Tag: culture
Surveillance mandate breeds discontent among N. Korean party ranks
The North Korean authorities have ordered crackdowns on the distribution of "impure" South Korean media and foreign electronic documents, while pushing party members to...
Teens of N. Korean security officers sentenced to labor for ‘foreign’...
Three teenage children of North Korean army security officers were sentenced to unpaid labor for "nonsocialist behavior" earlier this month.
"Investigators from the General Political...
N. Korean university’s year-end purge: From foreign songs to USB drives
North Korea's University of Technology of Songrim conducted a campus-wide review last month of violations against the country's anti-reactionary thought law, Daily NK has...
Crushing dissent: N. Korea’s anti-reactionary thought law and its effect on...
Daily NK has released a comprehensive report examining how North Korea's "Anti-Reactionary Thought Law" is severely restricting citizens' basic rights and daily lives. The...
N. Korean youth shift to low-key end-of-year celebrations as cultural restrictions...
North Korean youth are holding more subdued end-of-year celebrations compared to previous years, according to a source in North Hwanghae province.
The parties, scheduled between...
N. Korea intensifies crackdown on unmarried couples living together
North Korean authorities have launched an aggressive campaign against unmarried couples living together, declaring such arrangements a symptom of "decadent capitalist culture." This crackdown...
Revealed: N. Korea’s 2020 law to shield young people from ‘foreign...
Daily NK has acquired the full text of North Korea’s Juvenile Crime Prevention Law, which the North Korean regime enacted to prevent information from...
N. Korean officials ordered to enforce “two hostile states” doctrine in...
North Korea has ordered propaganda officials in Pyongyang to intensify ideological crackdowns following recent moves to emphasize the "two hostile state" doctrine, Daily NK...
Smile at your peril: N. Korea assesses ideological weaknesses of Olympics...
North Korean athletes who competed in the Paris Summer Olympics are being scrutinized for any ideological shortcomings in Pyongyang, Daily NK has learned.
Speaking anonymously,...
Snapshots from North Korea: July 29-August 2, 2024
Mother reports daughter for watching S. Korean media, shocking N. Korean workers
Three female workers in their 20s from the Sinyang Export Clothing Factory in...
