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Pyongyang university holds struggle session after students caught bribing professors
A university in Pyongyang has held a struggle session after students were caught secretly giving their professors envelopes filled with cash for the New...
Hyesan detention center inmates forced to make fertilizer in bitter cold
Prisoners at a detention center in Hyesan, Yanggang Province, have been forced to make fertilizer for long hours despite the bitter cold, Daily NK...
N. Korea blames “enemy schemes” for rise in drug smuggling
North Korea is blaming "enemy plots" for the recent spread of drug smuggling in the country, Daily NK has learned.
Speaking on condition of anonymity...
N. Korean mine shaft collapses, leaving six trapped inside
A mine shaft collapse at the February 8 Jikdong Youth Coal Mine in Sunchon, South Pyongan Province, has left six miners trapped inside, Daily...
N. Korean trade official talks about challenges in his line of...
Amid the resumption of person-to-person travel between North Korea and China, North Korean officials are rotating out some of the North Korean trade officials...
An in-depth look at Kim Jong Un’s “two states” narrative: Part...
Editor's note: Read Part 1 here. Read Part 2 here.
North Korea’s two big political events at the turn of the year have wrapped up...
N. Korea moves forward with efforts to modernize key petroleum refinery
North Korea recently dispatched work brigades to the Paengma-ri Petroleum Refinery in North Pyongan Province to help upgrade the facility, Daily NK has learned.
Speaking...
N. Korean agents arrest family members of defectors near border
Security agents made several arrests of family members of North Korean defectors living in the China-North Korea border areas of Yanggang Province late last...
N. Korea tries to improve regional imbalances with discharged soldiers
North Korea recently issued an order to deploy discharged soldiers to remote, run-down regions this year. The move comes after North Korean leader Kim...
An in-depth look at Kim Jong Un’s “two states” narrative: Part...
Editor's note: Read Part 1 here.
In a speech wrapping up the review of achievements at a year-end plenary session of the Central Committee of...
