Tag: disease
N. Korea conducts health checkups for flood victims in Pyongyang
North Korea is conducting urgent health checkups for flood victims residing in Pyongyang, Daily NK has learned.
Speaking anonymously, a source in Pyongyang told Daily...
Monsoon rains lead to backed-up sewers in N. Korea
North Koreans in various parts of the country are reeling from the stench of backed-up sewers after record-setting rainfall caused severe flooding at the...
N. Korean scientist executed in 2021 for COVID-19 research
In September 2021, a researcher at a bioengineering laboratory under the North Korean State Academy of Sciences in Pyongyang examined samples taken from a...
Nampo’s 2021 lockdown led to tragedy for many people
In early 2020, as North Korea implemented a maritime lockdown in response to COVID-19, the port city of Nampo suffered a steep drop in...
Why are N. Korea’s agricultural areas seeing a rising mortality rate?
The mortality rate in North Korea's agricultural areas is more than three times than that in urban areas, according to a source inside the...
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 -...
