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N. Korea orders Russia-based companies to restrict workers’ contact with S....

The North Korean authorities have ordered its companies in Russia to tightly restrict workers’ contact with South Koreans, Daily NK has learned. According to a...

N. Koreans file complaints about corruption in rural housing construction projects

North Koreans in some regions of the country have filed complaints with party authorities against people's committee officials and construction managers for corruption in...

N. Korea collects funds from people to fund regional development projects

North Korea is pushing ahead with a plan to build factories in the provinces under its "20x10 regional development policy." As part of this,...

New homes in North Korea’s Yanggang Province are very drafty

People who have moved into newly built houses in agricultural areas of Yanggang Province are complaining that the new homes are very drafty, Daily...

N. Korea conducts major personnel reshuffle in Ministry of Defense’s logistics...

North Korea recently carried out a major personnel reshuffle in the Ministry of Defense's Rear Services General Bureau, an important agency that organizes, directs,...

N. Hamgyong Province raises advance payments for housing

The North Hamgyong Province People's Committee recently increased the advance payments that prospective homeowners will have to pay to fund the construction of their...

North Korea responds to Daily NK’s whistleblower report

After Daily NK reported through a whistleblower in late January on the misdeeds of Chae Sung Chol, a North Korean state security officer based...

N. Korean state media provides clues to actual conditions inside the...

Where are North Korean soldiers currently stationed, and what are their missions? The answers to these questions can be gleaned, at least in part, from...

N. Korean villagers’ appeal for new rope bridge falls on deaf...

The residents of a village in North Hwanghae Province recently submitted an appeal to a local committee of the Workers' Party of Korea to...

North Korean and Uzbek workers involved in major brawl at Russian...

A major fight broke out recently between North Korean and Uzbek workers at a construction site in Russia, Daily NK has learned. Speaking on condition...

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