Tag: crackdowns

The North Korean authorities have recently tightened restrictions on private education, with several offenders facing legal consequences, Daily NK has learned. “A woman in her...

Several opium addicts have died recently in Kilju County, North Hamgyong Province, Daily NK has learned. Speaking on condition of anonymity, a Daily NK source...

In the summer of 2022, North Korean authorities imposed a strict lockdown in Onsong County, North Hamgyong Province, to prevent the spread of the...

In 2021, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the North Korean government sought technologies that could help it better track the movements of...

Despite heavy crackdowns by North Korean authorities on the viewing of South Korean media, young people are finding various ways to continue watching it...

North Korean authorities have issued an order calling on North Korean workers in Russia to step up mutual surveillance and "track down internal impure...

Despite the easing of crackdowns, street food vendors in Hyesan are struggling these days because they make so little money, Daily NK has learned. "Business...

North Korea's central government recently sent an inspection team to an oil distribution center affiliated with the Nampo Trade Administration Bureau, Daily NK has...

North Hamgyong Province's police agency is requiring people to update their power generator registrations, which has caused panic not only among seafood wholesalers, who...

The North Korean authorities have ordered its companies in Russia to tightly restrict workers’ contact with South Koreans, Daily NK has learned. According to a...