Tag: disease
N. Korea installed facial recognition devices at major train stations during...
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...
Unknown disease spreads in Yanggang Province, prompting school closures
A disease of unknown origin is spreading in Yanggang Province, forcing primary schools to cancel classes and send students on vacation, Daily NK has...
North Korea’s cruel response to the spread of COVID-19
One day in August 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic spread throughout the world, a fever of unknown origin began to sweep through the dwellings...
N. Korea’s electricity and food shortages lead to frequent cases of...
Food poisoning has been a serious problem in North Korea this winter season due to food shortages and poor supplies of electricity, Daily NK...
Was Ipo Village really ground zero for N. Korea’s COVID outbreak?
In early June 2022, a man surnamed Choe, the chief of the military medical department of the Second Division of the First Corps -...
North Korea sees spike in tuberculosis cases
North Korea has seen a spike in tuberculosis cases from the autumn of last year to the present. The loosening of COVID-19 prevention measures...
Possible COVID-19 cases surge in North Korea near border with China
Recently, the number of people complaining of symptoms associated with COVID-19 has risen sharply in several North Korean regions along the border with China....
Cancer-stricken N. Korean defector in China receives funds from fellow defectors
North Korean defectors living in China's Jilin Province recently collected RMB 10,000 (around USD 1,400) for a fellow defector suffering from cancer, Daily NK...
N. Korea hasn’t yet declared war against bedbugs
The eradication of bedbugs has recently become a major issue in South Korea. In North Korea, bedbugs are common in ordinary homes and detention...
Pence Cartoon: “First Come, First Served”
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