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North Korean smugglers eye latest South Korean fashion trends
Clothing and shoe smugglers operating in the China-North Korea border area of Yanggang Province have been following the latest fashion trends in South Korea,...
N. Korean farmers express frustration at “Juche Farming Method” lectures
Recently, North Korean farmers have expressed dissatisfaction with the format and content of study sessions focused on the “Juche Farming Method.” A source in...
N. Korean university students complain about the state taking away their...
North Korean university students are complaining that instead of resting they have to spend the holidays in social-political activities in factories, enterprises, and farms,...
N. Korean market exchange rates slowly climb over over past month
North Korea's market exchange rates have been climbing slowly for over a month, despite an expansion in trade.
According to Daily NK’s regular survey of...
Whistleblower: State security officer in Russia is stealing workers’ money
Choi Sung Chol, a state security officer attached to a North Korean construction company in the Russian city of Irkutsk, is currently the focus...
N. Korean trade officials turn to email amid intensifying restrictions on...
As North Korea tightens restrictions on the use of cell phones to prevent information from entering or leaving the country, trade officials are having...
N. Korean woman assaulted for refusing to date poverty-stricken man
On Jan. 20, a Hamhung man in his twenties beat up a woman who refused to go out with him, a source in South...
N. Korea and Russia intensify cooperation to prevent workers from defecting
As North Korea and Russia forge closer ties, North Korean and Russian authorities are cooperating more closely than before on matters related to North...
N. Korean grain prices skyrocket amid continued food shortages
North Korean grain prices are skyrocketing, posting their largest increase since mid-December.
According to Daily NK's regular survey of North Korean market prices, a kilogram...
What’s behind the exodus of Pyongyangites from the city center to...
Since the New Year, an increasing number of Pyongyang residents have been trying to move from the center of the capital to the outskirts,...
