Tag: crackdowns
The tragic story of a North Korean “defector hunter”
Editor's Note: This article was originally published in Korean in November 2021.
In early November 2012, North Korea's Ministry of State Security (MSS) made it...
N. Korea cuts re-education camp sentences to reduce death count
A change in re-education camp regulations last year was aimed at reducing the number of deaths in the camps by returning inmates to society...
N. Korea replaces some trade officials in China amid intensifying surveillance...
Some North Korean trade officials in China have recently been replaced amid increased monitoring of their mobile phones, including the use of VPNs, Daily...
Young N. Koreans flaunt government laws aimed at stamping out foreign...
North Hamgyong Province's municipal and county-level party committees are intensifying ideological crackdowns against young people as the end-of-the-year approaches, Daily NK has learned.
“Even if...
Pyongsong launches year-end inspections of local markets
The commerce department of Pyongsong's people’s committee recently launched year-end financial inspections of local markets, Daily NK has learned.
Speaking on condition of anonymity for...
N. Korean military pushes back hard on “invasion of foreign culture”...
Room 79 of the General Political Bureau's Publishing Censorship Department recently initiated a sweeping crackdown on what it calls the “invasion of foreign culture"...
N. Pyongan Province security agents raid homes of people suspected of...
In early October, the North Pyongan Province branch of North Korea's state security agency conducted surprise raids on the homes of people suspected of...
Hoeryong security agents eager to produce results in crackdown on illegal...
After the Ministry of State Security recently announced the start of a major crackdown on the users of illegal foreign cell phones, security agents...
N. Hamgyong Province holds public struggle session to warn against S....
After a large amount of South Korean products recently began circulating among people in North Hamgyong Province, local authorities held a public struggle session...
Hyesan tightens crackdown on pull-cart delivery people
Hyesan authorities are increasingly cracking down against pull-cart delivery people, with some of them even being dragged off to labor camps, Daily NK has...
