Tag: drugs

A woman in Yanggang Province recently died after receiving an opium injection to treat a cold, Daily NK has learned. The woman, identified by her...

Daily NK recently obtained a video that condemns drug criminals for “using all means and methods to spoil everyone ideologically, spiritually and even physically...

North Koreans continue to consume illegal drugs and South Korean pop culture despite crackdowns by the authorities, a reporting partner in South Pyongan Province...

More North Koreans are consuming homemade drugs now than before the coronavirus pandemic, multiple sources told Daily NK on Friday. Prior to COVID, North Koreans...

North Korea’s Central Public Prosecutors Office recently ordered a nationwide crackdown on pharmacies that violate a government mandate to sell medicines and other medical...

Amid the spread of acute intestinal infections in South Hwanghae Province, waterborne illnesses are spreading through South Pyongan Province as well, Daily NK has...

North Korea recently suspended supplies of traditional herbal medications to pharmacies in Hamhung after locals complained they were ineffective against COVID-19 symptoms, Daily NK...

The party committee of Samjiyon, Yanggang Province, recently held an emergency meeting following a rash of deaths from illegal narcotics, which people are taking...

On Monday, Daily NK obtained a picture of Chinese medicine being sold at a pharmacy in Pyongyang. The medicine appears to have been recently...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s recent harsh criticism of cadres and officials for problems in the distribution of COVID-19 medicines has not been...