has begun drawing up...
New song extolling Kim Jong Un isn’t so catchy among N....
North Korea recently released a new propaganda song extolling leader Kim Jong Un titled "Friendly Father," but North Koreans who have heard the song...
N. Korea’s youth pretend to be loyal to the state to...
North Korea’s “new generation” includes everyone from unmarried young people to infants. North Korea defines this new generation as the “driving force that must...
N. Korea’s Chongjin Department Store comes under probe for corruption
The Chongjin Department Store in Chongjin, North Hamgyong Province, has been the subject of an investigation by the Central Committee of the Workers' Party...
Samsu Power Plant employee punished due to his son’s troublemaking
A North Korean manager at the Samsu Power Plant in Yanggang Province has been punished in connection with his son's transgressions, Daily NK has...
Three young North Koreans share their views on dating and marriage
Editor's Note: In Sep. 2021, North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly adopted the “Youth Education Guarantee Act,” one of the “big three” oppressive laws passed...
Students in Chongjin put under greater non-tax burdens than ever before
Ahead of the new semester this year, North Korea has forced students to pay more so-called "non-tax burdens" than ever before, Daily NK has...
Why are North Koreans avoiding the upper floors of newly built...
People in Chongjin and Hoeryong are avoiding the upper floors of newly built high-rise apartments due to various inconveniences, Daily NK has learned.
"The high-rise...
