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N. Korean young person given three years of forced labor for...
A young person in Hamhung caught stealing a computer from a state agency was recently sentenced to three years of reform through labor, Daily...
Satellite campus of Kim Chaek University of Technology suffers blackouts
Students who recently sat for a Kangwon Distance Learning University entry exam had to retake the test after power outages shut down the remotely...
Shedding light on the cruelty of North Korea’s border protection squad,...
This article is part of a series written by Daily NK journalist Kim Jeong Hun entitled “North Korea’s Secret Stories.”
Amid growing complaints among people...
As trade with China expands, N. Korea’s dollar and yuan exchange...
North Korea’s exchange rates for the dollar and yuan are holding steady as trade with China expands.
According to Daily NK’s regular survey of market...
Families of N. Korean border patrol officers suffer due to food...
Many families of North Korean border patrol officers along the China-North Korea border lack enough cash to buy food, Daily NK has learned.
“The families...
N. Korea’s push for military enlistment causes discontent among young people
Discontent among young North Koreans is growing in response to recent government efforts to coerce them to petition to enlist or re-enlist in the...
Blue Sky 3.0 computers are selling like hotcakes in Pyongyang
New laptops and all-in-one desktop computers being sold through electronics shopping centers in Pyongyang are all the rage among the city's consumers, Daily NK has...
A deep dive into N. Korea’s construction of 50,000 new homes...
The construction of 50,000 homes in Pyongyang — promoted as one of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s most prominent achievements — has entered...
N. Korea produces video for Pyongyangites underscoring crime does not pay
North Korea has produced and distributed a video about how lawbreakers in Pyongyang have been punished by being banished from the city. Underscoring their...
Daily NK obtains the full text of the Pyongyang Cultural Language...
Daily NK is the first news outlet to have obtained the full text of North Korea’s “Pyongyang Cultural Language Protection Act.” The law stipulates...
