Tag: coronavirus
N. Hamgyong Province conducts unannounced quarantine inspections of workplaces
North Hamgyong Province authorities recently carried out unannounced quarantine inspections of almost a dozen workplaces in the province, Daily NK has learned.
A source in...
N. Korean police probe death of family living in mountainous area...
After a family of three living in a tent in a mountainous area of Yanggang Province was discovered dead recently, police have launched an...
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. Korea tightens entry into Pyongyang amid rise in flu cases
North Korean authorities are tightening entry restrictions into Pyongyang as flu cases in the country surge, a source in the city told Daily NK...
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...
N. Korea’s revisions to emergency quarantine law aimed at enhancing disease...
A revision to North Korea’s emergency quarantine law passed by an executive meeting of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People’s Assembly on Nov....
Human Rights Watch publishes analysis on N. Korea’s border blockade
Human Rights Watch (HRW), an international NGO advocating for human rights, has published the results of its initial analysis of satellite images of the...
N. Korea withdraws Storm Corps battalion guarding the border
North Korean authorities recently withdrew a Storm Corps (11th Corps) battalion guarding the border in Chagang Province, Daily NK has learned.
According to a Daily...
As winter approaches, N. Korea orders bolstering of emergency quarantine efforts
With the winter season approaching, North Korea recently issued an order to further bolster emergency quarantine efforts to prevent infectious diseases.
A source in South...
N. Korean government again emphasizes nighttime curfews in border region
In the China-North Korea border regions of Yanggang Province, North Korean authorities are once again emphasizing an August 2020 decree placing night time curfews...
