Tag: corruption
Empty exhibitions: N. Korea’s growing crackdown on policy formalism
Recent reports indicate that punishments are being intensified across North Korean society for issues of formalism in implementing Workers' Party policies.
According to a source...
N. Korea launches major crackdown on border guard human trafficking ring
North Korean authorities have begun a sweeping investigation into human trafficking allegations within their border security forces. The probe was triggered by testimony from...
Bribe-taking officer arrested after years of exploiting position in Kangwon province
A North Korean official in charge of policing anti-socialist and non-socialist behavior in Kosong county, Kangwon province, was arrested for corruption.
A source in the...
North Korea in 2025: Between domestic control and global gambles
The tradition of North Korean leaders delivering major New Year speeches ended in 2020. Instead, Kim Jong Un now announces policy and budget decisions...
N. Korea’s anti-corruption drive paralyzes restaurant industry
North Korea's Central Committee has dispatched inspectors nationwide to investigate official corruption in the restaurant industry following a recent secretariat meeting, Daily NK has...
N. Koreans dismiss Kim Jong Un’s latest anti-corruption drive as theater
North Korea is cracking down on corrupt provincial officials, but many people don't believe it is having much effect.
Multiple sources in North Korea told...
N. Korean woman caught with defector remittance, freed after paying double...
A woman in North Korea's North Hamgyong province was caught accepting remittance money from relatives who had defected, but managed to secure her release...
N. Korea cracks down on booming private bus industry
North Korean authorities have launched a major crackdown on illegal bus operations as the industry becomes increasingly lucrative.
According to a Pyongyang source recently, emergency...
N. Korean professor arrested for running drug ring with students
A professor at Hamhung University of Pharmacology was arrested in December for manufacturing and distributing methamphetamine, with investigators discovering he had used students to...
N. Korean food ministry cracks down on corruption in grain collection
Officials at North Korea's Ministry of Food Procurement and Administration gathered recently for a study session focusing on corruption between ministry officials and collective...
