Tag: corruption
Pyongyang busts luxury smuggling ring selling to elite wives
A special task force in Pyongyang has arrested the manager of a foreign currency store and a trade official accused of smuggling luxury brands...
N. Korea quietly buries deadly gas station explosion
An explosion at a gas station in Sinuiju, North Korea, killed more than 20 people in early June 2026. A source says authorities are...
N. Korea border guard duty loses its appeal as bribes dry...
Attitudes inside North Korea toward serving in the border guard have shifted completely. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, soldiers could collect bribes for turning a...
North Korea busts elite hacking ring inside its own banks
A criminal ring hacked into the internal networks of North Korea's central bank and its main foreign trade bank. The ring used cryptocurrency to...
North Korean military officer executed for stealing reserve grain
A North Korean military officer arrested for embezzling state reserve grain meant for the armed forces was recently executed in public.
A Daily NK source...
Purged military official’s graft case sparks outrage among North Koreans
North Korean people are calling for a sweeping investigation into corruption across the country's power organs. A senior military official's dramatic public downfall sparked...
Chongjin party boss dodges inspection
The Workers' Party of Korea secretary at a munitions factory in Chongjin, North Hamgyong province, checked into a sanatorium for 40 days just as...
North Korea targets housing material theft
North Hamgyong province's party committee has launched a targeted inspection campaign in 2026 to root out the concealment of construction materials and illicit wealth...
North Korea inspects banks over loan collusion
North Korean authorities have launched sweeping inspections of bank loan practices in 2026. The goal is to root out possible collusion between banks and...
Pyongyang residents balk at overseas labor dispatch
Pyongyang residents are growing wary of volunteering for overseas labor dispatch in 2026, as fears of being sent near the front lines of Russia's...
