Tag: corruption
Pyongyang university holds struggle session after students caught bribing professors
A university in Pyongyang has held a struggle session after students were caught secretly giving their professors envelopes filled with cash for the New...
Yanggang Province officials seek out bribes from people using electricity on...
Yanggang Province authorities are carrying out frequent inspections of people’s electricity usage in areas along the China-North Korea border so they can shake people...
Hoeryong security officials launch crackdown on Chinese phone users for year-end...
Officials with the Hoeryong branch of the Ministry of State Security have launched a sweeping crackdown on users of Chinese mobile phones to collect...
N. Korean state security officials tell farmers to hand over rice...
Ministry of State Security (MSS) officials in parts of Kangwon Province are strong-arming farmers into giving them rice in exchange for government-supplied rations of...
Nampo official attempts to take his own life during investigation
An official at the Bureau of Land and Environment Conservation and Management in the North Korean city of Nampo recently attempted to end his...
Fewer N. Korean patrol boats monitor area near Sinuiju than before...
The number of North Korean patrol boats operating in the Yalu River near Sinuiju, North Pyongan Province, has fallen by half since the start...
N. Korean official sentenced to life for human trafficking across border
A political guidance officer with a border guard unit based in Onsong County was recently given a life sentence for engaging in human trafficking,...
Socialist Patriotic Youth League event comes under scrutiny for biased participant...
A recent Socialist Patriotic Youth League “loyalty letter relay event” came under scrutiny for alleged corruption in the selection of participants, Daily NK has...
One N. Korean woman’s experience at a reform through labor camp
Testimony has once again emerged regarding human rights abuses at North Korean reeducation camps, including terrible conditions and long periods of back-breaking labor.
According to...
Manager of S. Pyongan Province party school farm jailed for corruption
A North Korean who was entrusted with managing the auxiliary farm of a local county party school in South Pyongan Province faces criminal punishment...
