Tag: defections
N. Korean overseas work candidates warned of consequences of not sharing...
North Korean authorities recently told overseas job applicants that failure to give the government its share of their earnings would result in restrictions on...
Pyongyang family banished from city after startling revelation
A family in the Sosong District of Pyongyang was banished from the city in early March after it came out that a family member...
N. Korea orders frontline naval units to strengthen radar surveillance
The North Korean military has ordered frontline naval units on both coasts to strengthen radar surveillance and develop a system for joint operations with...
N. Korea intensifies screening of candidates for overseas work
North Korean authorities have greatly intensified ideological screenings when selecting workers to be sent overseas, apparently in response to continued defections by overseas workers.
Speaking...
The impact of Kim Jong Un’s order in late 2020 to...
Before North Korea's government passed the "Reactionary Ideology and Culture Rejection Act" in December 2020, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un issued an order...
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...
North Hamgyong Province surveys local population for potential defectors
The local government of North Hamgyong Province is surveying people living near the China-North Korea border to identify "lonely people with no one to...
New survey of female N. Korean defectors in China reveals their...
Daily NK recently conducted a survey of 40 North Korean defectors in China that revealed their greatest hopes for 2024.
From Jan. 2 to Jan....
China moves to intensify controls along border with North Korea
China has recently begun intensifying control over its border with North Korea, which suggests that cross-border smuggling is unlikely to return to pre-COVID levels...
N. Hamgyong Province urges security officials to prevent defections
North Hamgyong Province's branch of the Ministry of State Security recently called in local city and country security officials and urged them to crack...
