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Trapped in the net: North Korean workers in Chinese seafood factories
Daily NK has released a comprehensive report examining how North Korean workers dispatched to Chinese seafood processing factories are subjected to systematic forced labor,...
North Korea unveils next-stage public health goals at party congress
North Korea's health ministry used the Ninth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea earlier this month to announce an ambitious new phase in...
North Korea fuel prices spike 25% amid Iran war before stabilizing
Fuel prices in North Korea spiked by as much as 25% in early March following the outbreak of war involving Iran, before partially stabilizing...
North Korean parents push back on tailored school uniform policy
North Korean authorities are conducting daily inspections of school uniform production and distribution ahead of the 2026 academic year beginning in April, but a...
North Korea targets currency traders with undercover operatives as won crisis...
North Korea has drawn its sharpest response yet to a currency crisis, deploying undercover security cadets and newly assigned officers to crack down on...
North Korea’s machinery import surge: farms, factories and shipyards stocked up
North Korean trading companies have sharply expanded machinery imports from China since late last year, with equipment ranging from farm machinery and industrial tools...
Hyesan smugglers rush Chinese apparel and shoes ahead of April school...
North Korean smugglers along the Chinese border are importing spring clothing, footwear and school supplies through Chinese customs ahead of the April 1 semester...
China blocks North Korean factory workers en masse
A Chinese garment factory in Liaoning province attempted to bring roughly 100 North Korean female workers into China in January, but local authorities rejected...
Satellite imagery reveals what remains of North Korea-Syria cooperation sites
Nearly two decades after an Israeli airstrike obliterated a suspected North Korean-built reactor in the Syrian desert, new satellite imagery of the Al-Kibar site...
N. Korean students face more ideology sessions as regime tightens grip...
North Korean schools have sharply increased mandatory political study sessions for students at all levels following the Ninth Congress of the Workers' Party of...
