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N. Korean military units ordered to modernize record-keeping system for training
North Korea's military leadership recently ordered all units to modernize their combat training record-keeping system by making records daily instead of monthly and placing...
Behind the idyllic-looking lives of North Korea’s nuclear weapons researchers
After announcing plans to upgrade North Korea's nuclear arsenal at the Eighth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea in early 2021, Kim Jong...
Kangwon Province’s plan to improve quality of consumer goods comes under...
At a year-end party meeting, North Korea's provinces were ordered to improve the quality of consumer goods and basic foodstuffs as their first task...
North Korea issues “baffling” order to weapons factories
After recently ordering weapons factories to expand weapons production, North Korean authorities have now issued a somewhat puzzling order for factories to abandon slower...
Hyesan police launch manhunt for thief
Hyesan police recently launched a manhunt for a man in his twenties who escaped while being investigated for theft, Daily NK has learned.
After the...
N. Korea cuts re-education camp sentences to reduce death count
A change in re-education camp regulations last year was aimed at reducing the number of deaths in the camps by returning inmates to society...
N. Korea’s bizarre propaganda slogan: “Love the future”
There was a time when it was possible to take pictures of North Korea by crossing the Yalu and Tumen rivers. After the border...
N. Pyongan Province ordered to establish joint ventures with foreign entities
The committee tasked with promoting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's "20×10 regional development policy" recently issued its first order, calling on North Pyongan...
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...
N. Korean youth league orders students to improve morale at uniform...
The central headquarters of the North Korean Socialist Patriotic Youth League recently ordered students to help improve the morale of the factory workers who...
